Toshiba is close to launching its first commercial direct-methanol fuel-cell device, which promises a faster way to recharge portable electronics products. The company said Monday that the DMFC will be launched during its current financial year, which ends March 31, 2009. Toshiba won't say yet what the product will be, although it offered a possible clue last week at the Ceatec show in Japan, where it showed a cell phone based on a fuel cell.DMFCs produce electricity from a reaction between methanol, water and air. The only byproducts are a small amount of water vapor and carbon dioxide, so DMFCs are often seen as a greener source of energy than traditional batteries. Another advantage is that they can be replenished with a new cartridge of methanol in seconds.
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water in my pocket -
ozone is still screwed !
Whats not to like ?
"Methanol...is a light, volatile, colourless, flammable, poisonous liquid with a distinctive odor...it is a polar liquid and is used as an antifreeze, solvent, fuel...Methanol is produced naturally in the anaerobic metabolism of many varieties of bacteria...A methanol flame is almost colorless, causing an additional safety hazard around open methanol flames."(wikipedia)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol
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