With all the hooplah over Osama bin Laden we almost forgot there was a Chernobyl-level nuclear crisis going on in Japan. Well, that's still happening, and on top of the inevitable deaths and endless heartbreak, some New Yorkers are really worried about their sushi (ugh). Then again, plenty of Japanese people are worried about their food too, so artist Nils Ferber's conceptual Fukushima Plate, which features a "built-in radioactive meter to visualize your food's level of contamination," could be pretty useful.
The plate features customizable radiation level settings, because Ferber says, "people perceive the risks and dangers of radioactive radiation very differently." One ring of light means a trace of radiation, two means a little more and three means "danger!" From the looks of these photos, we're going to stick to a strictly tofu-and-dragon-fruit diet for a bit.
