Hydrogen-powered phone prototype

"Fuel cell maker Angstrom Power and cell phone maker Motorola have teamed up to create a prototype mobile phone that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell. Crave reports.

"Hydrogen is produced--by cracking water molecules--with a desktop fueling station and then inserted into a metal hydride storage container on the phone, says Aron Levitz, manager of business development for Angstrom. When the hydrogen molecules pass through a membrane in the fuel cell, electrons are stripped away and get diverted to run the phone.

... The water-to-hydrogen generator can also be powered by solar panels, making the phone about as green as you can get."

[via Ubergizmo]

emily | 8:59 AM | Technology |
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