- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years::A glowing horizon for phones
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years::A glowing horizon for phones
And now for 50 years worth of security updates for a phone like that. Not to mention what people might do with throwing a phone in the trash or something
The EU are going to mandate removable batteries in phones, so I don’t see any reason you can’t take a standardised battery that lasts decades and swap it into your next phone, if they’re all designed properly with compatibility with this miracle battery in mind :-D
Perfect. Then they’ll sell the battery separately and it’ll cost $5000
A battery that last several years and can be used in a plethora of devices would be reasonably expensive yes. $5000 is a lot but maybe $500 is more reasonable for something like that?
Exactly; if Usually, it takes years, if not decades, before laws and regulations are actually in place
No. Document the device for PC-like lifetime software support from first and third party. Long security update support for phones, great, but we still have a stupid thing when people buy whole new phone for little software feature.
I’m not so optimistic.
When ever we discover a new, much better power source, the cartel who is going to lose a shitton of business go on a smear campaign. Look at solar power. Look at electric cars. Hell, look at hemp.
Companies would bury this so fast, and this tech would be a niche thing.
The isotope degrades into copper.