IBM and Sanyo announce prototype of methanol fuel cell

Posted on Monday, April 11 2005 @ 20:30 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

IBM and Sanyo announced a prototype of a new methanol fuel cell for usage in notebooks. The companies expect to commercialize it by 2007 or 2008.

IBM is considering endorsing the fuel cell for use in its ThinkPad-branded laptop PCs, it said. Electronics vendors hope that fuel cells will allow portable devices to run for longer without recharging than today's battery technologies.

More info about this new fuel cell at PC World

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