floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoBetavolt's miniature battery could spell the end of smartphone chargersmobilesyrup.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down158
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minus-squareMoira_Mayhem@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoThe innovation isn’t the product, it is the manufacturing. The cells in pacemakers had the housing of the pacemaker to protect from puncture. These devices are meant to go in portable electronics so puncture safety is far more critical. Honestly radioactive copper as a low volt lifetime battery is an interesting idea. It won’t live power a phone but it could charge it while inactive. Good for camping where solar isn’t viable.
The innovation isn’t the product, it is the manufacturing. The cells in pacemakers had the housing of the pacemaker to protect from puncture.
These devices are meant to go in portable electronics so puncture safety is far more critical.
Honestly radioactive copper as a low volt lifetime battery is an interesting idea. It won’t live power a phone but it could charge it while inactive.
Good for camping where solar isn’t viable.