fuel cells

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Gadgets

The Future Of Charging Gadgets? Promising, But Flawed

2:39AM Danny Allen | As mentioned last week, Toshiba’s first batch of 3000 direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) chargers—the first from a major manufacturer—hit Japan on Thursday. The IDG News Service has been testing one, and here are their first impressions. More »
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Gadgets

Toshiba’s Dynario Hybrid Fuel Cell/Li-ion Makes First Run

5:26PM Jason Chen | The Dynario fuel cell charger from Toshiba will launch in Japan on October 29, bringing with it direct methane fuel cell injection that lets you charge two mobile phones simultaneously. More »
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Gadgets

Toshiba’s Latest Fuel Cell Prototype Gadgets Charge In Seconds

11:10PM Danny Allen | At Japan’s CEATEC show, Toshiba and KDDI are demonstrating a modified Toshiba T002 phone that’s powered by a direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) and Li-Ion battery. More advanced than previous prototypes, it runs for 320 hours on a squirt of methanol. More »
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Phones

Leaked Toshiba K01, K02 and L01 Ultraportables Love Folding and Fuel Cells

11:20PM Mark Wilson | Techblog.gr claims to have just leaked Toshiba’s mobile product line for the next year, and there are three products we found especially exciting—a 7-inch netbookish transformer and a series of touchscreen QWERTY mobiles. More »
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Gadgets

Sony Retro-Looking Fuel Cell Battery Is a Speaker Is a Charger

10:28PM Jesus Diaz | Sony’s new concepts for fuel cell batteries come in some interesting flavours, like these speakers-with 70s transistor radio look-that can recharge your phone or multimedia player. Or the fuel-powered, completely-wireless, coffee maker-looking home theatre speaker. More »
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Science

World’s Smallest Fuel Cell Could Power Your Gadgets

7:40AM Sean Fallon | Chemical engineers working at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a hydrogen fuel cell that measures only 3 millimeters across. That could mean longer lasting, eco-friendly power for your gadgets.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Vehicles

Congressman’s Fuel Cell Road Trip Was Horrifically Inefficient

11:30AM Jason Chen | Congressman Eric Massa of NY tried to drive a fuel cell car from NY to DC to make an environmental point and to show how great fuel cell cars are. He failed at both. More »
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Gadgets

Mobion Methanol USB Charger Coming Soon

11:12PM Jesus Diaz | This has been years in the making, but it seems we will be able to get our own fuel-cell-based USB charger by the end of 2009. I still wonder if the FAA will allow these. More »
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Toys

Horizon H-Racer 2.0: Faster, Greener, Less Likely To Smash Into Walls

1:00PM Wilson Rothman | The original Horizon H-Racer hydrogen fuel-cell toy just got an update: Before, you could fill it with water and let ‘er rip. Now, you can actually steer the bastard. More »
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Science

Amazing Hydrogen Fuel Tank Being Made Of Buckyballs And Graphene

10:14PM Kit Eaton | We’ve talked a lot about hydrogen and fuel cells here on Giz, mainly because it’s the wonder fuel of the near future, but storing dangerous H2 is tricky: something a team at the University of Crete thinks it’s solved. The US Department of Energy reckons a tank should store 6% H2 by mass, and current tech can only do about 2%. The Greek team’s tank is amazing: it’s constructed of two wondermaterials. Carbon Buckytubes connect layers of graphene to make a huge matrix—so far they’ve built a tank with Buckyballs instead of tubes, but they’ll have that finished by Christmas. And theoretically it can store 6.1% H2. [NewScientist] More »
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