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Start-up Redesigns Fuel Cells
News A start-up company says it has developed a way to make fuel cells out of silicon, a change that potentially could increase the performance of cells and make them easier to manufacture. As far-fetched as it might sound, fuel cells for cell phones or...
[February 11, 2003, 8:29]
Methanol Fuel Cells 'smaller And More Powerful'
News A developer of miniaturised fuel cells has come up with a simplified design that could propel the power technology's use in notebook and handheld computers. On Monday, MTI MicroFuel Cells unveiled prototypes of its Mobion power packs, which promise...
[June 22, 2004, 12:40]
Samsung Turns To Mobile Phone Fuel Cells
News Samsung believes that fuel cells could be the future of mobile phone power. The South Korean manufacturer has signed a deal with a US-based fuel cell firm, MTI MicroFuel Cells. Under the agreement, the two companies will spend the next 18 months...
[May 18, 2006, 17:15]
UltraCell Ready To Bring Laptop Fuel Cell To Market
News Fuel cells convert hydrogen and oxygen into water and electrical power, but technology and expense have kept them away from most markets. But customers shouldn't expect to just be able to buy a few litres of methanol and fill up their fuel cells...
[March 10, 2006, 15:10]
Microfuel Cells Vie For Market Acceptance
News Fuel cells will power nearly 15 percent of laptops worldwide by 2012, but their wider market acceptance may hinge on ironing out several service irritants, according to an ABI Research report issued on Wednesday.
[May 13, 2004, 8:40]
Alcohol Gives New Life To Thirsty Portables
News Both companies are developing fuel cells that turn methanol directly into electricity and could have many times the capacity of current lithium-ion batteries. Although the basic physics is not new, both companies have turned to nanotechnology to...
[September 3, 2001, 17:14]
Fuel Cell Phones Far From Reality, Says Report
News Firms that claim next year will see micro fuel cells become the next wave of long-lasting power for handhelds and mobile phones are fostering hype, according to technology research firm Allied Business Intelligence (ABI).
[September 12, 2003, 9:14]
Fuel-cell Breakthrough Could Boost Portable Power
News Scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) are working to develop micro fuel cells to power portable electronic devices and have made an important breakthrough that may make the technology cheaper to own...
[December 11, 2003, 9:10]
Hitachi Squeezes Fuel Cell Into PDA
News Japanese electronics giant Hitachi is teaming up with disposable-lighter maker Tokai to produce commercial fuel cells for handheld computers in 2005, the companies said this week. Several electronics companies are investigating fuel cells as an...
[December 11, 2003, 10:35]
Start-up Sells Membrane That Powers Mobiles
News Start-up PolyFuel has commercially released a membrane for creating fuel cells for laptops and cellphones, a milestone in the budding fuel cell industry. The honeycombed membrane is for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC).
[January 19, 2004, 7:45]
Tomorrow Never Comes For BT
Leader Take fuel cells, those perennial power plants. As for Tamarack, it eventually got bought for its intellectual property by a company called Manhattan Scientifics -- which is now demonstrating prototype fuel cells that 'will be soon' commercially...
[February 4, 2005, 11:50]
Toshiba Delays Commercial Fuel Cell
News At a demonstration of its latest fuel cell prototype for portable devices in Japan on Friday, Toshiba said the cells would not be commercially available until 2005 -- a year later than previously thought.
[October 3, 2003, 13:40]
Nanosys Does Sharp Fuel Cell Deal
News Japanese electronics conglomerate Sharp has inked a deal with nanotechnology specialist Nanosys to develop fuel cells for portable electronic devices. Fuel cells that can run MP3 players, mobile phones or even TVs on small amounts of methane are...
[January 19, 2005, 8:30]
Motorola Breakthrough Battery
News The fuel cells measure just one inch square and less than an inch in thickness and are powered by liquid methanol. The reservoir of methanol in the fuel cells combines with oxygen in the air to produce electricity.
[January 20, 2000, 10:00]
Alcohol Gives New Life To Thirsty Portables
Talkback Your article about the new fuel cells to be developed by NEC and Sony is very interesting. Can you mention the energy-per-mass ratio expected in these new fuel cells? Hi, A cell weighting one pound (or one kilogram)is able of how much Coulombs...
[September 18, 2004, 3:24]
An End To Recharging For Mobile Phones
News Until now, the tiny amount of space available in a mobile phone or PDA was too small to allow integration of fuel cells and solar cells, Fraunhofer researchers told ZDNet. German researchers are developing new types of power cells that could mean...
[April 18, 2001, 14:25]
Establishment Wakes Up To Green Tech
News That's a major commitment, and that includes fuel cells, wind, coal gasification, combined cycle and cleaner gas-turbine technology. Now, GE is increasing its R&D and marketing development budgets to create a larger name for itself in coal...
[January 30, 2006, 11:20]
Notebook Fuel Cell A Reality This Year?
News Fuel cells are the next generation of battery technology and are being developed to extend the battery life of mobile devices. Fuel cells, which generally use alcohols for fuel, can offer up to five to 10 times the power per unit weight of a Li-ion...
[March 10, 2005, 17:00]
IBM Shows Off Fuel Cell With Mobile Potential
News Technology companies are working on fuel cells as a way to enhance the battery life of mobile devices such as notebooks, MP3 players and mobile phones. Unlike traditional batteries, fuel cells usually use alcohol or hydrogen as fuel and can offer...
[April 12, 2005, 15:05]
Gas-powered Notebooks Get Lighter
News Notebooks containing fuel cells will begin to arrive in late 2004 to 2005, he said. Fuel cells and battery enhancements, which will let notebooks run three to 10 times longer without a recharge, will begin to appear by late 2004.
[August 19, 2002, 17:05]
