From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 08:15:37 MST
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Colin Hales wrote:
> I just found this:
> ** MINI FUEL CELL POWER SOURCE COULD REPLACE EXISTING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
> The days of fast-fading cellular phone batteries may soon be over.
A company in Munich is shipping methanol fuel cell to selected OEMs.
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,49717,00.html
> The casing of our techno toys should be the energy source. The cost/energy
> density problem is holding up so many advancements it's not funny. I'm
> thinking of ultra-cap batteries with inbuilt regulators/chargers that you
> leave in the sun to charge up. Here's hoping someone gets their olive pits
> out and get's on with it.
I don't see how you can beat the storage density of chemical fuel (the air
electrode is for free) with capacitor type of devices.
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