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Title: Revealed: The First Hydrogen-Powered Battery That Will Charge Your Apple iPhone for a week
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UK Telegraph
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ ... r-Apple-iPhone-for-a-week.html
Published: Aug 22, 2015
Author: Christopher Williams
Post Date: 2015-08-23 12:33:03 by Operation 40
Keywords: Hydrogen, Renewable, Energy
Views: 1099
Comments: 9
UK Telegraph | Christopher Williams | 22 Aug 2015 A British technology company has claimed a major smartphone breakthrough by developing an iPhone that can go a week without recharging, running instead off a built-in hydrogen fuel cell. Intelligent Energy has made a working iPhone 6 prototype containing both a rechargeable battery and its own patented technology, which creates electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen, producing only small amounts of water and heat as waste. The company is believed to be working closely with Apple. In what it claims is a world first, it has incorporated a fuel cell system into the current iPhone 6 without any alteration to the size or shape of the device. The only cosmetic difference compared with other handsets are rear vents so an imperceptible amount of water vapour can escape. Executives believe that for the price of a latte, a market worth as much as £300bn a year could open up. Henri Winand, chief executive of Intelligent Energy, who refused to comment on rumours of Apple involvement, said: “To our knowledge this has never been done before...snip MORE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11818151/Revealed-the-first-hydrogen-powered-battery-that-will-charge-your-Apple-iPhone-for-a-week.html Related:British hydrogen fuel cell pioneer develops cars and iPhones of the future Upp™ now available at Apple Stores across the UK 
Intelligent Energy's miniaturised fuel cell fits inside
the existing iPhone 6 chassis alongside the battery Photo: iFixit
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11818169/British-hydrogen-fuel-cell-pioneer-develops-cars-and-iPhones-of-the-future.html
Live life unplugged with a portable hydrogen fuel cell
http://www.intelligent-energy.com/news-and-events/company-news/2014/11/19/upp-now-available-at-apple-stores-across-the-uk/ 
Intelligent Energy Hydrogen Fuel Cell Taxi in London
http://www.intelligent-energy.com
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#1. To: Operation 40 (#0)
A week? So how do you refill its teeny-tiny hydrogen tank every week or so?
Pull into your nearest Shell station and say, "Fill 'er up!"
Well, that Upp fuel cell recharger costs 50£ for a refill. It sounds very pricey, even in these vapid self-serving corporate press releases.
Yup, strap the Hindenburg to your wrist.
Yes and no. The product contains two parts -- the Upp fuel cell itself and the Upp hydrogen cartridge. That's your starter kit and goes for £149 ($235.). Once the reusable cartridge is empty, the customer simply exchanges it for a full replacement cartridge for £5.95 (about $9.) -- like you exchange gas grill propane tanks. If, however, you want a spare cartridge (incl. fuel), that can be had for £49.95 ($79.).
Hindenburg Trivia: There was a smoking lounge on the Hindenburg. No matches though- they used a coil. Did you know that millions of people around the world store and use a highly explosive gas every day? Sometimes they store it next to their houses. The difference between Hydrogen and Propane is that escaped Hydrogen rises towards space at 14 MPH while escaped Propane sinks and collects, waiting for a spark.
Yes, yes - even I myself have a propane gas grill
C'mon, you just don't like to hear about the tragic consequences of driving your Hindenburgmobile through suburban America.
I was just kidding about the Hindenburg, by the way. Also - decades ago - I visited the site of the
#2. To: TooConservative (#1)
"So how do you refill its teeny-tiny hydrogen tank every week or so?"
#3. To: misterwhite (#2)
#4. To: Operation 40 (#0)
(Edited)
What could possibly go wrong?
#5. To: TooConservative (#3)
"Well, that Upp fuel cell recharger costs 50£ for a refill."
#6. To: Chuck_Wagon (#4)
Yup, strap the Hindenburg to your wrist.
What could possibly go wrong?
#7. To: Operation 40 (#6)
The difference between Hydrogen and Propane...
on the back patio about 4 feet from the back dining
room door - complete with a full propane tank
just ready to catastrophically explode at any minute!
I'm afraid!
#8. To: Operation 40, Chuck_Wagon (#6)
Yup, strap the Hindenburg to your wrist.
#9. To: Operation 40 (#6)
Hindenburg crash. Nothing to see - slightly scorched
concrete - that was it.
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