Toshiba To Show Laptop Fuel Cells at CeBit

war3rd writes "According to The Register, Toshiba has finally been able to build a fuel cell for laptops that they will unveil at CeBit next week. The fuel cells are expected to last approximately 5 hours and are compatible with existing lithium-ion batteries. Form factor remains the only issue. The trick is that they use the water by-product from the cell to dilute the methanol source as it enters the reformer, and are therefore able to store higher concentrations of methanol in the cell. My only concern is how quickly can they get this to market?"

Comments

Re:Well, there goes the neighborhood

[mysterious_mark]

Why not, is not alcohol present on airplanes, on long flights you could order a vodka to re-fuel you cell, its almost enough to make me want to fly again. MM

Re:Um, what's the point?

[stratjakt]

Run a mobile celeron at 1.2 gig, you get 5 hours of battery life there, too. Or maybe 10 with fuel cells.

Being able to change batteries in your laptop the same way you would a gameboy is a vast improvement over the norm, no matter what hardware you run.

Enough with the elitist apple crap, already. Or go sit somewhere all alone with your Mac and tell yourself you have all the innovation you'll ever need.

Re:Um, what's the point?

[Lao-Tzu]

Yeah, sure, anything that takes 3 hours on a PC takes 5 hours on a Mac. Like watching a DVD.