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Re:NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Lo... by allisvancity on Thursday April 27, 2023 @05:21PM (#35734785)
They evidently used to use radiothermal generators (RTGs) as the power source for some pacemakers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_ge...

Plutonium is nasty & expensive stuff, however. That puts some pretty severe limitations on its usefulness for domestic purposes.

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Re:NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Lo... by 1letterunixname on Thursday April 27, 2023 @09:33PM (#35736571)
RTGs in humans: not for a long time.
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