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Re:How the Curiosity Rover's Nuclear Battery Works by ceejayoz on Monday August 06, 2012 @03:26PM (#4346793)
The bigger issue using it in pacemakers is it's actually beneficial to have a battery that needs replacing every 10 years or so - pacemaker tech gets better so fast that a 30 year old device would be crap compared to the current generation.
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Re:How the Curiosity Rover's Nuclear Battery Works by banana_bread on Monday August 06, 2012 @06:22PM (#4347625)
How much better really, if the current one wasn't working well you would find out real quick.
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Re:How the Curiosity Rover's Nuclear Battery Works by ceejayoz on Monday August 06, 2012 @07:21PM (#4347837)
More sophisticated programs (fewer false positives and false negatives), smaller devices, batteries that last longer between charges, etc.
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