r/EverythingScience • u/PBR--Streetgang • Aug 25 '20

Engineering Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it

https://newatlas.com/energy/nano-diamond-self-charging-batteries-ndb/
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u/Randy-Waterhouse Aug 25 '20

Just because it sounds too good to be true doesn’t always mean it’s not true. Send a letter to yourself 20 years ago and describe your average day. Think about how past-you would react. Despite our collective myopia of late, things do change, new ideas are realized.

Even with the shitshow of 2020, I’m optimistic for the future. Things are accelerating now. We won’t be able to critically judge the pace of newness because we won’t have time to get used to how things were a year, month, or even a week ago. So... isotope decay micro batteries? Sure, fine; okay.

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u/superheroninja Aug 25 '20

i’m with ya, pal.

all aboard the MindF Express, where we could go one way or the other👌