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October 12th, 2009

unixronin: Galen the technomage, from Babylon 5: Crusade (Default)
Monday, October 12th, 2009 03:14 pm

They're calling it a "nuclear battery" ... researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a prototype radioisotope thermoelectric generator the size of a postage stamp.  Imagine low-drain devices like, say, wireless remote strain sensors, with batteries that last for the life of the structure the sensor is monitoring.

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