[MLUG - DISCUSSION] beta voltaic batteries (was "so, am I missing something?")

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Rick wrote:

> It would seem that this invention would be one of the most significant 
> since the transistor, but I'm not seeing much buzz about it.
>
> http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-betavoltaic-10.1.html


Here's the Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betavoltaics

My guess is that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, which is now 
funded to do some research on this kind of battery, will not produce 
something that can power your laptop for 30 years.  Reporters like to 
exaggerate because it attracts attention and then we see the ads on their 
web pages.

I would think such batteries would be used for very low power devices. 
Will they ever power a laptop?  We'll see but I'm not holding my breath.

Mike

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