It
will certainly be some time before we see fuel cells used in digital cameras
but it's worth noting that development fuel cells is accelerating. Toshiba
today announced a small methanol fuel cell which weighs just 8.5 g (0.3
oz) and can produce 100 mW of power. Toshiba describe this new unit as
"small enough for integration into a wireless headset for mobile
phones, but still efficient enough to power an MP3 music player for as
long as 20 hours on a single 2cc charge of highly concentrated methanol.
The new fuel cell outputs 100 milliwatts of power, and can continue to
do so, non-stop, for as long as users top up its integrated fuel tank—a
process that is as simple as it is safe."
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It
will certainly be some time before we see fuel cells used in digital cameras
but it's worth noting that development fuel cells is accelerating. Toshiba
today announced a small methanol fuel cell which weighs just 8.5 g (0.3
oz) and can produce 100 mW of power. Toshiba describe this new unit as
"small enough for integration into a wireless headset for mobile
phones, but still efficient enough to power an MP3 music player for as
long as 20 hours on a single 2cc charge of highly concentrated methanol.
The new fuel cell outputs 100 milliwatts of power, and can continue to
do so, non-stop, for as long as users top up its integrated fuel tank—a
process that is as simple as it is safe."