Canon's Fuel Cell May Drive Portable Gear

RX8 writes "Canon, Inc., has taken the wraps off prototype rechargeable hydrogen fuel cells, the likes of which may one day power digital cameras, media players, and printers. Canon's demonstrated fuel cells win even more points on the environmental front: while companies such as Toshiba, Sanyo, and NEC have also been working on fuel cells (and had been expected to have developed fuel cell-driven notebook computers by now), those efforts are based on DMFC technology which derives hydrogen from methanol, producing small amounts of carbon dioxide (itself a greenhouse gas) in the process. Canon's cells obtain hydrogen from a refillable cartridge with no toxic byproducts."

Comments

Re:Cleaner?

[G-funk]

So do you. Why else exactly do you think you have to keep drinking it?

Re:Cleaner?

[Belial6]

Kill da wabbits...Kill da wabbits...Kill da WABBITS!!!

Dangers associated with DHMO

[Chaotic Spyder]

As a concerned member I did some research on DHMO and found the following facts

* Death due to accidental inhalation of DHMO, even in small quantities.
        * Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO causes severe tissue damage.
        * Excessive ingestion produces a number of unpleasant though not typically life-threatening side-effects.
        * DHMO is a major component of acid rain.
        * Gaseous DHMO can cause severe burns.
        * Contributes to soil erosion.
        * Leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals.
        * Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits.
        * Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes.
        * Found in biopsies of pre-cancerous tumors and lesions.
        * Often associated with killer cyclones in the U.S. Midwest and elsewhere.
        * Thermal variations in DHMO are a suspected contributor to the El Nino weather effect.

I say we try to stop these hydrogen fuel cells as soon as possible before more DHMO is produced.

Wikipedia more often right than wrong

[Anonymous Coward]

if it's written in Wikipedia it must be factually correct

No, it would be wrong to say that it MUST be correct, and clearly you meant that as sarcasm.

But it's far more likely to be correct than to be incorrect, because most people aim for accuracy rather than poisoning entries. Therefore your anti-Wikipedia comment is ill-founded and lacks merit.

Re:Mods are on crack.

[Red Flayer]

"I love how the moderators around here are on crack. +4 Interesting? Dihydrogen monoxide is WATER.
He has made a joke, not written an informative statement..."

Mods often assign +1 Interesting in place of +1 Funny, since Funny mods don't affect karma.

Also, if the mods thought it was an informative statement, they would have modded it +1 Informative, not +1 Interesting.