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    M-25 portable fuel cell takes home $1 million Pentagon prize

    http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/07/m-25-portable-fuel-cell-t...
    56 days ago in Engadget · Authority: 18,451

    Filed under: Misc. GadgetsUnfortunately for you budding energy stars out there, the Pentagon's latest contest is over, so you've no choice here but to grit your teeth and applaud both DuPont and Germany's Smart Fuel Cell. Out of the 170 teams vying for

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    M-25 portable fuel cell takes home $1 million Pentagon prize

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    46 days ago in clubsnews.info · Authority: 1

    M-25 portable fuel cell takes home $1 million Pentagon prize Posted by: in Misc. Gadgets News Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Unfortunately for you budding energy stars out there, the Pentagon’s latest contest is over, so you’ve no choice here but to grit your teeth and applaud both DuPont and Germany’s Smart Fuel Cell. Out of the 170 teams vying for the $1 million prize, these two managed to impress the most; the winning gizmo was the M-25 portable power system, which is already being sold to the US Army for “limited use in the field.” Contestants were tasked with creating a new wearable power solution to juice up energy-hungry military gear (GPS units, night-vision goggles, head-mounted PMPs, etc.) without weighing soldiers down, and the winning device combined “DuPont’s direct-methanol fuel cell technology with SFC’s fuel cell and battery system.” Yeah, we’re absolutely anticipating a PSP / DS compatible version of this before the holidays. [Via FuelCellWorks, thanks Adam] Read Share This Popularity: 2% [?] Share This

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    M-25 portable fuel cell takes home $1 million Pentagon prize

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    56 days ago in TECHTODAY NEWS · Authority: 3

    Filed under: Misc. GadgetsUnfortunately for you budding energy stars out there, the Pentagon's latest contest is over, so you've no choice here but to grit your teeth and applaud both DuPont and Germany's Smart Fuel Cell. Out of the 170 teams vying for the $1 million prize, these two managed to impress the most; the winning gizmo was the M-25 portable power system, which is already being sold to the US Army for "limited use in the field." Contestants were tasked with creating a new wearable power solution to juice up energy-hungry military gear (GPS units, night-vision goggles, head-mounted PMPs, etc.) without weighing soldiers down, and the winning device combined "DuPont's direct-methanol fuel cell technology with SFC's fuel cell and battery system." Yeah, we're totally expecting a PSP / DS compatible version of this before the holidays. [Via FuelCellWorks, thanks Adam]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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    M-25 portable fuel cell takes home $1 million Pentagon prize

    http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/10/07/m-25-portable-fue...
    56 days ago in Only- Electronics · Authority: 2

    Filed under: Misc. GadgetsUnfortunately for you budding energy stars out there, the Pentagon's latest contest is over, so you've no choice here but to grit your teeth and applaud both DuPont and Germany's Smart Fuel Cell. Out of the 170 teams vying for the $1 million prize, these two managed to impress the most; the winning gizmo was the M-25 portable power system, which is already being sold to the US Army for "limited use in the field." Contestants were tasked with creating a new wearable power solution to juice up energy-hungry military gear (GPS units, night-vision goggles, head-mounted PMPs, etc.) without weighing soldiers down, and the winning device combined "DuPont's direct-methanol fuel cell technology with SFC's fuel cell and battery system." Yeah, we're totally expecting a PSP / DS compatible version of this before the holidays. [Via FuelCellWorks, thanks Adam]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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    So crazy, it just might work!!!

    http://shadowpioneer.com/blog/2008/10/so-crazy-it-just-might...
    57 days ago in Shadow Pioneer · Authority: 2

    So, I just read an article about a contract by the Pentagon.  The contract is for a power source that soldiers can wear on their body to power things such as gps, flashlights, those really cool night vision goggles, etc…  The rules? Simple, must provide 20 watts of average electric power for 96 hours, meet a brief peak power demand of up to 200 watts, and weigh no more than 8.8 pounds.  Easy right? The Million dollar idea? METHANOL!!!  That’s right!!!  It’s kinda like say “Hey soldier Bob, strap this gas bomb on your chest, and kill some bad folk GO GO GO!!!!” Um… Am I the ONLY one seeing a problem with strapping 8 lbs of gas to a soldiers chest and sending them into battle?  Seriously?  I mean, what’s next?  “What we want you to do is, take this hive of bees, shove em in your britches, run over there, and thorw them at teh enemy.”  Yes, that is about as dumb as this idea sounds to me. Copyright © 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: 582a706301033c5d1dd0399d25974a85 (66.150.96.121) )