3G handsets get prototype fuel cell
News Japanese mobile network operator NTT DoCoMo announced on Thursday that it has developed a prototype micro fuel cell that will recharge a 3G mobile phone. The micro fuel cell is aimed at meeting user demands for more convenient handsets with greater...
[September 30, 2004, 17:00]
An end to recharging for mobile phones
News In Hall 7, meanwhile, the Fraunhofer Department of Energy Technology is due to show the first functioning micro fuel cell for use in smartphones and PDAs. The plan is to replace rechargeable batteries in mobile devices with a miniature version of...
[April 18, 2001, 14:25]
Hitachi squeezes fuel cell into PDA
News The firm projected that the first 5,000 units of commercial micro fuel cell products in laptops and in niche markets will appear in 2004 to 2005, with global shipments to reach 200 million units in 2011.
[December 11, 2003, 10:35]
Methanol fuel cells 'smaller and more powerful'
News Some fuel cells take the water that emerges as a byproduct of the fuel cell reaction and remix it with the methanol. Although the first fuel cell-powered devices have been delayed, some are expected to hit the market next year.
[June 22, 2004, 12:40]
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]
IBM shows off fuel cell with mobile potential
News This is quite a new concept that utilises both micro fuel cells and rechargeable batteries," Mitsuru Homma, group executive of power solutions at Sanyo, said in a statement. IBM and Sanyo have put together a prototype of a fuel cell system for...
[April 12, 2005, 15:05]
Samsung turns to mobile phone fuel cells
News The South Korean manufacturer has signed a deal with a US-based fuel cell firm, MTI MicroFuel Cells. Samsung believes that fuel cells could be the future of mobile phone power. Under the agreement, the two companies will spend the next 18 months...
[May 18, 2006, 17:15]
