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Fuel Cells Promised For Next Year

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Fuel Cells for telecommunications by KD7JZ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I work for a small rural telephone company. I can't wait until fuel cells are economically feasible.

    We often have to spend $10-20k to get the power company to run power to our cabinets that use less than a kW of power. It would be great to have a fuel cell generator and a 500 gallon propane tank to power sites like this.

    I don't believe most of the 'digital divide' propaganda, but to the extent such a thing exists being able to have power where we need it (inexpensively) could make a difference.