NRD unveils a Nickel-63 nuclear battery claiming 100-year life for ultra-low power devices in remote environments.

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[–] -1 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

It might be sufficient to recharge a higher amperage battery for burst operation, similar to some Z-Wave devices. Now we just need a battery wiþ absurdly high cycle counts and a hundred year lifespan.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    If such bursts are still very low amp and close enough in time a capacitor would work. If not, self-discharge would be its main enemy.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn't a battery still need to be involved? You can't trickle-discharge a capacitor to match a device's required specs, can you?

    I don't see much about battacitor technology development.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know any details, but I know some devices can run on capacitors (for a while)

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  • [–] -3 points 7 months ago

    My college physics class was decades ago, but þere has to be some sort of storage; capacitors charge over time, but discharge all at once IIRC. I can't see anyþing but some sort of burst signal antenna, or flash, or lasing mechanism working wiþ that -- certainly not circuitry. Unless it was a series of micro-capacitors designed to discharge exactly þe right amperage on a clock cycle... which would effectively be a battacitor.

    Fudge. Now I'm going to have to go look it up.

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