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Disposable hydrogen fuel cells for mobiles coming to a shop near you

Out of juice? For phone and tummy? Pop into your local newsagent and refill both

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

Remember when your Walkman ran out of battery? You just popped to a newsagent, bought some more batteries and carried on grooving down the street, blissfully unaware of your appearance. Mobiles could soon have a similar offering to banish your battery worries when Rohm’s hydrogen fuel cell packs hit the shops.

Rohm has unveiled is hydrogen fuel cells at CEATEC in Japan. The USB-attachable juicepack offers 5Wh of power – enough to fully charge your mobile before throwing it away. And since it uses the reaction of a metal mineral with water it’s eco-friendly too.

You can expect to see Rohm fuel cells landing in 2013 – here’s hoping they’re cheaper than a pack of AAs.

[Via Engadget]

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home