With embedded battery, where neither depend on mined metals, both are biodegradable and non toxic, and it's carbon fixing (negative greenhouse gas impact). Yeah that's fucking groundbreaking.
You don't need a battery, just a capacitor for these levels of power draw, and you would be hard pressed to find a material that is more abundant on earth then silicon.
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live_long_prosper@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
FinalFallacy@kbin.social · 8 pts · 3y
Small sensors would be an ideal application as well.
live_long_prosper@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
No details on what the processor is even doing, only that they technically consider it a "computer"
ddnomad@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 3y
algae must have finally run out
nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 3y
... and light. This is a solar panel. Cool, but not really ground breaking as the article suggests.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 3y
With embedded battery, where neither depend on mined metals, both are biodegradable and non toxic, and it's carbon fixing (negative greenhouse gas impact). Yeah that's fucking groundbreaking.
nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 3y
You don't need a battery, just a capacitor for these levels of power draw, and you would be hard pressed to find a material that is more abundant on earth then silicon.