Tuesday, July 29, 2003
NEC Gasses Up 40-Hour Notebook Fuel Cell
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 04:50 PM
"Japanese chips-to-computers giant NEC said Monday that it has developed a small fuel cell that will dramatically improve the battery life of notebooks and that the company aims to test on the market within two years. The fuel cell would enable notebooks to operate for 40 consecutive hours, or around 10 times the life of regular lithium-ion batteries, a company representative said.
The company is locked in fierce competition with domestic rivals such as Toshiba, as well as United States and South Korean rivals that are rushing to bring fuel-cell technology for notebooks to the mass market. NEC aims to test the market in 2004, introducing a notebook that has a built-in fuel-cell battery with a life of five hours, the representative said."
More talk about fuel cells, but at least the dates aren't slipping - I've been hearing 2004 for quite some time, and it's creeping up on us...
The company is locked in fierce competition with domestic rivals such as Toshiba, as well as United States and South Korean rivals that are rushing to bring fuel-cell technology for notebooks to the mass market. NEC aims to test the market in 2004, introducing a notebook that has a built-in fuel-cell battery with a life of five hours, the representative said."
More talk about fuel cells, but at least the dates aren't slipping - I've been hearing 2004 for quite some time, and it's creeping up on us...
