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maximus
06-25-2004, 01:21 AM
"It will certainly be some time before we see fuel cells used in digital cameras but it's worth noting that development fuel cells is accelerating. Toshiba today announced a small methanol fuel cell which weighs just 8.5 g (0.3 oz) and can produce 100 mW of power. Toshiba describe this new unit as "small enough for integration into a wireless headset for mobile phones, but still efficient enough to power an MP3 music player for as long as 20 hours on a single 2cc charge of highly concentrated methanol. The new fuel cell outputs 100 milliwatts of power, and can continue to do so, non-stop, for as long as users top up its integrated fuel tank—a process that is as simple as it is safe."

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0406/04062401toshibafuel.asp

8.5 grams for 100 mW! woohoo!

Kowalski
06-26-2004, 07:27 PM
this seems excellent for sure, but does anybody have any idea when we will be able to use this technology in our pdas?