IBM and SANYO Demonstrate Fuel Cell Prototype for ThinkPads

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hausman · #1 Post by **hausman** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:58 am

IBM and SANYO Demonstrate Fuel Cell Prototype for ThinkPad Notebooks

IBM and SANYO Electric today unveiled initial plans for a prototype micro direct methanol fuel cell system for IBM ThinkPad notebooks. Leveraging SANYO's latest advancements in fuel cells that increase the longevity of notebook batteries, IBM and SANYO jointly developed a basic design of a fuel cell power source. Based on the design, the companies developed a prototype fuel cell system that could supply up to 8 hours of power per cartridge on current and future ThinkPad models...

egibbs · #2 Post by **egibbs** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:41 am

Now if they can just get it to run on beer instead of ethanol...

Ed Gibbs

gazingwa · #3 Post by **gazingwa** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:47 am

that would suck, making a decision between drinking the last beer or running the thinkpad.... though it would be a good excuse to carry around a 6 pack

egibbs · #4 Post by **egibbs** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:16 pm

My neighbor is moving and was trying to give away a case of Corona Light all weekend. They asked me (standing tere with a Sam Adams in my hand) if I wanted it. Of course I declined, but now I'm thinking I could run my TP for a month on that.

Ed Gibbs

hausman · #5 Post by **hausman** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:53 pm

Save beer for drinking and use manure to power Stink--er--ThinkPads

gazingwa · #6 Post by **gazingwa** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:27 pm

yeah, i need to do some beer drinking tonight, i'm picking up a 6 pack of great lakes dortmunder on the way home, the wife is gone for half of the night, my friend is coming over to play halo.... mmmm beer

Batuta · #7 Post by **Batuta** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:28 pm

WarMachine · #8 Post by **WarMachine** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:45 am

Hi,

I've read that IBM could use Fuel Cell Batteries on Thinkpads in 2007.

Do you have more informations about that ?

Lenovo has it such projects for this year ?

W.

IBM and SANYO Demonstrate Fuel Cell Prototype for ThinkPads

IBM and SANYO Demonstrate Fuel Cell Prototype for ThinkPads

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