China’s Nuclear Battery Powers your Smartphone for 50 Years

A Chinese startup called Betavolt has cooked up this itty-bitty nuclear battery - about the size of a little coin - which they claim can crank out electricity for 50 years straight, with no charging pit stops needed.

As the company leaps from development to the pilot stage, they're gearing up for full-scale production and a grand entrance into the market pretty soon...

Zhang Wei, Chairman and CEO of Betavolt, said in a press release that the BV100 marks a groundbreaking achievement as the world's first mass-produced nuclear battery...

The company also deems these batteries safe for medical devices within the human body, such as pacemakers and cochlear's, with no external radiation. more

Ok, now think of this technology being applied to quick-plant eavesdropping bugs and voice recorders.