This is randomness at your fingertips put together in a sculpture. To throw the dice a total of eight particles from the Big Bang needs to pass through the old Soviet geiger tube. The device measures the number of microseconds between two particles, if the number is even a zero is added, if the number is odd a one is added to a binary representation of the number. When four binary digits are decided the number is shown on the old American nixie tube in a retro tango between the two cold war players.
The title sounds a little misleading, as the most common source of radioactivity around humans is the local air, especially Radon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_radiation#Background_dose_rate_examples). But it sure is catchy!
Why do you take 8 measurements? Wouldn't 3 be enough (possibly repeat if the value exceeds 6, for unbiased random numbers)? And why does your die have at least 8 sides?
The title sounds a little misleading, as the most common source of radioactivity around humans is the local air, especially Radon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_radiation#Background_dose_rate_examples). But it sure is catchy!
Why do you take 8 measurements? Wouldn't 3 be enough (possibly repeat if the value exceeds 6, for unbiased random numbers)? And why does your die have at least 8 sides?