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Powering Portablility

September 17, 2006   By: Chuck Russell

Tiny fuel cell might replace batteries in laptop computers, portable electronics from PhysOrg.com

If you're frustrated by frequently losing battery power in your laptop computer, digital camera or portable music player, then take heart: A better source of "juice" is in the works. Chemists at Arizona State University in Tempe have created a tiny hydrogen-gas generator that they say can be developed into a compact fuel cell package that can power these and other electronic devices -- from three to five times longer than conventional batteries of the same size and weight.
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