Kungazwakala njenge-movie eqanjiwe yesayensi kodwa kubukeka sengathi sibhekene nomcimbi oyiqiniso ngokuphelele futhi lokho kungowe-2005 inkampani yaseCupertino yenze umsebenzi ohlangene nohulumeni wase-United States, ukudala i-iPod elungisiwe engasebenza njenge- "counter stei Geiger counter." Okwalabo abangazi futhi abagweme ukusesha i-inthanethi ukuthi yini le counter, sikopisha ngokoqobo lokho esikutholile ku-wikipedia: «Ikhawunta ye-Geiger iyithuluzi elikuvumela ukuthi ulinganise ukusebenza kwemisebe yento noma yendawo".
Bambalwa ababazi ngale iPod "eyimfihlo" kwa-Apple
Iqembu elincane kakhulu labantu belazi ngale phrojekthi futhi kubonakala sengathi uShayer wayengunjiniyela wesoftware wesibili oqashwe yinkampani ukwenza lo msebenzi ngokusho abakushoyo. TidBits. Konke kukhombisa ukuthi bekuyinto eyimfihlo ngempela futhi akekho owaziyo ngayo ngaphandle kukaShayer uqobo, uPaul noMatthew, onjiniyela ababili abaphethe ukwenza le iPod. Isitatimende esafika kuShayer ngqo sivela kumphathi omkhulu wesoftware yakwa-iPod sasithi:
Nginomsebenzi okhethekile kuwe. Umphathi wakho akazi lutho ngalokhu futhi kuzofanele usize onjiniyela ababili abavela eMnyangweni Wezamandla wase-United States ukwakha i-iPod ekhethekile. Bika kimi kuphela.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, le adventure iqale lapho kuphela leli qembu elincane elizoxhumana nelinye iqembu elincane lonjiniyela abavela eBechtel, usonkontileka omkhulu wezokuvikela e-United States. Ukubheja bekunamandla futhi lokho ukuthi uMnyango Wezamandla ubhekele izikhali zenuzi kanye nezinhlelo zamandla enuzi kuleli kanti ngonyaka wezi-2005 isabelomali sazo sasingu-24.300 billion dollars. Kubukeka sengathi kusetshenziswe cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-9 zalesi sabelomali ukuhlangabezana nezinhloso ezihlobene nokuvikela, njengokuvimbela amandla enuzi kanye le iPod ibiphakathi kwalezo zinhlelo.
Lapho sekuvunyelwene ngezimo, leli qembu lisebenze kuphrojekthi livela ehhovisi elisendlunkulu ye-Apple futhi lasebenza ngqo kwisoftware ye i-iPod yesizukulwane sesihlanu enamandla we-60GB ukuyiguqula nokuthi yayisetshenziswa njengesibali UGiger isembozo. Ngale divayisi, ukuhlola nokukala i-radioactivity noma yikuphi kuzoba lula impela ngoba akekho noyedwa ongacabanga ukuthi i-iPod ibiyimitha elinjena ngempela futhi eMnyangweni Wezamandla ingaba ithuluzi elithakazelisayo kakhulu. E-Apple ngabantu abane kuphela ababambe iqhaza kule projekthi, bonke bangaphandle kwe-Apple namuhla futhi akukho nokuncane okutheni ngale iPod eyimfihlo.