A glowing horizon for phones

A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years::A glowing horizon for phones

  • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    8 months ago

    I’ve heard of these kinds of batteries before and it’d be cool to have long-running electronics, but would these produce enough power?

    • CucumberFetish@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      8 months ago

      They do, if you give them enough room. And if you are born into an oil family.

      The power density is about 0.01125m³ per watt. A high end smartphone (11w of peak power) with a body size similar to Galaxy s23 ultra, would be almost 10 meters thick.