So Where Are The Fuel Cells?

prostoalex writes: "While fuel cells have been touted as a revolutionary innovation for the electronics industry, they have not hit the market yet. This article in eWeek talks about the current problems with fuel cells, and claims that 'these devices, designed to last as much as 10 times longer than a standard lithium-ion battery, should hit the market by 2004.'" There are a few fuel-cell devices on the market, but this article points out a few reasons they're not yet more widespread.

Comments

they are

[jjeffries]

powering all the damn flying cars, where else?

Re:they are

[Anonymous Coward]

Yours may be Fuel Cells but I use Cold Fusion.

battery vs. fuel cell, hmm...

[rob-fu]

There's the rub. Micro fuel cells may not be allowed on airplanes because the hydrogen-based devices use a highly flammable gas, while the methanol-based devices include an inflammable liquid.

No thanks, I'll stick to my shitty laptop with the one battery that lasts about two hours. Better to have a laptop that sucks down the battery than one that EXPLODES IN YOUR LAP.

Re:battery vs. fuel cell, hmm...

[Chris Canfield]

No thanks, I'll stick to my shitty laptop with the one battery that lasts about two hours. Better to have a laptop that sucks down the battery than one that EXPLODES IN YOUR LAP.

You've obviously never had a Powerbook with a Lithium battery.

So Where Are The Fuel Cells?

[skydude_20]

in that crater over there with the dead scientists...

remember kids, don't play with presurized hydrogen!

Re:That's Bullshit.

[mmoncur]

I almost believed your message until I got to the part about the goverment and their amazingly superior computers... anyone who has done consulting for the government knows they actually have an assortment of banged-up relics from the cold war days.

Maybe the superior computers are in the top secret hangar at Area 51.