Sunday, May 15, 2005
Persistent, Shmersistent. Give Me A 12 Year Personal Nuclear Battery
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THOUGHT" @ 12:00 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/personalnuclearpowernewbatterylasts12years
There has been a lot of talk this week about persistent storage and Windows Mobile 5. Who needs that? Give me the 12 year personal nuclear battery! "A new type of battery based on the radioactive decay of nuclear material is 10 times more powerful than similar prototypes and should last a decade or more without a charge, scientists announced this week. The longevity would make the battery ideal for use in pacemakers or other surgically implanted devices, developers say, or it might power spacecraft or deep-sea probes."
Or, they could do something practical with it, like power our computing equipment. Dell, HP, HTC or whomever builds the device gives it a good charge of tritium before it leaves the factory and you never ever have to mess with it again. :mrgreen:
There has been a lot of talk this week about persistent storage and Windows Mobile 5. Who needs that? Give me the 12 year personal nuclear battery! "A new type of battery based on the radioactive decay of nuclear material is 10 times more powerful than similar prototypes and should last a decade or more without a charge, scientists announced this week. The longevity would make the battery ideal for use in pacemakers or other surgically implanted devices, developers say, or it might power spacecraft or deep-sea probes."
Or, they could do something practical with it, like power our computing equipment. Dell, HP, HTC or whomever builds the device gives it a good charge of tritium before it leaves the factory and you never ever have to mess with it again. :mrgreen:
