Samsung's one-month Fuel Cell piggy given a real purty mouth

No word on a production run, but we thought you'd like to peep the latest iteration of DMFC (direct-methanol fuel cell) technology coming out of Samsung. If nothing else, they've at least cleaned up the design of that dock we last peeped back in December. A good sign that they're still intent on releasing this one-month, refillable battery by the end of 2007.

[Jagannath A @ Aug 13th 2007 7:25AM]

fuel cells suck in cold conditions... dunno how they are taking care of that...

[rudebo @ Aug 13th 2007 7:28AM]

you can use a nice towel ... 360 style

[Gil @ Aug 13th 2007 7:34AM]

So do any batteries

[rudebo @ Aug 13th 2007 7:28AM]

WOW - i wonder how much it weighs.. it doesnt look too bulky.

if the price isnt too high this would be the ideeal accesory for anyone with a laptop who travels extensively and to remote areas.

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 13th 2007 7:41AM]

-and who knows?

Perhaps the pig will sing?

[supermeerkat @ Aug 13th 2007 7:59AM]

Don't you mean "the pig will fly?"

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 13th 2007 8:21AM]

Look man, I don't tell you how to train YOUR pig, okay??

;)

[Timo @ Aug 13th 2007 8:41AM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6BP61NcPSY

Had to be done

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 13th 2007 8:46AM]

Now there's a silk purse!

[SirSamius @ Aug 13th 2007 7:43AM]

Thats.....like...amazing.....=O

Just, imagine...a larger one...in a desktop...with the monitor sharing from the power supply...

Just whack it anywhere, boot it up and you've got maybe a quad core server running in a power cut!!

ooooo you could go camping with such a beast....gaming in say, the Amazon...
Even LAN partys!! aha

The possibilities are fracking amazing

[Major Malfunction @ Aug 13th 2007 7:54AM]

I'll best my next paycheck at McDonald's that this thing will have a proprietary interface preventing me from attaching it to my UMPC even though it is made by Samsung. FOK!

[Major Malfunction @ Aug 13th 2007 7:56AM]

ERGH! Typo. Edit would be nice.

[ethana2 @ Aug 27th 2007 8:00PM]

Edit would be nice. I've asked for it before. Engadget? Can you hear us?

[Jeff @ Aug 13th 2007 8:08AM]

I will be totally happy if they can slim it down to 1/4 of the size and weight, and give me 1 week worth of battery life.

[eren bilgin @ Aug 13th 2007 8:38AM]

Previous versions of this required a dock and a seperate fuel cell cartridge. you get one month of use from just the red plastic box or is the black round thing (with the laptop on it) required as well or it's just a stand for the display? sorry about the long run on sentence... i hope it makes sense.

[Deluxe @ Aug 13th 2007 8:58AM]

The black part is just the stand.

*facepalm*

[geeky @ Aug 13th 2007 9:46AM]

"Squeeee!"

[oshean @ Aug 13th 2007 10:19AM]

sue-eeee!

[hypereric @ Aug 13th 2007 10:16AM]

Uhhhhhhh... I think all you guys are missing the reference in the title.
Think: Deliverance
Or listen to the beginning of Revolting C0ck's "Beers, Steers and Queers".

"You shure have some purty lips, city boy. (background: "cityslicker")"
"Now let's just see you drop your pants!"
"Wha?!?!?"
"That's right, take'm right off"
"Squeal now, squeal like a pig, boy!"

[Salsa Shark @ Aug 13th 2007 1:58PM]

Captain Obvious saves the day!

[PJK @ Aug 13th 2007 10:31AM]

What about generic 220v three pin mini generators based on this tech that you could carry around. That would have limitless applications.

[Kenban @ Aug 13th 2007 12:29PM]

The site just says up to a month of use. But it does not give an idea on how many hours a day you can use the laptop to get a month of use. I can't help but wonder how many hours of run time do you get off a fuel cell? Then how much does it cost to refuel it?

[Jesse @ Aug 13th 2007 1:11PM]

I'm ready

[SHOTT3R @ Aug 13th 2007 2:30PM]

Fall down go boom?

[Ianidas @ Aug 13th 2007 4:22PM]

It's 240 hours run time (8 hours a day @ 30 days.) Which also means leaving your computer on 24 hours a day for 10 straight days without needing to charge. Sounds good to me.

[Twitchy @ Aug 13th 2007 7:02PM]

But why methanol? Ethanol would have been so much more convenient, as for those of us where home-distilling is legal could make our own fuel.

Plus image the good times when refilling: "wun for you.....and wun fo meh....I love you little piggy wiggy....hic...."

[ethana2 @ Aug 27th 2007 8:02PM]

I wonder if anyone has done something like that while refilling their american car.

"Daddy, why is that man convulsing on the ground next to pump 3?"

[ethana2 @ Aug 27th 2007 8:06PM]

You know, if they found gasoline to be like meth or something, we could actually see progress around here. ".. and that's why we're switching to alcohol. For the children. Now take Brazil for example: "

[Bill @ Aug 14th 2007 11:04PM]

That's until the membrane fails, right?

The fuel cartridge doesn't last a month, does it?

>It's 240 hours run time (8 hours a day @ 30 days.)

[Paulmichael @ Aug 28th 2007 12:23AM]

I wonder, how long will that power an Alienware laptop? Heh I bet my mALX would eat that thing all up, and it would last maybe 2 weeks out of the proposed month...But still, that is AMAZING battery life nonetheless.