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Mobile Fuel Cells Soon?
Mark Leaman writes "Motorola has made a strategic investment in Vancouver based, micro fuel cell developer Tekion with a view to the inevitable rise of the fuel cell as a power source for mobile products. Tekion is creating a new "personal power source", known as the Formira Power Pack, that will fit inside mobile products and enable consumers to stay connected for as long as needed. "
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Don't those fuel cells (which iirc commonly work on hydrogen and oxygen) produce water? So you're going to be walking around with a wet spot in your pants...
Is that your phone or are you happy to see me?
Right, the day the fusion-reactor-on-a-chip is available, they'll sell cellphones with build in 50MW laser cannon.
Granted, fuel cells have considerable energy-density advantages over current chemical cells, but it will never be enough until we have devices that will *never* need a recharge, battery replacement, or refill.
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Well, you may have lost one excuse for not answering the phone, but you just need to get more creative.. First of all, if you do answer, realize that this won't improve reception. You can still always pull the "Oh, I'm going through a tunnel..." "...you're breaking up... what was that?..." Done!
There are a number of other options too. None are quite as good as the battery one, but you could try:
1) I forgot to turn the ringer back on after ___________ (e.g. movie, meeting)
2) I was _______ (somewhere loud) and didn't hear it ring.
3) In the bathroom. No reasonable person answers their phone in the bathroom. If you're going to use this one, start drinking more water. It'll make it more plausible that you're always in the bathroom, and it's good for you!
I'm sure you can come up with some on your own.
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