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  • Fuel cell technology not ready for rapid commercialization?
    December 8, 2006 – 11:49 AM
    Mass adoption of notebook-use direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) systems may start in 2010-2011, said Kamal Shah, mobility enabling initiative manager of Intel's mobile platforms group, on the sidelines of the Taiwan International Small Fuel Cell Application Technical Forum organized by design and engineering startup Antig Technology and its supporters this week in Taipei.
  • Software update for your car can reduce fuel consumption, researcher says
    February 28, 2007 – 1:01 PM
    John Kessels from the technical university of Eindhoven claims that a relatively simple software update as well as the addition of a cable could reduce the fuel consumption of virtually any car on the road today.
  • CES 2007: Toshiba to show fuel cell-powered MP3 player
    January 3, 2007 – 8:39 PM
    Pre CES 2007 coverage - Following Samsung's recent announcement of a fuel cell-powered notebook that apparently can run one month on one fill-up, Toshiba will be showing an update to its active and passive fuel cell research for mobile computing applications.
  • Fuel cells for notebooks ready for mass-production
    March 13, 2006 – 10:40 PM in CeBIT
    Antig demonstrated a fuel cell for notebooks, which the company claims is pretty much ready for volume production.
  • Race to the moon for nuclear fuel
    December 15, 2006 – 4:03 PM
    NASA's planned moon base announced last week could pave the way for deeper space exploration to Mars, but one of the biggest beneficiaries may be the terrestrial energy industry.
  • Computer Waste Sought As Alternative Fuel Source
    May 14, 2008 – 12:50 PM
    Washington (DC) - It seems everything can be used as an alternative fuel source these days.
  • Bio fuel cells could power portable gadgets
    April 24, 2006 – 11:26 AM
    A hydrogen fuel cell that uses enzymes instead of expensive metal catalysts to drive chemical reactions has been developed by UK researchers.
  • Fuel cell automatically throttles its power
    January 29, 2007 – 5:19 PM
    A fuel cell that efficiently regulates its own power output based on the amount of hydrogen it is fed has been developed by US researchers. The simple control mechanism could extend the range of devices that can practically be powered using fuel cells.
  • Samsung develops fuel cell for laptop
    December 28, 2006 – 5:28 PM
    Samsung has created a new fuel cell that can power a laptop computer for up to a month without any sort of external power, reports Korean news source Chosun Ilbo. Reportedly, the 1200-watt-hour fuel cell can power a laptop for continued use of eight hours a day, five days a week, for an entire month.
  • Can In2TV "broadband television" fuel new growth for AOL?
    March 28, 2006 – 4:33 PM
    With a waning subscriber base, especially for its traditional dial-up services, and ever diminishing prominence in the instant messaging and e-mail fields it once dominated, AOL is turning to a new - and, at the same time, old - means of future revenue. It's placing a free commercial TV network over the Web, complete with reruns...and 20-second spots.
  • New Lufthansa Flight Computer Saves Tons Of Fuel
    February 22, 2008 – 11:38 AM
    At the Singapore Airshow, Lufthansa Systems unveiled a new flight planning module, which uses a low-power computer cut fuel consumption and time on air travel.
  • Miniature harddrives to fuel industry growth in 2005, report
    February 9, 2005 – 6:47 PM
    After shipping 305 million units in 2004, the harddrive industry is expected to expand to rapidly this year. Market research firm Trendfocus attributes the growth to skyrocketing demand of of 1.8" and smaller storage devices.
  • Possible Safe Fuel Storage Method Found For Hydrogen Powered Cars
    December 21, 2007 – 12:40 PM
    Ford Motor Company and UCLA have developed a new chemical compound which can safely store large quantities of hydrogen gas in a chemically dissolved form, making it safe for use in automobiles. While there is still research to be done, this research may help bring it mainstream much sooner.
  • Intel Nehalem CPUs To Fuel FC Substrate Growth
    March 14, 2008 – 9:33 AM
    With the upcoming launch of Intel's Nehalem CPUs, the highly integrated CPU means a boost for corresponding flip-chip (FC) substrate demand is likely as more substrates are required for new designs, according to industry players.
  • Military searching for greener jet fuel
    November 30, 2006 – 7:27 PM
    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for alternative fuels for our military jets. The department has started a program called BioFuels that will find companies who can produce 100 liters of biofuel that can replace the JP-8 standard military aviation fuel.