fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 15 hours agoIt works better if you put it in your mouth first.mander.xyzimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1416arrow-down13
arrow-up1413arrow-down1imageIt works better if you put it in your mouth first.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 hours agoWhat grid? It looks like the “power box” on the wall is generating power for that house all by itself, no transmission necessary. Considering that the smallest operating nuclear reactor ever made was this big… …and that critical mass is a thing, I can only assume the “power box” was some kind of RTG.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 hours agoWouldn’t all but the largest RTGs struggle to power more than a few incandescent light bulbs, though? Looking at the table on Wikipedia, their output is usually only from a few dozen to a few hundred watts.
minus-squarevane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoIt was 60 years ago. If they put same effort to it as they put to computers you would have one in your pocket.
What grid? It looks like the “power box” on the wall is generating power for that house all by itself, no transmission necessary.
Considering that the smallest operating nuclear reactor ever made was this big…
…and that critical mass is a thing, I can only assume the “power box” was some kind of RTG.
Wouldn’t all but the largest RTGs struggle to power more than a few incandescent light bulbs, though? Looking at the table on Wikipedia, their output is usually only from a few dozen to a few hundred watts.
It was 60 years ago. If they put same effort to it as they put to computers you would have one in your pocket.