Guest philly-d Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 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 :D and 30 mL is potentially fatal:P 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? [Via WMPoweruser] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nebapneb Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 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 :P 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? [Via WMPoweruser] its the semi-lethalness that makes me want it now oh for a peaceful kwanzaa :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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