Samsung To Announce Water-Powered Cellphone
In 2010 your mobile phone may be powered by water. Samsung Electro-Mechanics just announced that it has developed a micro-fuel cell and hydrogen generator that runs on H20.
Since the micro-fuel cell can generate up to three watts of electricity, it could be used in mobile devices. The new fuel cell could power a handset for ten hours, twice as long as rechargeable batteries. Samsung researcher said water-powered handsets are expected to hit the market by 2010.
“When the handset is turned on, metal and water in the phone react to produce hydrogen gas,” explained Oh Yong-soo, vice president of Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ research center. “The gas is then supplied to the fuel cell where it reacts with oxygen in the air to generate power.”
Other fuel cells need methanol to produce hydrogen, while Samsung’s needs only water.
[Source Samsung]
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