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by josephcsible·6y ago·view on hn ↗
EEVblog did a debunk of this at https://youtu.be/uzV_uzSTCTM

Basically, the power density of these are so low that they're useless for most applications. Sure, it might last 28,000 years, but you're only getting 100 microwatts from a battery the size of a normal AA battery.

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Lots of interesting stuff in the video's comments. Apparently their "advanced circuit board" is a regular charging board off AliExpress [0] with the micro USB port switched out for a transformer. Also, their investor pack [1] has no actual information on the power output of the batteries.

[0]: https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32703936097.html?trace=wwwdeta...

[1]: https://gofile.io/d/Iorhs5

You know you're in trouble when thunderf00t AND EEVblog debunk you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDFlV0OEK5E

Flagged this article, I also watched EEVBlog’s take on it and it sounds like complete bullshit.

Let’s not pollute the front page with this nonsense. Please flag this article.

The relevant number is its power of 100 µW.