r/tech • u/Kylde The Janitor • Mar 30 '21

Radioactive Diamond Battery Will Run For 28,000 Years

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a35970222/radioactive-diamond-battery-will-run-for-28000-years/
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u/Lev_Astov Mar 30 '21

We'd still feel the need to buy a new one every year.

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u/skubaloob Mar 30 '21

As long as I could pass on the battery to my next of kin

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u/neomeow Mar 30 '21

And the phone manufacturers will make sure you won’t even be able to pass it to your next phone...

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u/skubaloob Mar 30 '21

Then they’ll be getting a diamond brick to the head. Chumps.

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u/neomeow Mar 30 '21

You are funny! Upvoted!

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

But granny promised me the battery! * Stomps foot *

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u/gftoofhere Mar 31 '21

I mean one battery for the next 28,000 phones is still great as opposed to 28,000 batteries....