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Methanol Fuel-Cell Battery For Your Laptop?

Posted by timothy on from the yes-please dept.

Nick writes: "I ran across this accidentally when I was researching fuel cell cars. They have come out with a little methanol fuel-cell battery they hope will be more powerful than lithium ion batteries, at competitive prices too! (well, in five years maybe) Also check out howstuffworks for a great article on fuel cells in general." Beating Li-Ion batteries by a factor of ten is a very worthy goal.

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  1. completitive? by Hadlock · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    maybe the next version of slashcode needs spellcheck. just a thought : )

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  2. Wonderful by steveo777 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So... when can I play Civ III, Rogue Spear, or Counterstrike on the whole trainride to Florida to visit my grandparents over a Bluetooth network?
    I saw that the new Dell laptops can come with the proper network adapters.

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  3. Re:old news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What, you mean we haven't recycled stories before?

  4. airplanes? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ya but can ya take them on airplanes? Could they be turned into mini methane bombs?

  5. wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things, all farting!