Tag: FUELCELL

While its main function is to demo a new fuel-cell technology, SiGNa's electric bike can travel 60 miles on a single charge, which is nearly twice as far as most electric bikes. According to Wired, its fuel cell is filled with a powdery chemical that -- upon adding water -- generates hydrogen gas, which produces electricity. The chemical reaction is safe for bikers, and the excess electricity is ...

Share Everyone's worried about energy, right? Whether it's the thought of a peak-oil catastrophe (while a zillion gallons fester in the Gulf), or just an ecological desire to go green, we've become a country that frets about our future power sources. And what about pacemakers, or artificial kidneys? We can't very well expect those to go solar, but it turns out that a sugary diet might be able to ...

The Faculty of Engineering at Osaka City University have developed an impressive fish-like robot that can be powered by either a new fuel cell, dubbed the "Power Tube," or by a standard lithium-polymer battery. The unit on display at the FC Expo (a conference dedicated to hydrogen power and fuel cells) was powered by the standard lithium battery for safety reasons. The hope, though, is that, with ...

Confederate Motor Company, an Alabama motorcycle manufacturer striving for "principled individuality," is set to release its new P120 Fighter Combat bike at the upcoming Quail Motorsports Gathering in California, according to The Cool Hunter. The bike, which maintains Confederate's "technical and primitive" form, incorporates a lightweight aluminum frame and a streamlined and awesome ...

Fuel cells are supposed to be the future of power, but they've got a long way to go before they're mainstream. Companies have been tossing them in cars (so many cars), planes, cell phones, even MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices). So where is this supposedly game-changing technology showing up next? Well, if you're a locomotive-loving Kansas town with a healthy Department of Defense investment, the ...

While CES is primarily about pushing new products that consumers can actually purchase (hence the title Consumer Electronics Show), a big part of the allure for us is seeing where these companies plan to go a few years into the future. We swung through the Toshiba booth and got a look at its line of concept devices that make the current generation of MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) and smart ...

If the Tesla Roadster has proven anything other than the disruptive effects of a hyper-inflated ego, it's that well designed eco-vehicles will sell... at any price. Yet the general design theme amongst hybrid builders appears to be your grandfather's loafer. Honda too, just look at the FCX Clarity. So we're pretty stoked to see Honda roll out its FC Sport concept three-seater (driver ...

Toshiba continues to tease us with its prototype liquid fuel cell-powered gadgets: last year it was a Gigabeat media player, and at this year's CEATEC you can check out a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) that's been crammed inside a cell phone, lending it a robust six hours of talk time (compared to the paltry three or four hours of a traditional battery). Toshiba won't reveal the capacity of the ...

MIT is in a twisted, propeller-capped knot this morning heralding a new discovery it says will unleash a solar revolution. However, the "revolutionary leap" inspired by photosynthesis is not on the glamorous front-end of energy collection, rather, it's related to a simple, highly efficient and inexpensive way to store that energy when the sun doesn't shine. "This is the nirvana of what we've ...

If you're in the market for a fuel efficient car, but you've been holding out for something a little more advanced than the Prius, then your dreams may have just been answered. Honda announced today that it would begin producing limited quantities of its FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles for sale in the US and Japan over the next few years. According to the automaker, it plans to offer ...

Boeing's European outpost has achieved a technical feat that, while not expected to revolutionize air travel, at least shows progress in the effort to lower the overall reliance on very pricey (and, you know, scarce) jet fuel. Boeing Research & Technology Europe, which operates out of Madrid, has been working on the "Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane" since 2001. The goal has been to ...

Honda just unveiled the production model of its first hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle, the FCX Clarity. The Clarity is being given a test run in selected areas of North Carolina that are near one of nine refueling stations built for the cars by Honda. It will then be released more widely in California in 2008, where apparently the Hollywood types are already lining up for some serious ...

If you thought the bacteria-powered cell phones we reported on earlier this week might be a little too stinky for you, you might find a new power source from Samsung to be right up your alley. The maker of the popular Blackjack and Blast handsets has developed a new micro fuel cell that runs on just water. Inside the power pack, water reacts with some mystery metal to produce hydrogen gas. ...

Oh fuel cells, we hear so much about you. You're supposed to power everything from our cars to our laptops, and yet there aren't a lot of consumer fuel cell products out there. And those that do exist aren't really practical. We want to love you, we really do. Medis Technologies is trying to break that mold with the 24-7 Power Pack, a fuel cell charger for cell phones and other portable ...