Excellent! I have a, rather nice looking, very slim and light battery pack that I bought from Maplin for £10 and that I can recharge via the mains or from any powered device with a USB port and that I can use to charge virtually anything. Whereas this device is large, heavy, requires bespoke cartridges that I'll never be able to get hold of and can only charge something as long as it will draw power through it's USB port.
USB fuel-cell prototype unveiled
Bassey
Fab-oh! #
Posted Thursday 11th December 2008 13:54 GMT
Excellent! I have a, rather nice looking, very slim and light battery pack that I bought from Maplin for £10 and that I can recharge via the mains or from any powered device with a USB port and that I can use to charge virtually anything. Whereas this device is large, heavy, requires bespoke cartridges that I'll never be able to get hold of and can only charge something as long as it will draw power through it's USB port.
Can't wait.
John Ryland
Airplane safe? #
Posted Thursday 11th December 2008 13:54 GMT
How can this NOT be banned on airplanes? Methane is an explosive gas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane
Anonymous Coward
re: Airplane safe? #
Posted Thursday 11th December 2008 14:24 GMT
Erm... and lithium ion batteries aren't explosive?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Safety
Sam Turner
re: Airplane safe? #
Posted Thursday 11th December 2008 17:38 GMT
"Methane is an explosive gas"
It's a good job this device contains absolutely no methane then.