NEC Develops Fuel-Cell "Battery" for Laptops.

From: Energy Optimization News | Date: July 1, 2003 | Copyright information

NEC Corp. (7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8001, Japan; Tel: +81-3-3454-1111, Fax: +81-3-3798-1510; Website: www.nec.com) unveiled a prototype notebook PC with an internal fuel cell at a press conference to introduce its subsidiary company, NEC Personal Products, Ltd. The new company, formed on July 1, discussed its business strategy and related technology trends at the conference. NEC demonstrated a working notebook PC with an external fuel cell at Nano Tech 2003, an int...

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