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GM video shows how fuel cells are built and how far the tech has come

, Mar 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

The amount of money being spent to research and develop vehicles powered by alternative fuels is staggering. Much of the research time and money is being spent on electric vehicles and battery technology. Read The Full Story

Electro Power Systems launches ElectroSelf hydrogen fuel cell system

, Feb 16th 2010 Discuss [1]

I for one have been looking forward to the day when my smartphone and notebook is powered by a fuel cell rather than by a rechargeable battery. With a fuel cell, a full recharge is as easy as filling the tank back up. A company called Electro Power systems has debuted a hydrogen fuel cell at MWC 2010 that is designed to power mobile networks for wireless carriers. Read The Full Story

Mobile phone runs on fuel cell powered by soft drinks

, Jan 12th 2010 Discuss [1]

I am eagerly waiting for the day when fuel cells make their way into my laptop and mobile phone. To be able to simply top off a fuel tank and keep playing iPhone games indefinitely would be a great thing. Fuel cells aren't to the point of use for most of us yet, but someday they will be. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Dynario fuel-cell gets tear-down engineer treatment

, Dec 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

It feels like we've been waiting forever for working fuel-cell technology to drop into consumers' hands, and what do Tech-On do when they get hold of just such a system but rip the thing apart.  They've taken Toshiba's Dynario fuel-cell - launched in Japan back in October - and handed it over to their engineers, who promptly stripped it down to its bare components. Read The Full Story

Toshiba launches PF60A000001 Dynario methanol fuel cell in Japan

, Oct 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

I have been waiting for a fuel cell to come along for a long time now that I can refill on the go for continuous charging and power of my mobile gear like my iPhone and my notebook. I have used some fuel cells before, but they have been disposable. Toshiba has unveiled a new methanol fuel cell that is launching today that can be refilled on the go. Read The Full Story

Media Xtreme fuel-cell charger on sale at T-Mobile

, Oct 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile are offering a fuel-cell portable power pack as an accessory for their cellphone range, one of the first mainstream fuel-cell applications targeted at everyday consumers.  The Medis 24/7 Xtreme Portable Power Solution runs on sealed cartridges of sodium borohydride, and can offer 20 Watt-hours from a single cartridge. Each cell lasts up to 18 months unused, and is activated merely by squeezing it and slotting it into the charger device.  Once activated, the cell should last for up to 3 months, though Medis recommend using it within six weeks. Read The Full Story

KDDI fuel cell for mobile phone offers plenty of talk time

, Oct 8th 2009 Discuss [0]

I for one really look forward to the day when recharging my notebook or cell phone simply means squirting more fuel into its fuel cell rather than searching for an AC outlet. Fuel cells are coming for sure and a few of them are already on the market like the offering from Medis, though they aren’t quite what most of us want. What I want is a fuel cell like the one KDDI is showing off that is refillable with methanol and runs for up to 320 hours. Read The Full Story

Toshiba fuel-cell to launch in next two months

, Aug 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

Toshiba promised high and delivered, well, not at all with its first commercial fuel-cell, missing the tentative December 2008 prediction and then seeing March 2009 sweep by without a hint of a product launch.  Now the company is claiming it will release an external battery-charging fuel cell device within the next two months. Read The Full Story

Toshiba’s product roadmap leaked

, Apr 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

If this is authentic, Toshiba has some interesting products lined up through 2010. Techblog.gr leaked a powerpoint slide of Toshiba's product roadmap featuring a few handheld computers featuring the Qualcomm SnapDragon platform. There were prototypes first demoed at CES earlier this year, and from the looks of it, those prototypes are ending up as real products. Read The Full Story

Sony demo hybrid fuel-cell concepts

, Feb 25th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony has been demonstrating a number of fuel-cell concepts, ranging from portable power units to rechargers and even home speaker systems that have their own methanol power-source.  Of most interest are the two devices seen here, which may look like retro radios but in fact combine a rechargeable Li-Ion battery with a methanol fuel-cell. Read The Full Story

Panasonic 5-hour Fuel-Cell notebook battery by 2012

, Oct 20th 2008 Discuss [1]

With the news last week that Toshiba could have a fuel cell powered device on the market by Christmas, today it's the turn of Panasonic to make some methanol promises.  It won't be a fight for a spot underneath the tree between the two companies, though; Panasonic say they'll have fuel cells, capable of running a laptop computer for five hour, on the market by 2012.   Read The Full Story

Fuel-cell powered Toshiba device could be on sale by Christmas?

, Oct 16th 2008 Discuss [0]

Toshiba has suggested that it may release a commercial product using a fuel-cell for power before Christmas 2008, ahead of the company's own March 2009 target for such a device reaching the market.  In an interview with Register Hardware, Toshiba's European General Manager for Computer Systems Marketing and Business Development, Thomas Teckentrup, revealed that it should only be "a few more months before everything comes together". Read The Full Story
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