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A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years::A glowing horizon for phones

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[-] indigomirage@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What could possibly go wrong...?

(FWIW - I am referring to the potential for misuse at scale)

[-] aviationeast@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

AskSamsunga about phones in checked bags.... And now the whole airplane is getting cancer.

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[-] Mammal@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I see no downside whatsoever.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 3 points 10 months ago

"A glowing horizon for phones", and their users.

[-] ricecooker@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

No need for flashlights anymore!

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Can it be safely recycled or disposed of when finished? Or is it more landfill waste?

[-] bappity@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

life steal battery because of the radiation! /j

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

super safe, health first ALWAYS

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online -5 points 10 months ago

On the news tonight, will your uraniuam cellphone give you cancer? The answer might NOT surprise you, it's yes; it's uranium.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Mine what? Don't threaten me with a good time.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Polonium 210 typically in these devices. We've mostly sent them hurdling into space so far.

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