Authorities in Chicago, Illinois have ordered the evacuation of the north shore after an iPod meltdown.
-- But God demonstrates his love for us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us - (Romans 5:8)
Not radioactively powered but a trickle charge
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planckscale
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It looks like this mostly a development into boosting the charge of an otherwise ordinary Li battery. If it keeps my cell battery charged for over a month as opposed to every 4 days than I could care less if my ear mutates into a chicken wing.
" Once these challenges are overcome, a promising use for nuclear microbatteries would be in handheld devices like cellphones and PDAs. As mentioned above, the nuclear units could trickle charge into conventional batteries. Our one-cantilever system generated pulses with a peak power of 100 milliwatts; with many more cantilevers, and by using the energy of pulses over periods of hours, a nuclear battery would be able to inject a significant amount of current into the handheld's battery.
How much that current could increase the device's operation time depends on many factors. For a cellphone used for hours every day or for a power-hungry PDA, the nuclear energy boost won't help much. But for a cellphone used two or three times a day for a few minutes, it could mean the difference between recharging the phone every week or so and recharging it once a month."
-- Namaste
Re:Well I'll be damned
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otis+wildflower
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The primary downsides to Nuclear Batteries is that they are expensive and they don't scale.
They're also not rechargable:p
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nocomment
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just think you can power your iPod with a nuclear battery, and listen to it with all FOUR of your newly formed ears! Portable 3-d stereo baby!;-)
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Throwing Bricks...
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TiggertheMad
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NEWS CAMERA FOCUSES ON GROUP OF BEARDED MEN WEARING DIRTY CAMOFLAGE JUMPSUITS. THEY ARE STANDING BEYOUND A FENCE AT THE END OF AN AIRPORT RUNWAY.
REPORTER: Thanks, Dan. I am here at the end of runway 4, where we are seeing a shift in Al-Queda's tactics today. They seem to be employing some sort of revolutionary new tactic...
CAMERA SHOWS A TERRORIST HEAVE A BRICK IN THE AIR AS A JET TAKES OFF, ROARING OVERHEAD. THE BRICK FLYS ABOUT 20 FEET UP, BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND NEXT TO THE VISIBLY UPSET TERRORIST.
Reporter: Back to you, Dan.
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HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
Doc, all we need is some plutonium...
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MagicDude
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I'm sure in 1985, plutonium is available at every corner drugstore, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by!
First observation of electron decay
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Cardbox
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Hidden away in the article is a discovery that will revolutionize our understanding of particle physics and cosmology:
Nickel-63 is ideal for this application because its emitted beta particles travel a maximum of 21 micrometres in silicon before disintegrating
This must imply that there exists a lighter lepton than the electron. Goodbye, Standard Model!
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Or are you just happy to see me?
Imagine going to the store to buy some new Plutonium-Cadmium batteries?
Yet another thing to lower my dwindling sperm count! Awesome!
You thought you had problems going through airport security before!
"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine No Posessions?'" -- Elvis Costello
I nominate this story for shortest posted news item on /.
Authorities in Chicago, Illinois have ordered the evacuation of the north shore after an iPod meltdown.
But God demonstrates his love for us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us - (Romans 5:8)
" Once these challenges are overcome, a promising use for nuclear microbatteries would be in handheld devices like cellphones and PDAs. As mentioned above, the nuclear units could trickle charge into conventional batteries. Our one-cantilever system generated pulses with a peak power of 100 milliwatts; with many more cantilevers, and by using the energy of pulses over periods of hours, a nuclear battery would be able to inject a significant amount of current into the handheld's battery.
How much that current could increase the device's operation time depends on many factors. For a cellphone used for hours every day or for a power-hungry PDA, the nuclear energy boost won't help much. But for a cellphone used two or three times a day for a few minutes, it could mean the difference between recharging the phone every week or so and recharging it once a month."
Namaste
The primary downsides to Nuclear Batteries is that they are expensive and they don't scale.
:p
They're also not rechargable
just think you can power your iPod with a nuclear battery, and listen to it with all FOUR of your newly formed ears! Portable 3-d stereo baby! ;-)
/* oops I accidentally made a comment, sorry */
NEWS CAMERA FOCUSES ON GROUP OF BEARDED MEN WEARING DIRTY CAMOFLAGE JUMPSUITS. THEY ARE STANDING BEYOUND A FENCE AT THE END OF AN AIRPORT RUNWAY.
REPORTER: Thanks, Dan. I am here at the end of runway 4, where we are seeing a shift in Al-Queda's tactics today. They seem to be employing some sort of revolutionary new tactic...
CAMERA SHOWS A TERRORIST HEAVE A BRICK IN THE AIR AS A JET TAKES OFF, ROARING OVERHEAD. THE BRICK FLYS ABOUT 20 FEET UP, BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND NEXT TO THE VISIBLY UPSET TERRORIST.
Reporter: Back to you, Dan.
HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
I'm sure in 1985, plutonium is available at every corner drugstore, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by!
Hidden away in the article is a discovery that will revolutionize our understanding of particle physics and cosmology:
This must imply that there exists a lighter lepton than the electron. Goodbye, Standard Model!