World's First Carbon-14 Diamond Battery Offers Hope Of Power For Thousands Of Years

IFL Science ^ | December 05, 2024 | Stephen Luntz

[Jonty30]

Can I use it for my watch?
What can I power with it?

[Red Badger]

I just want a cellphone I don’t have to charge every day................

[Jonty30]

I’d be happy to pay a premium for electronic devices that will outlast my lifetime.

For my watch, I’d pay $1500 for it, if it was the only watch that I was going to buy.

[Army Air Corps]

The Atomic Phone! (A-Phone, for short...)

[butlerweave]

Oh my someone is dreaming again ,LOL

[Red6]

This is promising.

It's a new take on the radioactive battery that essentially makes it a viable power source in small or devices in direct contact with humans.

We all knew about Voyagers battery, also cool stuff, but RTGs running on plutonium 238 isn't really something I want in my home. But just like smoke detectors (also usually use highly radioactive isotopes but in minuscule amounts) this opens an all new door to the radio isotope battery.

[Larry Lucido]

[Larry Lucido]

One more.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Finally, the perpetual motion machine we’ve always wanted.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

My luck, I’d by a lifetime watch, walk out the door, and get hit by a car.

[Red6]

We’re a nation of dreamers.

But sometimes, someone gets it right, and when they do, they change the world: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kilby

[gundog]

[teeman8r]

“Can I use it for my watch?
What can I power with it?”

Women are powered by diamonds...

[calljack]

Can I have your watch then? You won’t need it

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

You’ll probably be driving the car.

[fuzzylogic]

I heard of this somewhere before....puts out millivolts(?)

[SueRae]

Sounds very promising

[calljack]

Then I will get the watch for sure.

[Seruzawa]

Or have a mugger steal it.