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[philly-d]

Don't you hate when your battery runs out unexpectedly?

How about if you could charge it up with methanol!  Toshiba has however come up with the first commercial fuel cell, designed to charge small   electronics.  


Called the Dynario, Toshiba will be offering the fuel cell as an   external accessory for around 220 Euro in Japan. The fuel cell will   contain enough methanol for 2 full charges, and Toshiba will be selling   additional methanol containers with 50 ml in each, enough for 3 refills.

But the main advantage of the is you can   re-charge anywhere, and being able to do this with a   quick 20 second injection of methanol, rather than 2 hours on the charger.

Now before you get too excited, they're gonna have to be careful with  this as according to Wikipedia
Methanol has a high toxicity in humans. If ingested, as little  as 10 mL can cause permanent blindness and 30 mL is potentially fatal

Only 3000 units will initially on offer, with expansion to other countries considered depending on market response.

Providing it was safe, would you buy one?



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[nebapneb]

philly-d, on Oct 28 2009, 16:58, said:

Don't you hate when your battery runs out unexpectedly?

How about if you could charge it up with methanol!  Toshiba has however come up with the first commercial fuel cell, designed to charge small   electronics.  


Called the Dynario, Toshiba will be offering the fuel cell as an   external accessory for around 220 Euro in Japan. The fuel cell will   contain enough methanol for 2 full charges, and Toshiba will be selling   additional methanol containers with 50 ml in each, enough for 3 refills.

But the main advantage of the is you can   re-charge anywhere, and being able to do this with a   quick 20 second injection of methanol, rather than 2 hours on the charger.

Now before you get too excited, they're gonna have to be careful with  this as according to Wikipedia
Methanol has a high toxicity in humans. If ingested, as little  as 10 mL can cause permanent blindness and 30 mL is potentially fatal

Only 3000 units will initially on offer, with expansion to other countries considered depending on market response.

Providing it was safe, would you buy one?
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its the semi-lethalness that makes me want it now

oh for a peaceful kwanzaa