engadget.com - 2/25/2009
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In two days the world's largest fuel cell exhibition, FC EXPO 2009, kicks off in Tokyo, and Sony will be there showing off the latest revision of its hybrid fuel cell technology. The system contains both a methanol fuel cell and a Li-on battery, enabling it to intelligently switch between ...
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Sony demos innovative fuel cell charger and speaker prototypes
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... for months on its odd-looking container of ethanol. And that blue object that looks like a mini bird bath stands ready to charge up anything with a USB port.
With their scary and explosively volatile liquid centers, good luck getting any of these aboard an aircraft. But maybe Sony had that in mind, also showing off a sugar-powered "bio battery" you can see in the gallery below. Sweet.
Kaden Watch (translated), via Engadget
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