At MTI Micro, pushing fuel cells for portables

OK, so how does it work...?: I'm completely non technical in this area, but some questions arise from the article, that were not clearly explained. It uses methanol, so how do you recharge it with a USB cable? Where does the new methanol come from?

Also, they talk about how long it takes to recharge conventional lithium Ion batteries, but no discussion on how long these take to recharge... What gives?

I get it that their probably trying to protect some proprietary system, but it wouldnt surprise me if theres nothing really THAT exciting in there that cant be copied within a short time of it going on sale.

More information please (this is an interesting article).; Posted by: roberto_maietta@... Posted on: 04/08/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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OK, so how does it work...? roberto_maietta@... | 04/08/08

You got that right rosanlo | 04/09/08

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