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Methanol powered Lenovo T40 ThinkPad for green geeks

Deepa — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:13:58 +0000

Alcohol powered lappie with green energy isnâ€™t ground-breaking news but Lenovo coming up with a methanol fuel cell laptop is the breaking news today. PolyFuel, a company that develops fuel cell membranes has developed a prototype laptop, the...

Mobile phone battery technology goes the hybrid way

Jayaprashanth — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:40:51 +0000

Though fuel cells are touted to replace lithium ion batteries in most of our electronic gadgets, Sony is trying to take things further by mating a miniature fuel cell to a lithium ion battery. This hybrid battery technology will use methanol to...

Ultra Small Hybrid Fuel Cell will provide surplus juice for your cell phone

Deepa — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:29:19 +0000

With an array of entertainment options like watching a movie or surfing internet to playing games online on your cell phones, spending time alone has never been this interesting. You donâ€™t need any bodyâ€™s company to spend waiting hours by your...

Antig A5 Blade - Charge your gadgets with methanol

Deepa — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:36:55 +0000

Bingo! You can now charge your essential gizmos on the move with the latest from Taiwanese company Antig. They have just released their new handheld direct methanol powered fuel cell charger which is dubbed as the Antig A5 Blade. It is powered to...

MTI displays fuel cell charger for portable devices

Ravneet — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:56:16 +0000

It seems green technology is beginning to see its day around the world, with new mechanisms being adopted to support green lifestyle. Some remarkable technology in going green has been showcased at the Greener Gadgets conference. With the advent...

Methanol plant shows successful generation of cheaper green energy

Madan — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:41:52 +0000

Keeping in mind the need to avoid fossil fuels much work has been done on renewable energy resources like solar energy, Hydropower and so on. As a major concern for production of clean green energy, Power plant at point Lisas, Trinidad, has...

EPA announces regulation for Renewable Fuel Standard Program

Irani — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:07:37 +0000

In a significant step, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the regulation for country’s first comprehensive Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The RFS program, under the Energy Policy Act of 2005,...

Toshiba envision methanol fuel cells on your heads

Naveen — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:28:16 +0000

With the mobile devices gaining more functionality and high-performance, the need for compact potential power sources is mounting all the time more. No doubt, in the near future, we will be witnessing portable devices being charged by some kinda...

Samsung touts its plan to juice laptops with Methanol

Naveen — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:27:41 +0000

The year 2006 was all about the exploding laptops for the industry but with the very start of the New Year, the good folks at Samsung have come up with a new technique of powering your laptop. Well, you might be thinking of some alternative sources...

Pitstop: A Table top Recharging Solution by Belkin

Jolly — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:40:32 +0000

Belkin has unveiled a futuristic way to recharge your portable electronic devices called Pitstop. The function of this Pitstop is the same as that of a F1 race pitstop. It refuels your personal electronic devices. Pitstop consists of two...