Betavolt Technology has created a battery it says can keep a device charged for 50 years.
  • Rotten_potato@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    10 months ago

    Sounds very similar to the old Soviet pacemakers with radioisotope batteries. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, records about them got lost and so a bunch of people have been buried with pretty radioactive stuff in their chest. I don’t think we (as developed societies) are going to take that risk for some phone batteries…

    • NounsAndWords@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      10 months ago

      I don’t think we (as developed societies) are going to take that risk for some phone batteries…

      Not unless it’s profitable, at least…

      • Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run
        21·
        10 months ago

        Fortunately for us, Nickel 63 decays to plain old Copper 63, which is stable. Science! However too much copper in the diet can be deleterious.