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Alternative Power For Portable Devices Could Take a Decade
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 at 3:00 PM - by Brad Cook
With Apple and Dell recalling millions of batteries over concerns of overheating, the push is on to develop alternative power sources for laptops, cell phones, MP3 players, and similar devices. Unfortunately, such technology could be up to a decade away.
According to a Reuters article, Sony, Matsushita, Hitachi, Toshiba and MTI Micro Fuel Cells are among the companies working on alternative power technology, but NPD Group analyst Stephen Baker said: "There is nothing in the near term that can satisfy all the requirements that have to come from a battery. It has to be light, small, last a long time and relatively safe. They haven't come up with a chemical combination yet that can satisfy all those requirements."
Of fuel cell technology, Gartner research chief Jim Tully commented: "In five to 10 years, fuels cells will become an integrated replacement for conventional batteries." MTI Micro Fuel Cells CEO Peng Lim added: "Battery technology is energy technology (and) it is not growing as fast as compared to microprocessors or hard drives. It is created by chemical reaction (and) we extract energy. Every time you get a breakthrough next generation technology, it takes some time."
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