I don't see why no one opened it up before to see how it works, yea it would be a shame to stop the battery but what if there was something inside that is undiscovered and could be used in our day to day lives, I feel it would be more useful getting it open than to let it sit there, they can always put it back together or recreate it surely.,(reply>), There is no way there is undiscovered technology in there, yes this battery lasted for a very long time, but that’s because it doesn’t need much electricity to run. Today’s batteries are so much better then this.