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New sodium-ion battery skips mechanical cooling with 97.9% efficiency (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I've been hearing about these for a few years now. Huge if they work out at a large scale.

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[–] Zron@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Either AI slop, someone fucked up the math for the capacity, or they’ve broken thermodynamics and are pulling power out of the ether.

First is most likely, 3rd is the coolest.

[–] horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago

If only my other electronics operated at 104% efficiency.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's the world's worst ZPM