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A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years (www.techradar.com)
submitted 9 months ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, good. So whenever some fool tosses a phone out of a car to get crushed on the roadway, shoots one because TikTok, or otherwise mangles a phone, we now have a potential for radioactive material to be spread around?

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, read the article. It's Nikel 63 and the decay is copper. It's contained in a metal seal.

[–] jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

And Nickel 63 is... radioactive material