This is cool, but not actually new - we've had nuclear pacemakers for decades: https://uk.reuters.com/article/health-heart-pacemaker-dc/nuc...
There is no need to be sceptical - this is obviously meant for super low-power devices, not cars.
There is no need to be sceptical - this is obviously meant for super low-power devices, not cars.
Nuclear batteries work fine, but the hazard problem and the PR problem limit their use. Here's a nuclear battery from the 1960s.[1] That used Krypton-86, which is a gas, so it will disperse if it gets out.
Worth thinking about for devices with very low duty cycles, like temperature sensors and smoke detectors.
The render of a chip is a joke. It's a battery. What would it need that many pins for?
[1] https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/leesona_moos/nuclear_battery...
I wonder if it might work with thinks like air buds. Or if the constant energy required to make the sound for hours not stop is to high?