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

["Bryan Venable" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006069o-2000331777b,00.htm

On 10/2/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> 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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