Fuel Cells Promised For Next Year

Posted by timothy on Sunday March 16, 2003 @07:58AM from the how-about-a-fuel-cell-ogg-player dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article in today's New York Times, fuel cells for portable consumer electronic devices will start appearing next year. First for laptops, and later for smaller devices like cellphones. Among the interesting benefits of fuel cells over batteries is the ability to swap cells without having to power down the device." The article mentions the Toshiba cells demonstrated at CeBit, and -- no surprise -- Japan is likely to be the first market for these tiny fuel cells.

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Oh no... by Bendebecker · 2003-03-16 09:01 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Now I have to worrry about my laptop exploding when I drop it...

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There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy
Re:This is great - but... by jo_ham · 2003-03-16 13:43 · Score: 1, Flamebait

American businesses might make money by buying legislation, but we can't be stuck with old tech forever. If the US doesn't develop fuel cells, someone else out of the range of US 'protect the president's friends' laws will.