floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBetavolt's miniature battery could spell the end of smartphone chargersmobilesyrup.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down140
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52arrow-down4·8 months ago“it says can keep a device charged for 50 years.” On a device that gets replaced every 1-3 years? 🤔 Better be user replaceable or that’s a lot of energy being stored in landfills.
minus-squarewahming@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·8 months agoTurning every landfill into a fission reactor is certainly one way to fix the landfill issue
minus-squarelondos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·8 months agoWould be cool for long term, low power devices like sensors embedded in concrete in bridges and building structures for monitoring stresses.
minus-squareLazaroFilm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoMake devices BYOB (Bring Your Own Battery)
“it says can keep a device charged for 50 years.”
On a device that gets replaced every 1-3 years? 🤔
Better be user replaceable or that’s a lot of energy being stored in landfills.
Turning every landfill into a fission reactor is certainly one way to fix the landfill issue
Would be cool for long term, low power devices like sensors embedded in concrete in bridges and building structures for monitoring stresses.
Make devices BYOB (Bring Your Own Battery)