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Toshiba Field Testing Fuel Cells in Portable Devices

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09-29-2005, 03:00 PM

Kris Kumar Editor Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,074		Toshiba Field Testing Fuel Cells in Portable Devices http://www.physorg.com/news6542.html "Toshiba said Friday it has developed two small direct methanol fuel cell prototypes that can dramatically increase the playing time for mobile music players. A fuel cell unit the size of a pack of chewing gum can power a flash-memory-based player for about 35 hours on a single charge. Toshiba said Friday it has developed two small direct methanol fuel cell prototypes that can dramatically increase the playing time for mobile music players. A fuel cell unit the size of a pack of chewing gum can power a flash-memory-based player for about 35 hours on a single charge. The new fuel cell units have an output power of 100mW and 300mW and have been applied to a flash-memory-based digital audio player and an HDD-based digital audio player, respectively." I haven't kept myself up to date with the developments in the alternative sources of power for our mobile devices. The direct methanol fuel cells sounds promising but I like the convenience of plugging my cell phone into the USB cradle for sync and having it charged at the same time. What I would like to see is batteries that charge quickly and can deliver more power. It seems like the DMFC battery packs need to be replaced or refilled with more fuel. Doesn't that sound like too much hassle? :?

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