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The company claims that a 1.5-watt will be able to play up to four hours on the new battery the company has developed

InformationWeek reports that Samsung has recently developed the first prototype fuel cell that is designed specifically for multimedia players for consumers.  Samsung appears to be pushing towards fuel cell technology because the company now has used fuel cells to design long-lasting batteries for laptops, PDAs and music players.

Battery life is especially critical these days as recent laptops pack considerably more power hungry devices than before. Although strides have been made in power consumption, like Intel's Core Duo Centrino platform, other things such as larger LCD screens on laptops pushing 17" and over are a considerable drain on batteries. Many people consider their notebooks to often have poor to fair lifespan and companies now are trying to find ways of having a standard of 5 operating hours or more.

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By stephenbrooks on 2/4/2006 5:45:34 PM , Rating: 2
Am I the only one to think that this is one of the less worthwhile applications of fuel cells?




RE: :|
By tkengland on 2/5/2006 3:48:34 AM , Rating: 2
It's not the most worthwhile, but it's probably the most marketable. To justify research, a lot of times researchers have to provide a commercial value to get funding. The good thing is, advances made in designing fuel cells for your video player could carry over to "nobler" projects.


RE: :|
By stephenbrooks on 2/5/2006 8:46:59 AM , Rating: 2
Guess you're right. Ones in laptops would be very 'worthwhile' IMO, I'm just a little tired of articles on yet-another-walkman/ipod/whatever right now :)


not rechargeable?
By User1001 on 2/4/2006 2:32:00 PM , Rating: 2
If I recall correctly fuel cells aren't rechargeable. If this is the case I'm not gonna want to be a new battery every week.




RE: not rechargeable?
By jkresh on 2/4/2006 3:19:21 PM , Rating: 1
Different fuel cells have different ways of recharing but in almost all cases they can be recharged. Some can actualy just be plugged in and basically work in reverse of how they power the notebook to convert power from the outlet into fuel to use on the go. Others need to be refilled after each use, kind of like a gastank in a car, though you will likley have a way of making the fuel in your home (or it may be dispensed from the fuel cell powering your home). Even in the refilable sense it wouldnt be anything like buying a new battery each week, and probably will ultimately be cheaper then paying the electric bill for plugging a current battery into the wall the recharge it.


5 hours standard?
By Xenoterranos on 2/4/2006 10:19:05 AM , Rating: 2
My new compaq v5000z (15.4in WSXGA) gets 5 hours on a 12 cell battery, 3 if I'm playing a source game at full-on. With a fuel cell battery, recent strides is power consumption performance, and (::fingers crossed::) drastically lower-powered LED backlit or even OLED Screens, Laptops could start seeing the 10hour mark in range. Wow, that would be so nice, I think i'd finally buy DTR.




Some Facts
By huges84 on 2/4/2006 8:53:28 PM , Rating: 2
Since there is so much confusion about fuel cell technology, let me give some facts:

-Fuel cells, like their name implies, run on fuel. When it runs out you just add more fuel. You don't have to get a new fuel cell, just refill it.

-Fuel cells can run on different fuels, depending on their design.

-Pretty much anytime you hear of a fuel cell being used in a car it is a hydrogen fuel cell, which means it uses hydrogen as it's fuel. The problem with them is the fuel cell usually is made with platinum and is expensive. Also, you have to somehow obtain hydrogen. The advantage is high power output.

-Pretty much all portable applications of fuel cells (laptops, PDAs) are methanol fuel cells. This is becasue methanol is a easier to store and obtain fuel than hydrogen. The fuel cell itself might be cheaper too, I'm not sure about that though.




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