Nano-scale fuel cells may be closer than we think, thanks to an inexpensive new manufacturing method

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Fuel cell prototype. Copyright Kenneth Lux. Used with permission.
Fuel cell prototype. Copyright Kenneth Lux. Used with permission.

We live in a world of hand-held devices: iPods, cell phones, PDAs, pagers... the list of essential personal technology keeps expanding, and the natural response is consolidation. It’s rare these days to see a new cell phone that isn’t also a digital camera, and MP3 players can be integrated into just about anything. We’re just a short step away from universal, hand-held devices that combine communication, media, and entertainment into one slim package. What’s stopping us? In a word, power.


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