Yeah, and I can just picture the airlines letting me bring half a dozen
cartridges filled with highly flammable methanol on board. This one might take
some time to get to the masses.
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> Japanese computer giant NEC Corp. (NIPNY) Monday revealed a
> prototype of a laptop computer that runs on a methanol fuel
> cell instead of a rechargeable battery, and said it will
> start selling it next year.
>
> A number of other companies are developing similar fuel
> cells, which promise to power electronics ten times longer
> than the lithium-ion batteries currently in use.
>
> Also, users will be able to keep operating their computers by
> replacing the fuel cartridge or refilling with methanol fuel,
> instead of recharging the battery.
>
> NEC initially plans to introduce a computer with a fuel-cell
> system able to run for five consecutive hours on a single
> cartridge of methanol fuel, but also plans to make a PC
> within two years that can run continuously for as long as 40 hours.
>
> Fuel cells produce electricity without generating pollutants,
> through an electrochemical reaction that uses oxygen and hydrogen.
>
> Japanese companies are shaping up to be pioneers in fuel-cell
> technology. NEC rival Toshiba Corp. said in March it
> developed the world's first prototype of a methanol-type fuel
> cell system to run notebook PCs. It also plans to
> commercialize its product in 2004.
>
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> Rick Emery
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