Mobile Phone Fuel Cells slated for 2007 launch
Jul 14, 05 09:10 AM PDT
| Click to enlarge |
 |
| via Yahoo! News |
Japan might be the first country in 2007 to use fuel cell technology for its mobile phones. The years have seen DMFCs (direct methanol fuel cells) being promoted as an alternative power source to the popular lithium ion batteries as batteries can be recharged instantly by inserting a fuel cartridge recharger. Unfortunately, the prototypes of DMFCs were considered unwieldy due to their size and weight, and is not commercially viable to date.
Facing this challenge, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI have drawn up plans to have fuel cell rechargers for mobile phones in shops around Japan 2 years from now. NTT DoCoMo already has a prototype charger on display at the Wireless Japan Expo. Co-developed with Fujitsu Laboratories, this device will satisfy over 45 million subscribers who are always on the lookout for a quick power fix.
( Add a comment)Post a comment
Your email is required but won't be published.
Comments will be published immediately if you verify your post. Be cool, upload your real photo and link your ID to your facebook account.
You are welcome to share your ideas, experiences and questions, but please be respectful of others when commenting. Insulting, self-promotional, SMS-style and off-topic comments will be deleted. Thank you.
blog comments powered by DisqusRecent Reviews
Top Stories
WIFI security (and more) cracked using Elcom Distributed Password Recovery software and NVIDIA GPUs
Nokia dropping a new phone on Monday, sends mysterious teaser
Next-gen Blackberry said to have a touch-display and qwerty keyboard
Apple to fix Macbook Pro computers that have a faulty NVIDIA chip
SteelSeries World Of Warcraft Mouse
Xbox Slim Does Not Run 360 Titles
Bulletproof Polo Shirt
Solar-powered GPS Cow Hat Shocks
Nikon UP300/UP300x Head-Mounted Media Player
