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MEMS Device Could Replace Nano-Scale Batteries

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ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 22 -- While electronic circuits and nanomachines grow smaller, batteries to power them are still huge by comparison -- as well as short-lived. But a new microscopic device could supply power for decades to remote sensors or implantable medical devices by drawing energy from a radioactive isotope. The device, developed by Cornell University researchers, converts the energy stored in the radioactive material directly into motion. It could directly move the parts of a tiny machine or could generate electricity in a form more useful for many circuits than has been possible...Read full article

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    Published: October 2002
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