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Methanol-powered Mobile Phones and Laptops

Portable electronics are the shiznit, but batteries for them are a real hassle. My iPod is not good for much more than six hours. My Nextel i60c is a goner if it doesn't get a nightly charge. Most laptops I've used are wheezing for power after a couple of hard hours. STMicroelectronics is working to fix all that with a line of methanol powered fuel cells for mobile phones and laptops. I'm guessing the airlines have already outlawed this emerging technology, but it is cool nonetheless.