05-15-2005, 08:00 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Persistent, Shmersistent. Give Me A 12 Year Personal Nuclear Battery
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:
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05-15-2005, 08:41 AM
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Philosopher
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Re: Persistent, Shmersistent. Give Me A 12 Year Personal Nuclear Battery
Although Tritium is a weak emitting radioisotope - the lead radioactive shielding required for H&S legislayion will be detrimental to the portability of the PDA ;-)
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05-15-2005, 08:46 AM
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Pontificator
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Hell, if it lasts 12 years, I might be able to pass my electronics down to my web-toed children.
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05-15-2005, 09:06 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2005
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slightly off topic....
.... but the web site this story comes from, Live Science, is really cool. Thanks for the story and the link
LouisB
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05-15-2005, 09:28 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Just like how laptops shouldn't be kept on laps, pocket pc's will no longer be safe in your pockets...
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05-15-2005, 10:59 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
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"I lost two teeth today, but DANG, if this here pee-cee in ma pocket ain't been runnin' like a Timex!"
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05-15-2005, 12:36 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Regardless of alpha emmission (or rather the lack of it) from the device, it would never get H&S authorisation. Tampering with the device could be very dangerous.... Especially if you managed to get the power source intravenous of your body O.o
OK, so these risks still exist to a lesser extent with, say, a pacemaker, it's not hugely practical to use standard batteries with something as mission critical as that - where as it is with a PPC.
The only application I can see in the electronics world, for this, is as an emergency back up generator...
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05-15-2005, 12:45 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by hoodmeister
Especially if you managed to get the power source intravenous of your body O.o
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05-15-2005, 01:31 PM
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Executive Editor, Android Thoughts
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We all understand that this kind of technology would be great in a medical, life-saving, high ethical concerns environment, but Ed raises a good point. Why shouldn't things like this trickle down to consumer electronics. Heck, if we can implant it in someone's chest, I assume it must be safe enough to have in a pocket.
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05-15-2005, 02:51 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 5
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I have a Tracer wristwatch made by mb-microtec with luminous gasious Tritium vials on the hands and dial.
I also have eight fingers on my left hand....
http://www.mbmicrotec.com/
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