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***mandy*** · 03-12-2006, 09:34 AM,

Quote:Soon you could be running your laptop computer all day without a recharge as commercial versions of fuel cells go on sale.

At the Cebit technology fair in Hanover, Taiwanese hi-tech firm Antig said its fuel cells should be on the shelves of computer shops by early 2007.

The first versions of the methanol-using units should keep a laptop going for up to nine hours...

These "hybrid" devices will work with existing laptops and will fit into the media bay - typically the location of the CD/DVD drive...

full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4794920.stm

bargainbloodhound · 03-13-2006, 07:53 PM,

Quote:Soon you could be running your laptop computer all day without a recharge

Quote:should keep a laptop going for up to nine hours

I wish all day was only 9 hours. Tongue

dnc_ont · 03-13-2006, 08:06 PM,

I would prefer the kind of batteries that you pee on to make them work. That way I wouldn't have to bother getting up at the most inopportune times..

jezebel · 03-13-2006, 09:13 PM,

1 drop of pee provides the same power as a AA battery. You could pee on your battery once after drinking 2 big glasses of water and keep your laptop running an entire year! Toothy10

Scientists develop pee-powered battery