• mumblerfish@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    100 microwatts? What does a phone use, like 1W? So they are 4 orders of magnitude off? So phones need to become 10,000 times more efficient or the battery that much bigger?

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      10 months ago

      Betavolt is planning to boost its tech to produce a 1-watt battery by 2025. And while it still has some way to go, the company seems confident stating development is way ahead of European and American scientific research institutions and enterprises.

      RemindMe! 1 year repeat

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        10 months ago

        This is physically implausible. Also self proclaimed advances without 3rd party proof are less than worthless.