0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down155cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.com0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square78fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareRememberTheApollo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·6 months agoOh, good. So whenever some fool tosses a phone out of a car to get crushed on the roadway, shoots one because TikTok, or otherwise mangles a phone, we now have a potential for radioactive material to be spread around?
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·6 months agoNo, read the article. It’s Nikel 63 and the decay is copper. It’s contained in a metal seal.
minus-squarejjagaimo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoAnd Nickel 63 is… radioactive material
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-26 months agoYes, it is. Though safely contained in a metal case.
minus-squarejjagaimo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-26 months ago crushed on a roadway shot Ok, some impenetrable, invincible metal.
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·6 months agoI do agree that it has to be titanium or something like that.
Oh, good. So whenever some fool tosses a phone out of a car to get crushed on the roadway, shoots one because TikTok, or otherwise mangles a phone, we now have a potential for radioactive material to be spread around?
No, read the article. It’s Nikel 63 and the decay is copper. It’s contained in a metal seal.
And Nickel 63 is… radioactive material
Yes, it is. Though safely contained in a metal case.
Ok, some impenetrable, invincible metal.
I do agree that it has to be titanium or something like that.