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How is this the “world’s first micro-atomic energy battery”? Didn’t the USA do this in 1966? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-238#Nuclear_powered_pac
by colinng 3y ago
How is this the “world’s first micro-atomic energy battery”?
Didn’t the USA do this in 1966?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-238#Nuclear_powered_pacemakers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-238#Nuclear_powere...
- actionfromafar 3y agoThat thing used the heat. A Beta battery just has new electrons appear, "magically". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betavoltaic_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betavoltaic_device
- colinng 3y agoThanks for the article. But then it points to the Betacel, USA 1970s (60 pacemakers implanted by 1973). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betacel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betacel I’m not trying to dismiss a wonderful invention, I just want journalistic integrity. It’s not a first if someone already made a product in 1973.