Neowin News Feed for: Fuel

Microsoft adds Battlestations Pacific, Fuel, and more to Xbox One Backward Compatibility

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 20:00:01 +0000

Arriving as Microsoft's first new additions of the year to the Xbox One backward compatibility program are the Xbox 360 games Battlestations Pacific, Fuel, and Rayman Raving Rabbids. Read more...

Toshiba's First Fuel Cell Coming in a Few Months

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:14:58 +0000

Toshiba is close to launching its first commercial direct-methanol fuel-cell device, which promises a faster way to recharge portable electronics products. The company said Monday that the DMFC will be launched during its current financial... Read more...

GM Tests Technology To Raise Fuel Economy 15%

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:21:37 +0000

Detroit automaker General Motors Corp. says it is testing a new combustion process that could increase fuel economy in conventional engines by up to 15 percent. The announcement comes as fuel economy has become an... Read more...

New Bio Fuel Cell Extracts Electricity From Air

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:42:07 +0000

Fraser Armstrong, Ph.D. and his research team at Oxford University have managed to develop a revolutionary bio fuel cell which promises clean and renewable energy. The bio fuel cell contains two electrodes that are covered... Read more...

Fuel cell technology not ready for rapid commercialization?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:31:47 +0000

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... Read more...

Taiwan to commercialize consumer fuel cell products

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:03:47 +0000

Taiwan-based startup Antig Technology plans to commercialize its direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology later this year. The company will formally announce its first DMFC product in the third quarter. Shipments are planned to start... Read more...

Startup using water to fuel cars

Wed, 10 May 2006 15:33:07 +0000

A small startup has patented a way of extracting the hydrogen in water to supliment or replace gasoline in automobiles. The inventor was working on a way to replace the dangerous fuels in cutting... Read more...

Promise of fuel cells turns out to be Fool's Gold?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 09:55:15 +0000

AS the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) approaches, there arefive computer technologies goodies I am really hoping and praying tosee work – as in, built in working pre-production devices that willturned into real, on-my-Big-Box shelf... Read more...

Toshiba develops MP3 player with 60 hour fuel cell battery

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:10:00 +0000

Toshiba has announced their development of a compact methanol fuel cell capable of powering a digital music player for up to 60 hours on a single charge. About the same as a pack of gum,... Read more...

Toshiba shows fuel cell prototype

Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:22:47 +0000

Toshiba used the Cebit trade show to demonstrate for the first time an operating prototype fuel cell for notebook PCs, but the company, citing size, weight and regulatory concerns, said it will not commercialize the... Read more...

Notebooks squeeze juice out of fuel cells

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:57:19 +0000

Though a number of companies have shown off fuel cells for cell phones and MP3 players, a company out of New Jersey says it has come up with one that can power a notebook. ... Read more...

Fuel Cell Supply Chain Market to Hit $1 Billion by 2012

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:47:16 +0000

The automotive fuel cell industry now stands out as a glimmering beacon in the supply chain's vertical landscape. Driven by factors ranging from homeland security to diminishing natural resources, the fuel cell supply chain market... Read more...

New Technology Powers Fuel Cells

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:50:56 +0000

A new fuel cell for notebook PCs, more compact and powerful than competing technologies, could be on the market in early 2006 at a price of around $90, its Japanese inventors claim. Materials and Energy... Read more...

NEC Delays Fuel Cell Launch

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:43:09 +0000

NEC has succeeded in reducing the size of a prototype direct methanol fuel cell for use with notebook PCs but says it is unlikely to see commercialization until at least two years later than previously... Read more...

Company Makes Plans for Portable Fuel Cells

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:30:25 +0000

For a while now getting fuel cell technology into notebooks and handhelds has been difficult. A company called Mobion has made what it believes is the right design to solve this problem. Mobion... Read more...

UM Research May Help Astronauts Burn Fuel On Mars

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:15:58 +0000

One of the big problems with space travel is that one cannot over pack. Suppose astronauts reach Mars. How do they explore the planet if they cannot weigh down the vessel with fuel... Read more...

Don't Bet on Fuel Cells, Manufacturer Says

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:19:18 +0000

The producer of fuel cells that can recharge mobile phones and portable music players told industrialists and policymakers on Friday not to count on the power packs to solve the energy crisis. "Don't hold your... Read more...

Portable Fuel Cells: Coming Soon?

Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:04:44 +0000

A California start-up has made an advance that it says stands to make Direct Methanol Fuel Cells--envisaged as a future power source for mobile electronics devices--smaller, cheaper, and lighter. PolyFuel's development of a new Direct... Read more...

Laptop Fuel Cells -- Ready for Takeoff?

Tue, 02 Sep 2003 21:34:08 +0000

Fuel cells that can run laptops for 10 hours or more without plug power have captured the imagination of computer junkies. But first, backers must prove that they are as safe to fly with as... Read more...