& on top of that, remember that 120ml is roughly a third of a can of (crappy American) beer - which is roughly the size of the volume taken up by my Compaq's external power supply and cord.
As someone who's had to hook up a laptop to a solar panel in Africa, it's obvious to me that it would be alot easier to deal with methanol than solar power - especially during the rainy season. My guess is that these cells would only get more efficient with time as well...
Mineral oil, distilled water, etc... Why not go all the way and hook up a car radiator to the CPU? Cool it with anti-freeze (ethylene glycol), and cool that with air run through a radiator. It's extremely efficient for cars, so why not chips?
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& on top of that, remember that 120ml is roughly a third of a can of (crappy American) beer - which is roughly the size of the volume taken up by my Compaq's external power supply and cord.
As someone who's had to hook up a laptop to a solar panel in Africa, it's obvious to me that it would be alot easier to deal with methanol than solar power - especially during the rainy season. My guess is that these cells would only get more efficient with time as well...
Mineral oil, distilled water, etc... Why not go all the way and hook up a car radiator to the CPU? Cool it with anti-freeze (ethylene glycol), and cool that with air run through a radiator. It's extremely efficient for cars, so why not chips?