Fuel cells laptops/digital cameras

Fuel cells can be used to power a variety of portable devices, from handheld electronics such as cell phones and radios to larger equipment such as portable generators. Other potential applications include laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and handheld video cameras—almost any application that has traditionally used batteries. These fuel cells have the potential to last more than three times as long as batteries between refueling. 

In recent years, Japanese companies have led the way in creating fuel cells suitable for electronics. Casio is developing a methanol reformate fuel cell to use in laptop computers and digital cameras. While the fuel cell is only about the size of a typical rechargeable battery, it lasts four times longer. According to Baker (2005a), Fujitsu Laboratories (Japan) and NTT DoCoMo have developed a prototype fuel cell for mobile... 

Market and companies forecasts on the introduction of fuel cells, including DMFC, have been generally very optimistic and, so far, none has managed to achieve the targets. For instance, the worldwide total available markets for micro fuel cells for 2011 estimated by Darnell Group in 2003 [69] were (measured in millions of units) 36 for camcorders, 70 for digital cameras, 608 for mobile phones, 102 for laptops, and 79 for PDAs. However, the penetration forecast of fuel cells also reported by Darnell were used to estimate the percentage of the total available market expected... 

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