Ready to walk around with a pocket full of hydrogen? Canadian fuel cell maker Angstrom is looking to bring a hydrogen fuel cell powered mobile phone to market within the next couple of years. A test fuel cell has already been successfully integrated into a Motorola phone, which Angstrom says can be charged up in about 10 minutes and will operate on a single charge for about twice as long as a standard lithium-ion battery.
There are still hurdles to overcome - charging up a fuel cell isn't a matter of just plugging the thing into a wall socket. Hydrogen has to be created, typically from water, meaning new devices for the home or an infrastructure of cell phone "filling stations" where users can recharge. There's also the perception issue - although Angstrom says that their storage system is absolutely safe, the Hindenberg is still most famous thing that's ever happened to hydrogen.
The company is optimistic that the public will embrace the new technology, however, and expects to launch a product by 2010.
via [Green Tech Gazette]
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