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ubergizmo.com - 10/21/2008

Panasonic shows the smallest fuel-cell notebook: 20 hours of battery life

— ubergizmo.com — Panasonic has reduced their fuel-cell's size by 50%, making it comparable to a normal laptop battery (finally!).... We're looking at it here in blue, in what seems to be a "Toughbook" laptop. According to Panasonic, 200cc of fuel can run the laptop ... (more) Panasonic shows the smallest fuel-cell notebook: 20 ...

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gizmodo.com - 10/20/2008

Panasonic Laptop Fuel Cell Delivers 20 Hours of Power With Highly Concentrated Methanol [Fuel Cell]

— gizmodo.com — Panasonic's latest fuel cell breakthrough is the world's smallest designed for notebooks—270cc, about the same size as... the existing lithium ones . They use highly concentrated methanol, similar to ones designed for the military as the fuel ... (more) Panasonic Laptop Fuel Cell Delivers 20 Hours of Power ...

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engadget.com - 10/20/2008

Panasonic talks up 2012's hottest fuel cell tech

— engadget.com — Alas, here we are, 2008 drawing quickly to a close, and yet we still live in a... world where the only viable portable fuel cell system is available exclusively to the US Army (unless you can make due with one lowly watt ). Panasonic says we have ... (more) Panasonic talks up 2012's hottest fuel cell tech

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Panasonic Laptop Fuel Cell Delivers 20 Hours of Power With Highly Concentrated Methanol [Fuel Cell]
Gizmodo — ... methanol, similar to ones designed for the military as the fuel source, though 200cc of juice will give you 20 hours of power—or a whole one with an Alienware full SLI monster playing Crysis at max settings. They've also got a paperback-sized one that'll charge gadgets. Both are supposed to be commercially available in 2012, though we won't believe we can carry around tanks of methanol laptop power until we actually do it. [Panasonic (Google Translated) via Crunchgear] ...

Panasonic makes fuel cell batteries that can juice a laptop for 20 hrs
Newlaunches.com — ... for 20 hours on 200cc of highly concentrated methanol. When you start to run low, all you would need to do is squirt some more methanol into the cell to keep working. Panasonic claims that the new version has a volume of 270 cubic centimeters and can deliver an average power of 10 watts with a peak output of 20 watts. It weighs 320 grams. On a 200cc charge of methanol, it should be able to deliver power for 20 hours. Panasonic expects to have them on the market by the end of 2012. Source

Panasonic Fuel Cells are Bringing Power to the People's Notebooks
The Gadgets Weblog — ... on a methanol concentrate that can be stored in bottles. This fuel cell, even in its current configuration, will represent a massive leap forward in green computing, power savings, and energy economy. > Panasonic is not anticipating these fuel cells to be commercially available until 2012, but who knows what developments will erupt in the mean time. Energy issues are about to get shockingly interesting. > Source. See full article. Related Entries: Methanol Fuel Cells ...

Sony prototypes palm-sized hybrid fuel cell
CrunchGear — Mini fuel cells are a hot topic in the electronics industry as a whole, and companies such as Hitachi, Panasonic and Toshiba showed a number of promising products that are soon to be commercialized. Now Sony follows with a (hybrid) fuel cell system that is sized at just 50×30mm. The system consists of a fuel cell, which uses methanol as fuel, and a Li-polymer secondary battery. Users can view 14 hours of digital TV on a cell phone with just 10ml of methanol. Sony claims the prototype features a maximum output of 3W ...