Nuclear smartphone 3V battery lasting for 50 years
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Nuclear smartphone 3V battery lasting for 50 years
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#2That sounds nice on paper but what if it e.g. burns up in an accident? Won't it pollute our environment with radioactive materials?
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#3first time I heard of nuclear being used this way. Undeniably interesting, though obvious safety concerns!
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#4This sounds too good to be true!
Re: Nuclear smartphone 3V battery lasting for 50 years
#5That sounds nice on paper but what if it e.g. burns up in an accident? Won't it pollute our environment with radioactive materials?
I think this is meant for pacemakers and such. Very little risk of it leaking since there is usually so much paperwork associated with corpses.
This won't work for populations that have been deemed expendable via mass bombing campaigns, so probably won't be certified for use in those sectors.
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#7I'd rather have to charge the smartphone battery everyday, than carrying radioactive material in my pocket.
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#8Hmm. Even if it emits only alpha radiation which is super easily shielded, wouldn't it cause some other emissions through bremsstrahlung? Not sure if I'd be happy with this.
But for implants I see the benefit of course. Never having to replace anything
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#9What's with the title, the current battery produces 100 microwatts, and there is no "smartphone" in the title.
And I assume the "63 nuclear isotopes" mentioned in the article refers to nickel-63, not actually only 63 isotopes...
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#10Is there any mention of what kind of radioactive decay this is powered from? Based on the name, one might assume beta? This would also track with the "research done in the 20th Century" bit considering beta radiation is just electrons.
My point being - what impact does this have on the safety of the device? Any more than certain light sources containing mercury, for example.