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Yeah, just bring along a little can of methanol to recharge the fuel supply.....ah, anyone care to wager if methanol rechargers and fuel cell batteries are on the list for dangerous items at airport security?

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I'm sure they will eventually find their way onto airplanes. Personally I don't travel much by air, but would love to be able to work away from a plug for an indefinite period of time. Getting a full day's work out of a laptop between charges would be the gold standard. I wonder what the effect would be of combining fuel cell powered laptops with OLED screen efficiency. I wonder how big these things are too, with a smaller form factor for the power supply, the laptop could get even smaller.....
 
Anyone remember the Loveable Robot called Bender. He had a power source that ran on Alcohol. Now all we need is for our alcohol driven computeres to swear and steal, and we'll be so close.

TEG
 
And now for something completely disgusting

If you could make the things run on Methane instead of Methanol, then you could enjoy the Alcohol and let the by-products power the Laptop.

I am sure some of us could manage a full day's supply!!

Max.

P.S. Sorry for the really bad joke, but I couldn't resist!!
 
Re: And now for something completely disgusting

*Phhaaaaart!!!*

That's what I've got to say to that idea! :p

cel, suffering the windfall of a Lamb Madras


Originally posted by maxvamp
If you could make the things run on Methane instead of Methanol, then you could enjoy the Alcohol and let the by-products power the Laptop.

I am sure some of us could manage a full day's supply!!

Max.

P.S. Sorry for the really bad joke, but I couldn't resist!!
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Would Apple provide the necessary adapter for refilling your methane battery?:D

"Excuse me, my battery is running low. Is there a Taco Bell nearby?"
 
Originally posted by mactastic
I wonder how big these things are too, with a smaller form factor for the power supply, the laptop could get even smaller.....
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Anybody else thinks smaller is not always better?

I think laptops have "almost" shrunk to a point where smaller and lighter won't be an improvement.

I guess that for a computer to be usable, the base should at least be as thick as the screen casing and substancially heavier so the laptop does'nt topple off easily.

On a similar note, last month I bought a new cell phone. Yup, it was very tiny winy... too tiny winy. I could hardly dial a number without mashing more than one button at a time (and no, my fingers are'nt too fat). Unless they find a better way to input phone numbers than pressing numbered buttons, smaller will only be worst, and that's not counting the size of the display.

Hmmm... I,m way off topic now.

Hurray for fuel cells!
 
I've always been really disapointed with the slow evolution of laptop batteries. In just a few years, the weight, power, size, quality, etc. of laptops has vastly increased, whereas to me it seems, batteries have only marginally improved.

Anyone else think the same?

And no, I have no links or evidence, this is just my personal feeling :D
 
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