the_zelectro t1_isxk8fl wrote on October 19, 2022 at 1:08 PM

Radiation shielding on critical stuff. Boom, fixed the problem

wellhiyabuddy t1_isy72gh wrote on October 19, 2022 at 3:51 PM

That and as chips get smaller it’s easier to add redundancies to insure that the info or inputs are verified by multiple chips before passing along the input

gopher65 t1_it13dx1 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 4:04 AM

You need about 10 metres (not a typo) of concrete to have a reasonable chance of shielding against a GCR strike. Lead just makes the strikes worse, so you can't use it. Bulk matters as much as mass for this type of shielding.

I don't know about you, but my phone would be pretty heavy if it had a 30 foot radius sphere of concrete around it to shield it from high energy strikes.

Edit: scratch that. It would be a dome, not a sphere, because the bulk of Earth protects you from the direction of the ground. That makes this shielding much more practical.

the_zelectro t1_it15ba0 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 4:23 AM

If it's a critical enough thing, I say do it.