@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 11 months agoA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down155cross-posted to: technology[email protected]jonkenator
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.com@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square78fedilinkcross-posted to: technology[email protected]jonkenator
minus-square@RememberTheApollolinkEnglish12•11 months agoOh, good. So whenever some fool tosses a phone out of a car to get crushed on the roadway, shoots one because TikTok, or otherwise mangles a phone, we now have a potential for radioactive material to be spread around?
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoNo, read the article. It’s Nikel 63 and the decay is copper. It’s contained in a metal seal.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•11 months agoAnd Nickel 63 is… radioactive material
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish-4•edit-211 months agoYes, it is. Though safely contained in a metal case.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-211 months ago crushed on a roadway shot Ok, some impenetrable, invincible metal.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•11 months agoI do agree that it has to be titanium or something like that.
Oh, good. So whenever some fool tosses a phone out of a car to get crushed on the roadway, shoots one because TikTok, or otherwise mangles a phone, we now have a potential for radioactive material to be spread around?
No, read the article. It’s Nikel 63 and the decay is copper. It’s contained in a metal seal.
And Nickel 63 is… radioactive material
Yes, it is. Though safely contained in a metal case.
Ok, some impenetrable, invincible metal.
I do agree that it has to be titanium or something like that.