Toshiba has made further progress developing a direct methanol fuel cell for use in portable electronic devices, it says.
The Tokyo company has produced a prototype direct methanol fuel cell, or DMFC, that can fit inside gadgets such as digital music players and power them for 20 hours on 2 cubic centimeters of methanol, says Junichi Nagaki a spokesperson for Toshiba in Tokyo. It expects the DMFC to be ready for sale sometime in 2005, though the company did not indicate in which markets.
Source: PCWorld

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