The 28,000 year battery

[Dirtmechanic]

I want one of these. Can you imagine such a good use for nuclear waste?

Diamond battery powered by nuclear waste runs for 28,000 years

Would you use one in your phone though?

www.zmescience.com

 

[digitS']

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[Zeedman]

Sounds like the perfect battery for a wall-mounted atomic clock... set it & forget it.

 

[flowerbug]

carbon-14, we all have it in ourselves already. if it isn't emitting any additional radiation as claimed it would be a good thing. the question then is what the price is like. a few $ each, perfect, beyond that then it becomes a specialty item and limits the market. so... we'll see what happens with this one.

fun with carbon dating and carbon-14 info just for grins:

How Carbon-14 Dating Works

Carbon-14 dating is something that you hear about in the news all the time. Everything from mastodons to the Shroud of Turin has been dated using this technique! Learn about how carbon-14 dating works and why it is so accurate!

science.howstuffworks.com

 

[Dirtmechanic]

carbon-14, we all have it in ourselves already. if it isn't emitting any additional radiation as claimed it would be a good thing. the question then is what the price is like. a few $ each, perfect, beyond that then it becomes a specialty item and limits the market. so... we'll see what happens with this one.

fun with carbon dating and carbon-14 info just for grins:

How Carbon-14 Dating Works

Carbon-14 dating is something that you hear about in the news all the time. Everything from mastodons to the Shroud of Turin has been dated using this technique! Learn about how carbon-14 dating works and why it is so accurate!

science.howstuffworks.com

They mentioned man made diamonds. Basically cubic zirconia, if you remember that rage.

 

[flowerbug]

They mentioned man made diamonds. Basically cubic zirconia, if you remember that rage.

those are not the same things. man-made diamonds are still diamonds in terms of hardness, cubic zirconium is a different crystal.

 

[Dirtmechanic]

those are not the same things. man-made diamonds are still diamonds in terms of hardness, cubic zirconium is a different crystal.

Ok so now in addition to her not finding out we need to add gamma radiation control. Its a first world problem.