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Laptop Fuel Cells Coming Soon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whacking-people-over-the-head dept.

tomsastroblog writes "Soon laptop batteries could last all day and be recharged from a cartridge. BBC News has a piece on fuel cells as laptop batteries, and what their adoption could mean for laptop usage." From the article: "At the Cebit technology fair in Hanover, Taiwanese hi-tech firm Antig said its fuel cells should be on the shelves of computer shops by early 2007. The first versions of the methanol-using units should keep a laptop going for up to nine hours. Fuel cell technology got a boost recently when international air flight regulators changed rules that banned passengers from carrying flammable methanol onto aircraft."

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  1. Dupe by SirDaShadow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ok, So when the hell are these coming? This is like the second article about it in less than 2 weeks or so. Dupe!

  2. flammable methanol? by cperciva · · Score: 0, Redundant

    international air flight regulators changed rules that banned passengers from carrying flammable methanol onto aircraft

    Yes, but what about the rules which ban passengers from carrying inflammable methanol onto aircraft?

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