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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. eheheh by soapdog · · Score: 5, Funny

    gives a whole new meaning to "this laptop is burning my legs..." sorry could not resist...

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    1. Re:eheheh by LiquidMind · · Score: 5, Funny

      just make sure you don't accidentally set your scrotum on fire

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  2. Price and Stocks by komodo9 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I especially like the ability for them to fit into existing laptops (in the media bay), rather than only working with new, specially-designed laptops. Overall it sounds great, however expensive. It'd probably be years before they can get the price down to a reasonable level. Either way, it might not be a bad idea to go invest in fuel cell stocks now. :)
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  3. Re:dupe?!?!?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/ 03/0134241

  4. Re:Sounds Dangerous by fermion · · Score: 5, Funny
    Other terrorist plots
    • All agent fart on the plane at once
    • Hit passengers over head with NiMH batteries.
    • Bring the new Apple boom box on the plane and force everyone to jump to thier death by playing Celine Dion and Cher.
    • Force passenders to watch a Adam Sandler Marathon on the flight from New Yok to Bejing.
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