Tag: Fuel Cells - Page 3
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Sony Displays Fuel Cell-Powered Speaker Prototypes
In the line-up of gadgets being engineered to run on fuel cells comes speakers by Sony. The company is showing off a retro-style speaker that utilize direct methanol fuel cells at the International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo last
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The World's First Fuel Cell Scoreboard Unveiled at the University of South Carolina
I have to admit that I was thrilled to see this story as I am a resident of Columbia, S.C. (home to USC) and we aren't often the "the world's first" at much related to the environment. But it's great to see that USC
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Hydrogen to the Rescue: German Auto Aid Club Drives Fuel Cell Cars
In Germany, when your car breaks down, who you gonna call? ADAC, the German automobile club, roams the roads, waiting to lend a helping hand. And, starting immediately, the friendly ADAC man or woman may show up driving a HydroGen4
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Toshiba Launching Fuel Cell Battery Charger by End of March
Back in October we wrote about Toshiba planning on introducing their first fuel cell device by the end of March 2009. Looks like they're going to make good on that promise. Maybe. Toshiba has announced that
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CES 2009: Horizon Renewable Energy Science Kits
If we're looking to make our kids smarty pants about renewable energy, these kits seem like a really cool way to get them excited about it. Personally, I want the full sized kit, though it's a rather pricey $199. There are a
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ZPowerpac Portable Fuel Cell Chargers - The Next Big Thing?
Looks like the Medis 24/7 Power Pack will have a competitor. Power Air has just announced that they’re set to let loose their Zpowerpack portable fuel cell chargers for hand held gadgets.According to the
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Honda FC Sport Concept: So Funky it's Actually Cool, or Just Plain Funky Ugly!
The Honda FC Sport Concept was shown at the LA Auto Show this past week, and as the funky sports car spun around its tier, the dazed onlookers had only one thing to say, "... Chirp... chirp... chirp...chirp... burb!"Many
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Fuel Cell Stickers for Charging Gadgets
Slap a sticker on your cell phone and consider it charged. Well, that’s the goal of myFC, anyway.
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TreeHugger Review: Medis 24/7 Power Pack Fuel Cell Charger
Encapsulating the dream of convenient wireless charging capabilities, the Power Pack wants to be the easy alternative green power
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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Waste Water to Be Bottled & Sold in India
Though water is still often collected from taps in many places, as an estimated 1600 people die daily across the country from contaminated water supplies, the market for purified bottled water is growing. Water jugs waiting to be filled, photo by: McKay
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MIT Boosts Methanol Fuel Cells Efficiency by 50%
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
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Toshiba Just Months Away From First Fuel Cell Device
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
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Synthetic CO2 Scrubbers, Hydrogen Microcabs and A Tree-Powered Sensor
:: Could synthetic trees be used as CO2 scrubbers?
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Third Gen Mobion Chip is 25% More Efficient, That Much Closer to Fuel Cell Powered Gadgets
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.
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Microbes in Dirt Provide Electricity for African Villagers
Providing electricity to people in countries where either the grid is not reliable, or nonexistent and unlikely ever to be built, can make a huge difference in
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Uncovering Energy Elephants in the Room? Hydrogen, Nuclear, Clean Coal
Here's one which has already elicited some heated discussion over at Renewable Energy World which is really worth considering, even if we all won't agree on some of the points the author makes. Thomas Blakeslee believes
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Greenwash Watch: Gwyn Morgan on GM Advertising
Until he retired, Gwyn Morgan was the most powerful oil man in Canada, sort of our own Boone Pickens without the evil swift boat stuff, although he has tussled with David Suzuki and fought against Kyoto. Now he
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Formula Zero World Premiere in Rotterdam, Motosport at its Cleanest
Rotterdam, home of the first Sustainable Dance Club due to open next month, the Happy Shrimp Farm and Enviu eco-innovators, to only name a few, is now hosting the world's first international championship for fuel cell powered racers this August 22 -
