@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoA tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 yearswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down155cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
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minus-square@RememberTheApollo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•9 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@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoNo, read the article. It’s Nikel 63 and the decay is copper. It’s contained in a metal seal.
minus-square@jjagaimo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish9•9 months agoAnd Nickel 63 is… radioactive material
minus-square@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglish-4•edit-29 months agoYes, it is. Though safely contained in a metal case.
minus-square@jjagaimo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-29 months ago crushed on a roadway shot Ok, some impenetrable, invincible metal.
minus-square@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•9 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.