L4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1300file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1300external-linkA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.comL4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmit.online
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years::A glowing horizon for phones
minus-squarepelyalinkfedilinkEnglish50•6 months ago At this moment, 1 gram of radioactive Nickel-63 costs around 4,000 USD. Nickel-63 isotope does not occur in nature, it is obtained by irradiating Nickel-62 inside a nuclear reactor.
minus-square@hglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish9•6 months agoThe world needs breeder reactors anyways, build out a lot of gen 4 plants and make Nickle-63 to boot.
The world needs breeder reactors anyways, build out a lot of gen 4 plants and make Nickle-63 to boot.