"Infinite" Battery?
A battery that never needs charging? I hope I live to see this technology go mainstream.
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RickW wrote:
Hmmm,
Before I retrieve my checkbook, tell me how it performs in satellites and spacecraft, an obvious first use. Also, what happens to the radioactive parts when a 12 year old takes a hammer to the thing?
Don't get me wrong, I love the story, but it is short on tangibles.
The only satellites and spacecraft that would need them are the ones sent to the outer solar system or the surface of a planet where solar is less reliable.
There's carbon 14 already in your body and every bite of food you eat. It's produced naturally in Earths atmosphere. Ever hear of Carbon dating? When an organism dies it stops consuming C14 and as the C14 in its body decays the ratio of regular carbon (Carbon 12) to C14 changes. By looking at that ratio they can determine when the organism died. Or more specifically, when it stopped eating.
