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by bin_bash 1490 days ago
It is about general electricity applications and not limited to computing. The article states:

> “It’s not entirely straightforward,” he says. “So putting one on your roof isn’t going to provide the power supply for your house at this stage. There’s quite a bit more to do on that front. But [it could work] in rural areas of low and middle income countries, for example, in applications where a small amount of power might be very useful, such as environmental sensors or charging a mobile phone.”
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nobodyandproud 1490 days ago
That’s a disclaimer, scoping out certain applications per the research and qualified by “There’s quite a bit more to do on that front.”

I don’t it’s wrong to think about the general applications but the title and research had a very narrow focus.

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bin_bash 1490 days ago
Agreed, nobody thinks you could run a dishwasher on this technology. My point is the only place where the article labeled mobile phones as “low power” was in this disclaimer to contrast it with other household appliances.
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nobodyandproud 1490 days ago
Fair enough.

It’s also easy to miss that this was with a “AA” size container, and not the size of a pail or a dot battery.

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