Articles on Methanol

Methanol fuel cells for gadgets forge forward - Nov 3, 2009

Crave Direct Methanol Fuel Cell has licensed a patent from CalTech to build methanol-based gadget chargers, a week after Toshiba took the wraps off its own portable fuel cell. Toshiba introduced a ... Read story »

Watch 14 hours of movies with Sony's tiny fuel cell - May 5, 2008

Crave Granted it's still in prototype stage, but Sony's latest micro-sized hybrid fuel cell nevertheless offers a sneak peek at what to expect of batteries in mobile devices in the coming years. ... Read story »

MTI Micro partners for fuel cell ultra-mobile PC - Jul 14, 2008

Crave MTI Micro and Korean manufacturer NeoSolar late last week said they will build prototype ultra-mobile PCs powered by fuel cells. The two companies said they will develop digital devices that use ... Read story »

Juice up your laptop, literally - Oct 21, 2008

Crave Traditional chargers may soon go the way of modem ports as fuel cell batteries become a reality. Where once such technology resided in huge power cells which were double the ... Read story »

Lilliputian readies fuel-cell gadget charger - Apr 10, 2009

Crave Lilliputian Systems, a company developing butane-fueled energy storage for consumer electronics, said on Thursday that it has raised US$28 million in additional funding. The company, which was spun out of ... Read story »

All about laptop batteries - May 5, 2009

Features We explain the technology behind battery power and provide tips on how to maximize it.  Read story »

Toshiba showcases proto methanol fuel cell at IFA - Sep 1, 2007

Crave The future is here, finally. Well, almost. According to a Toshiba representative at IFA Berlin, its methanol fuel cell could possibly go commercial as early as next year. While portable battery ... Read story »

UltraCell UC25 - Mar 21, 2006

Crave Fuel cells have been on the edge of commercialization ever so long. Now, finally, close to the finishing line is fuel cell developer UltracCell. Its UC25 deploys readily available, low-cost methanol ... Read story »

It's the hydrogen-powered phone - Feb 18, 2008

Crave Oh, the humanity! Fuel cell maker Angstrom Power and cell phone maker Motorola have teamed up to create a prototype mobile phone that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell. Hydrogen is ... Read story »

LG's eco-friendly laptop - Dec 14, 2006

Crave Grabbing technology from its flagship Chocolate phone lineup, the LG e-Book goes easy on the environment by drinking less juice. From its organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) screen and keyboard, to a ... Read story »

Samsung shows off fuel cell for notebooks - Nov 10, 2005

Features Samsung unveiled a prototype of a fuel cell that can run a laptop for 15 hours or more and may come to the market in 2007. Read story »

Fuel cell power for your gadgets - Dec 11, 2008

Crave MTI Micro, a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology Incoporated, unveiled a portable charger recently that uses replaceable fuel cartridges. MTI Micro is not the first, and hopefully won't be the last, company ... Read story »

Zinc fuel cell maker readies portable power pack - Nov 20, 2008

Crave Power Air has developed a zinc-air fuel cell, which it says offers advantages over hydrogen fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries. Click diagram for larger version. A California startup says next year ... Read story »

I'm back from CES 2008! - Jan 15, 2008

Blogs CES 2008 was a great show, with a number of impressive technologies introduced during the show. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time to take a break during the show. So I ... Read story »

More scenes from Tokyo Ceatec - Oct 4, 2007

Features CNET News.com was on hand to capture all the latest tech this week at the Ceatec Japan 2007 consumer electronics and IT tradeshow.  Read story »

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