What is the current status of the fuel cell laptop? Listen to the Toshiba

Fuel cell powered laptop that prototype, reported several times on this site in various exhibitions. If you are interested in the latest technology when it appeared as a product and waiting for will.
It’s not funny, was said to be to use aircraft equipped with cartridge of methanol fuel cells to use were lifted especially 2007 is available for sale, hands-on slowly appeared around.

Various exhibitions, such as various manufacturers a reference exhibit level, had published a variety of fuel cell products. Is a personal impression, impression of Toshiba that was at the ones closest to the practical application in the major manufacturers.
Where would care to deploy the fuel if your PC might just began to make history (at that time: Japan even a laptop) laptop in released in Europe in 1985 T1100, Toshiba.

Toshiba’s fuel cell mounted PC prototype.
At the moment is the thickness of the laptop around for about 10 years ago.

Toshiba’s fuel cell

First, try to briefly Toshiba laptop fuel cell.
Fuel fuels such as hydrogen and methanol and oxygen react out of power, so to speak, the generator. Fuel cells have various methods of Toshiba laptop fuel cell’s direct methanol to generate electricity as from the methanol (DMFC).
DMFC is said and because liquid methanol that can raise cheap and relatively safe to use fuel, which is the many General for fuel cells, such as a personal computer.

I heard the DMFC adopted personal computers, Toshiba of fuel cell development personnel.

And future fuel cell PC

Listen to and future fuel cell laptop Toshiba

Lifting the ban to the story of commercialization had c n/a to ban carry-on to the aircraft fuel, would be the assumption that aircraft?

Limitations on quantity of carry-on is there comes to one that meets the safety standards of the International Electrotechnical (Commission IEC) in the Official Gazette dated 12/25/2006 in Japan brought to the aircraft of the methanol cartridge is the cabin was permitted.
Also international speculation, it pretty much got into trouble when there were a global approval and came down, in the system is that lifting the ban.
However, regulations be bringing the discretion of each country and each airline also, so should pay attention to future developments in the. Also available IEC safety standard is now called PAS (Public Available Standard) is final and (IS) but not so this also require attention.

Prototype of the cartridges of methanol

How to get supply and standardization of the methanol cartridge?

Currently, the standardization is deliberate in IEC regards cartridges connection mouth, seems standardization is quite difficult for the cartridge shape.
For example if the batteries in the specific shape user experience also is high, so far fuel cell itself is hard to decided to be the product in any manner during the investigation stage, and even shapes quite as standard. People express opinions that avoided should the cartridge change model every fuel cell development stakeholders including other companies in present.
Supply of the cartridge will initially, fuel cell manufacturers are doing. Fuel cells to spread around manufacturer entered the the battery thing is possible.

Integrated fuel cell built into the body of the external things, such as going to commercialize in any manner different forms of fuel cell PC is possible, but would you?

This is where and in what form a nice hard, want to hear your opinions. And designed output greatly must likely use to more personal option is, to accommodate various models independent if the, size will be larger.
One of the bundled as a personal computer, you can make smaller user base is limited to the heavy mobile users may all-in if. Currently, or will accept fuel many users fuel cell itself would be of moderate size, compact where, now, considering the stage.

Fuel cell PC prices?

Price will be much? Personally, after n/a PCs approximately n/a Yen much at n/a JPY fuel cell. Is the cartridge is relatively high at around 1000 Yen intriguing willingness also.

Asked about the price that many people, and is often say that much price. However, hard to say specifically priced market is not clear at the present stage.
I, of course, is first launched the price is down, spread or.

You can realize how much driving time in fuel cells?

During using and toting around a laptop, I think many people including spare expansion battery also carries, in addition to the PC. Believe that much in size, to realize a driving time of times more lithium-ion battery of the same size.

Methanol is flammable, safety measures to Yes or what?

Paramount, of course, think about safety measures.
Has the methanol is flammable liquid environmentally 10 minutes for the safety of the design. IEC compliant safety basic standards under discussion, will go. Industry officials joined in the IEC standardisation is often, for example is documented as misuse can be encountered in everyday life such as dropping from a high place, to ensure the safety of the.
Also be products available, including fuel cell main body into multiple safety measures in addition ease has tsukatsu care 10 minutes.

Thank you very much.

Fuel change the PC?

Not just a PC, BTW new technology is used to engineer who developed the unexpected things often.
One you want for electricity not arrived at the heavy users like asking can drive forever just replacing the cartridge, but fuel cell PC applications.
Cannot demonstrate its real value is still not sure whether fuel used for other use, new technology is to attend a world is natural.

Spread the product recently to drive for a long time at around 1 kg, use laptop on the road who are increasing. Not mean you’re would all these users need a fuel cell is a fuel cell PC goes on sale, would not assuming until now, even the non-PC applications used.

Fuel cell itself, including cartridge finished do many challenges.
PC performance has improved in just how little how recently a new proposal, a Mannerism lacking, a uninspiring.
And new technologies like fuel cells that can expect new experiences in Windows Vista, even found new uses for the personal computer, activating the market better than PC itself will evolve.

Products for the fuel cell itself is often room for development, when the product appeared in the beginning, interesting evolved after years of more characters is fun.

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