0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down142cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.com0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square51fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months agoSensationalized clickbait. 100 microwatts, aiming for 1W in 2025. That’s a big difference and 1W is still not enough for a cell phone. Phone-scale batteries aren’t even on the roadmap.
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoYou could do it with a parallelized output from a bunch of them.
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoOr with a diesel generator in a wheelbarrow
Sensationalized clickbait.
100 microwatts, aiming for 1W in 2025. That’s a big difference and 1W is still not enough for a cell phone. Phone-scale batteries aren’t even on the roadmap.
You could do it with a parallelized output from a bunch of them.
Or with a diesel generator in a wheelbarrow