http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/ Engadget Comments for Researcher touts "practical fuel cells" for portable electronics http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/Aug 27th 2007 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/
And if they pull that "please swipe your card...", then, well... I'll make a point to stick to roads and watercraft, or not travel. They piss me off already.

I like the idea, though. I think the trick is to make an external power protocol like USB. Maybe a USB cell with a separate line for power, at worst. Whoever made USB was seems to have been thinking along the lines of "512k ought to be enough for anybody". Don't cap the speed. Scale or die. You can't make it universal if you don't make it viable.]]>Aug 27th 2007 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/Aug 27th 2007 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/Aug 27th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/Aug 27th 2007 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/Aug 27th 2007 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/
Safety: Methanol is poisonous and burns (like other alcohols) with an invisible flame.

Feasibility: To liberate the Hydrogen passively, Methanol must oxidize a metal, such as aluminum.
This produces a methoxide salt, hydrogen, and A LOT of heat. I cannot imagine this reaction being carefully controlled on a small, mobile scale.

You think we will have battery explosion and fire problems now?]]>Aug 27th 2007 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/"Dude, your laptop is on fire!!!"
"No, it's supposed to do that. Here, let me put the exhaust manifold back on..."

What we need is these /and/ batteries. Although I must admit, I'd rather have a hand crank and a battery.]]>Aug 27th 2007 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/or do u have to keep buying more every 50 hours?]]>Aug 27th 2007 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/Aug 27th 2007 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/Aug 28th 2007 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/researcher-touts-practical-fuel-cells-for-portable-electronics/Aug 28th 2007 11:26AM