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February
I think, therefore I am, I think ...
That's really good.
I wish I could do that too!
How about this?
www.techradar.com
All they need to invent is a phone that doesn't need to be replaced for 50 years to go with it.
Seriously though, if this became standard for phones, and the phone manufacturers all made it removable by users, they could start selling phones without batteries and you could use your same battery for years, just by popping it into each new one. And imagine electric cars that you don't need to charge?
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years
A glowing horizon for phones
All they need to invent is a phone that doesn't need to be replaced for 50 years to go with it.
Seriously though, if this became standard for phones, and the phone manufacturers all made it removable by users, they could start selling phones without batteries and you could use your same battery for years, just by popping it into each new one. And imagine electric cars that you don't need to charge?
February
I think, therefore I am, I think ...
Exactly.
And at our ages, it'll outlive us!
Something to put in our wills! And to my dear nephew Willie, I leave my nuclear battery.
Kingston
Canadian Royalty
As a child of the 80’s I grew up with watching Sesame Street and pretty much anything else Muppets related. They’ll always have a special place in my heart and it’s really too bad a lot of the brand kind of died with Jim.
BTW this video is just one of a series on Jim and The Muppets.
BTW this video is just one of a series on Jim and The Muppets.
I did a school assignment on Jim Henson - his death hit me hard. I think his was the first "celebrity death" to really effect me.
Kingston
Canadian Royalty
I was almost 6 when he passed and don’t really remember if it was ever mentioned. My dad was killed a few years earlier and some other family matters around that time might have clouded my memory if it had been.
Some great images here and an interesting article:
www.nytimes.com
It’s a Beach if We Say So: Lost Scenes From Downtown’s Hipster Landfill (Published 2019)
Before Battery Park City, artists and sun-seekers made themselves at home.
Kingston
Canadian Royalty
Not so sure about either argument. The park closed due to mismanagement and the fact that the land provided more value to ownership at the time than continuing to operate the park. Also by the time I was able to go the decision to shut down the park had likely already been made. I arrived in October 2003 and the park closed in April 2004.
You also realize that a Disney theme park was a decent way in to development around this time and the only reason why they pulled out was that Eisner favoured Hong Kong.
Ford CEO Jim Farley has been driving an imported Xiaomi SU7 for months. He says it's fantastic.
Wow this is cool:
newatlas.com
Rocket plane makes first civil supersonic flight since Concorde
The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a speed of Mach 1.1 on November 12, 2024.
newatlas.com
This is a lengthy but interesting read. Maybe a glimmer of hope for THE US after all.
The vast majority of people in American jails are not there because they have been convicted of a crime; instead, more than 80 percent are jailed because they are too poor to post bail.
www.thenation.com
The vast majority of people in American jails are not there because they have been convicted of a crime; instead, more than 80 percent are jailed because they are too poor to post bail.
Illinois Has Put an End to the Injustice of Cash Bail
Amid a national backlash against criminal justice reform, Illinois has achieved something extraordinary. It’s working better than anyone expected.
www.thenation.com
SeanE
I loathe sport on TV...
How about this?
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years
A glowing horizon for phones
All they need to invent is a phone that doesn't need to be replaced for 50 years to go with it.
Seriously though, if this became standard for phones, and the phone manufacturers all made it removable by users, they could start selling phones without batteries and you could use your same battery for years, just by popping it into each new one. And imagine electric cars that you don't need to charge?
Yeah, but where's the money in that? Can't make a fortune off something that you only sell to someone once. (Why do you think Pfizer's perfect world is a CoVid booster you need every single year for the rest of your life?)
Plus being radioactive you wouldn't be able to keep your phone in your pocket for fear of over-exposure to sensitive bits of your anatomy.
Then there's the danger of disposal. Can't exactly just throw it into your closest wheelie bin.
Did you make it to the last few paragraphs?
However, the Betavolt also addressed the concerns about radiation, stating the battery is safe as it has no external radiation and is suitable for use in medical devices inside the human body like pacemakers and cochlea implants.
Betavolt says that after it has decayed the 63 nuclear isotopes become copper, which would be non-radioactive and not cause any environmental threat.
