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Title: Revealed: The First Hydrogen-Powered Battery That Will Charge Your Apple iPhone for a week
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UK Telegraph
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ ... r-Apple-iPhone-for-a-week.html
Published: Aug 22, 2015
Author: Christopher Williams
Post Date: 2015-08-23 12:33:03 by Operation 40
Keywords: Hydrogen, Renewable, Energy
Views: 1369
Comments: 9
UK Telegraph | Christopher Williams | 22 Aug 2015 A British technology company has claimed a major smartphone breakthrough by developing an iPhone that can go a week without recharging, running instead off a built-in hydrogen fuel cell. Intelligent Energy has made a working iPhone 6 prototype containing both a rechargeable battery and its own patented technology, which creates electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen, producing only small amounts of water and heat as waste. The company is believed to be working closely with Apple. In what it claims is a world first, it has incorporated a fuel cell system into the current iPhone 6 without any alteration to the size or shape of the device. The only cosmetic difference compared with other handsets are rear vents so an imperceptible amount of water vapour can escape. Executives believe that for the price of a latte, a market worth as much as £300bn a year could open up. Henri Winand, chief executive of Intelligent Energy, who refused to comment on rumours of Apple involvement, said: “To our knowledge this has never been done before...snip MORE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11818151/Revealed-the-first-hydrogen-powered-battery-that-will-charge-your-Apple-iPhone-for-a-week.html Related:British hydrogen fuel cell pioneer develops cars and iPhones of the future Upp™ now available at Apple Stores across the UK 
Intelligent Energy's miniaturised fuel cell fits inside
the existing iPhone 6 chassis alongside the battery Photo: iFixit
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11818169/British-hydrogen-fuel-cell-pioneer-develops-cars-and-iPhones-of-the-future.html
Live life unplugged with a portable hydrogen fuel cell
http://www.intelligent-energy.com/news-and-events/company-news/2014/11/19/upp-now-available-at-apple-stores-across-the-uk/ 
Intelligent Energy Hydrogen Fuel Cell Taxi in London
http://www.intelligent-energy.com
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#1. To: Operation 40 (#0)
A week? So how do you refill its teeny-tiny hydrogen tank every week or so?
Pull into your nearest Shell station and say, "Fill 'er up!"
Well, that Upp fuel cell recharger costs 50£ for a refill. It sounds very pricey, even in these vapid self-serving corporate press releases.
#5. To: TooConservative (#3)
Yes and no. The product contains two parts -- the Upp fuel cell itself and the Upp hydrogen cartridge. That's your starter kit and goes for £149 ($235.). Once the reusable cartridge is empty, the customer simply exchanges it for a full replacement cartridge for £5.95 (about $9.) -- like you exchange gas grill propane tanks. If, however, you want a spare cartridge (incl. fuel), that can be had for £49.95 ($79.).
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#2. To: TooConservative (#1)
"So how do you refill its teeny-tiny hydrogen tank every week or so?"
#3. To: misterwhite (#2)
Replies to Comment # 3. "Well, that Upp fuel cell recharger costs 50£ for a refill."
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