▲ 43 ▼ A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years (www.techradar.com) submitted 2 years ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 78 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Now play a game for an hour... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nous@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Not all phones need to play games and gaming phones don't need to use this type of technology. I would love a phone that I don't need to charge and most people could benefit from one. And for the select few that like to play intensive games on it then they can get ones that would need to be charged. Though I doubt this technology will be the answer to that want though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah especially with just 0.001% of the estimated workload (~10W when gaming, but even when standby 0.5W, 100uW are still just 0.02% of that...). Needs a lot more research... permalink fedilink source parent [–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago You throttle the cpu with long heavy workloads, just like phones already do due to the significant thermal constraints of the form factor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nous@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Not all phones need to play games and gaming phones don't need to use this type of technology. I would love a phone that I don't need to charge and most people could benefit from one. And for the select few that like to play intensive games on it then they can get ones that would need to be charged. Though I doubt this technology will be the answer to that want though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah especially with just 0.001% of the estimated workload (~10W when gaming, but even when standby 0.5W, 100uW are still just 0.02% of that...). Needs a lot more research... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah especially with just 0.001% of the estimated workload (~10W when gaming, but even when standby 0.5W, 100uW are still just 0.02% of that...). Needs a lot more research... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago You throttle the cpu with long heavy workloads, just like phones already do due to the significant thermal constraints of the form factor. permalink fedilink source parent