Monday, May 10, 2004
Casio Develops Smallest Fuel Cell for Laptop PCs
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 05:00 PM
"Casio has developed the world's smallest fuel cell for use in laptops and aims to market it in 2007. The polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which is being developed for use in automobiles and home appliances, has been miniaturized to almost the same size as a conventional lithium ion battery. Its capacity is nearly four times higher than that of a conventional battery and it can power a typical laptop computer for eight to sixteen hours.."
MobileMag (great site!) has a brief report on Casio developing a fuel cell. It seems that every company in Asia has announced fuel cell plans, but the race to be the first to deliver a working product is still on. I'm all for battery battery life for my notebook (especially when I've got the speed cranked up all the way for editing large photos, which kills battery life), but I have these ugly scenarios in my head of fuel cell cartridges lying around my office and me picking them up and shaking them to see how much "juice" is left in each one. Suddenly having to recharge batteries doesn't seem to bad...;-)
MobileMag (great site!) has a brief report on Casio developing a fuel cell. It seems that every company in Asia has announced fuel cell plans, but the race to be the first to deliver a working product is still on. I'm all for battery battery life for my notebook (especially when I've got the speed cranked up all the way for editing large photos, which kills battery life), but I have these ugly scenarios in my head of fuel cell cartridges lying around my office and me picking them up and shaking them to see how much "juice" is left in each one. Suddenly having to recharge batteries doesn't seem to bad...;-)
