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Re: wind-up wearable

From: Eugene Leitl <>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 10:17:08 +0400 (MSD)

Timothy D. Gray writes:
 > Hmm I can see the headlines......
 > "WEarable computer user destroys 2 city blocks when his battery explodes"
 > 
 > I'm kind of against having a large source of gamma radiation near my
 > kidneys :-) but then I'm known as a fruitcake in some circles!

1) perfect shielding impossible
2) thermally HOT thing somewhere on your person
3) won't live very long
4) knockout argument possible isotope release into biosphere

Isotope batteries and small nuclear reactors will receive a comeback
in deep space applications, though.

'gene

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