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  • @SkybreakerEngineerEnglish
    9•2 months ago

    Sure, if your phone only needs a fraction of a watt and you’re okay with an unshielded neutron source pressed against your head.

    • @[email protected]English
      0•2 months ago

      If the mars rovers can function on a fraction of a watt, then I don’t know why my phone can’t…

      • @scarabicEnglish
        3•2 months ago

        If the mars rovers can function on a fraction of a watt,

        It doesn’t?

        Perseverance’s power system works essentially like a nuclear battery. …The power system will reliably produce about 110 watts …The MMRTG also charges two lithium-ion batteries, … Perseverance’s power demand can reach 900 watts during science activities.

        Source: NASA

        • @[email protected]English
          2•2 months ago

          Yeah, see!

          An RTG could power my phone!

          Sigh, let me spell my point out for you…

          What I mean is that I can absolutely believe that a solid state battery could power the next gen smart watch, I doubt it will.

          Just as an RTG could power my phone, but I doubt that it will be powered by it.

          • @scarabicEnglish
            1•2 months ago

            Uh yeah that definitely needed to be “spelled out” from your prior comment.

        • @WhiteOakBayouEnglish
          1•2 months ago

          To give some perspective on this, I’ve lived for the last three months in a camper with a DC fridge. 1350 watt battery. The rtg at 110w/hr would keep my battery charged. 50 watt tv, 72 watt fridge, 24 watt starlink plus lights and waterpump. It would be just enough for me to live on I’d say.