My dream laptop accessory

[anton_p_nym]

Scientists develop lightweight nuclear "battery". The storage capacity is vaguely described as being "millions" of times greater than Li-ion or Li-polymer batteries of the same size.

-- Steve'd love to plug that one into his Origami UMPC... but wonders if it could support a 20W or so power draw.

Comments

[andrewducker]

Apparently it produces a tiny amount of power for an incredibly long period of time. So not suitable for active use, but fine to trickle charge an actual battery.

[seawasp]

But if you make them smaller and layer them? You don't need watts for small-scale applications. A few mW and I'd be a VERY happy camper.

[andrewducker]

Oh, absolutely. For some applications it would be perfect. Didn't early pacemakers use nuclear power?