This little power pack is a fuel cell charging device that offers instant power for your mobile devices while off-grid.
Encapsulating the dream of convenient wireless charging capabilities, the Power Pack wants to be the easy alternative green power source for gadgets.
But does it live up to TreeHugger expectations?...
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Making Methanol Fuel Cells Better
Many researchers and engineers have wanted to replace batteries in consumer electronics with methanol fuel cells for a while, but their big weakness so far has been the proton membrane. "The more protons cross the membrane, the more power is generated. But the polymers that conduct protons well also tend to let the methanol solution into the other compartment. The resulting loss of fuel lowers the cells' power output." Kind of a catch 22. Until now!
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Photo of Toshiba's prototype fuel cell-powered cell phone via TechOn
We heard last year that Toshiba planned to launch a fuel cell-powered portable media player by late ’08. Well, we’re getting on to late ’08 and we finally have heard news that the company’s first device will be launched sometime between now and the end of March ’09. The breath-holding part is just what that device will be....
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Photo Credit: MTI Micro
MTI Micro is one of the leaders of off-grid power solutions, and the newest generation of their direct methanol fuel cell engine core, the Mobion Chip, shows a 25% power performance improvement and a 25% size reduction. Translation: We’re that much closer to going cordless for mobile devices. ...
A makeshift microbial fuel cell: a bucket, waste water and a graphite sheet. Photo: Lebônê
graphic of hydrogen bonds (in green) between oxygen (red) and hydrogen (white): Focus
One problem with wind and solar power is that for either to be able to provide a round-the-clock source of reliable power, you need some sort of back up power source. Or you need to have some way of storing the excess energy produced during the day for use at night or when the wind isn’t blowing. Well, though it’s a long way from being commercially deployed, a new development by MIT chemist Daniel Nocera may bring the holy grail of renewable energy storage a bit closer to hand.
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The Hy-Bird may be an interesting concept aircraft, but I wonder if placing what looks to be an out-of-scale illustration of the plane over what looks to be Bryce Canyon might be coming in a bit too high.
photo: Trina Solar
The UN post-Kyoto Copenhagen Climate Conference summit meeting to take place next year is pushing Danes to build up a quick fleet of battery-driven hybrid fuel cell cars.
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