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2024-01-17 Science & Technology

Betavolt's tiny nuclear battery can power anything for 50 years without charging

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Posted by Fred 2024-01-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [49 views ] Top
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#1 so what happens when the battery is damaged?

Posted by Mercutio 2024-01-17 03:18|| 2024-01-17 03:18|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Skeptical Mike is Skeptical.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-01-17 06:08|| 2024-01-17 06:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Do NOT dispose of battery in trash!!

Posted by ed in texas 2024-01-17 09:09|| 2024-01-17 09:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Maintain a social distance of 6 ft when your phone is powered on.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-17 09:41|| 2024-01-17 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 If you can't trust Chinese technology, who can you trust? Do I need to put sarcasm on that?

Posted by Chris 2024-01-17 10:10|| 2024-01-17 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Based on Chinese manufacturing QC and 'safety', this could go very wrong really quick.

Imagine a freighter full of these little jewels steaming into your harbor.

Or maybe that was the plan all along.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-01-17 10:11|| 2024-01-17 10:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Like if a Zeppelin full of these things went down over Lake Superior?

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-01-17 13:08|| 2024-01-17 13:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Chinese Pocket Fusion - what could go wrong.

Posted by mossomo 2024-01-17 13:46|| 2024-01-17 13:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Smells like a pie in the sky business proposition to lure foreign capital in. Once this never materializes the money will be gone and the investors will be screwed. How many times will China do this before investors stop?

Posted by DarthVader 2024-01-17 13:52|| 2024-01-17 13:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Say it with me: "cold fusion."

** cough, cough **

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-17 13:56|| 2024-01-17 13:56|| Front Page Top

#11 "Is that a reactor in your pocket or are you just happy to see me"

Posted by Frank G 2024-01-17 14:06|| 2024-01-17 14:06|| Front Page Top

#12 -Hunter using it to vape meth-

"Dang thing only lasted 2 months!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-01-17 14:21|| 2024-01-17 14:21|| Front Page Top

#13 ^ Now that's funny!

Posted by Frank G 2024-01-17 17:29|| 2024-01-17 17:29|| Front Page Top

#14 100 microwatts of power at 3 volts

So with about a 100 of these babies, you could run a single red LED. Blink. Blink.

Probably made from the same stuff as Happy Fun Ball (tm)

Posted by SteveS 2024-01-17 21:43|| 2024-01-17 21:43|| Front Page Top

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