PolyFuel Discloses Prototype Notebook Computer Fuel Cell Power Supply

alternative-energy-news.info     Jul 16, 2008            

Consumer-Friendly OEM Demonstrator is Integrated With a Lenovo T40 ThinkPad MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--July 16 2008 -PolyFuel, Inc., a world leader in fuel cell technology, today announced that it has developed the first functional version of its prototype power supply for notebook-class computers that can provide continuous non-stop runtimes with the simple hot swap of small cartridges of methanol fuel. The consumer-friendly design has been fully integrated with a representative notebook – the Lenovo T40 ThinkPad®. PolyFuel developed the prototype as a technology demonstrator and proof of concept for OEM electronics manufacturers. The prototype represents a key step towards the attainment of PolyFuel’s goal to create a reference design with the size, appearance and performance consumers require for increasingly power-hungry... [read full story]                    

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PolyFuel Discloses Prototype Notebook Computer Fuel Cell Power Supply

tmcnet.com     Jul 16, 2008          

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- In PolyFuel's prototype, the power supply features a detachable fuel cartridge - about the size of a deck of cards - that can be swapped out while the computer continues to run. Jim...                    

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PolyFuel Prototype Fuel Cell Notebook

ubergizmo.com     Jul 17, 2008          

PolyFuel has just unveiled a prototype Lenovo T40 ThinkPad that does not run on standard batteries, instead it relies on a small notebook-class fuel cell instead. According to PolyFuel, this fuel cell offers the ability to run...                    

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PolyFuel to demo methanol fuel cell laptop

ecoustics.com     Jul 17, 2008          

Posted by Martin LaMonica | Post a comment Powering a laptop with a portable liquid fuel is getting closer to reality. PolyFuel, a company that develops fuel cell membranes, said on Wednesday that it has developed a prototype...                    

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PolyFuel to demo methanol fuel cell laptop (CNET)

yahoo.com     Jul 17, 2008          

By Martin LaMonica, CNET 2 hours, 14 minutes ago Powering a laptop with a portable liquid fuel is getting closer to reality. PolyFuel, a company that develops fuel cell membranes, said Wednesday it has developed a prototype...                    

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PolyFuel Methanol Fuel Cell T40 Laptop Prototype Paves Way to Greener Gadgets

alternative-energy-news.info     Jul 17, 2008          

PolyFuel announced yesterday that they have a working prototype of their methanol fuel cell laptop which they will demonstrating across the consumer electronics industry. The prototype is a Lenovo T40 that uses a direct...                    

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PolyFuel to demo methanol fuel cell laptop

flexbeta.net     Jul 18, 2008          

PolyFuel, a company that develops fuel cell membranes, said Wednesday it has developed a prototype laptop--a Lenovo T40 ThinkPad--that uses methanol cartridges and a fuel cell as a power source. The company intends to show it...                    

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PolyFuel to demo methanol fuel cell laptop

news.com     Jul 17, 2008          

Powering a laptop with a portable liquid fuel is getting closer to reality. PolyFuel, a company that develops fuel cell membranes, said on Wednesday that it has developed a prototype laptop--a Lenovo T40 ThinkPad--that uses...                    

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Fuel Cell Laptop Reaches Protoype Phase

matternetwork.com     Jul 18, 2008          

No, you haven’t been shrinking—your laptop’s battery has indeed been getting bigger. As manufacturers cram more processors, fans, and ever-more powerful graphics cards into their laptops, the ability to carry 4 hours of juice...                    

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Laptops to be powered up by methanol fuel cells

gadgetell.com     Jul 19, 2008          

Section: Computers, Laptops, Gadgets / Other, Miscellaneous Powering up a laptop with portable liquid fuel? It’s genesis is closer than you might think. The company PolyFuel, which develops fuel cell membranes, recently...                    

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