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English Mobster
January 4th, 2010, 05:11 PM
More than just cell phones, too.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/horizons-hydrofill-converts-water-to-hydrogen-hydrogen-into-ju/

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/minipak-20100104-483.jpg
Could 2010 finally be the year of the fuel cell? Horizon thinks it will be. The company has been teasing us with products (http://www.engadget.com/tag/HorizonFuelCell/) for years, and while this latest one is also just a promise at this point, Horizon says it will be for sale by the end of the year. Hydrofill is a "personal hydrogen station" capable of converting water into hydrogen gas, which then gets stored in small cartridges called Hydrostik -- apparently in a crystalline structure to prevent your fanny pack doing a Hindenburg. Those cartridges will be usable in rechargers, like the Minipak, which provides USB output to recharge smaller gadgets on the go. It'll surely be a little more powerful than the toy kit (http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/horizon-intros-bio-energy-discovery-kit-for-some-fuel-cell-educa/) Horizon released back in 2008, but we're bummed this one won't run on vodka like that one did. We tend to have plenty of that lying around this time of the year.
Finally, a chance to power my mining helmet with drinking water!

Pyong Kawaguchi
January 4th, 2010, 05:15 PM
hah

Syuusuke
January 4th, 2010, 05:21 PM
Next time my pants get wet...

SnaFuBAR
January 4th, 2010, 05:35 PM
"in a crystalline structure to prevent your fanny pack doing a Hindenburg"

Yeah, pretty sure that my father will still find a way to accidentally make it blow up, just like that large lithium polymer battery in a pressurized vessel. God damn that was one hell of a concussion.

I fear for the life of people nearby if he gets his hands on one of these damn things.

PopeAK49
January 4th, 2010, 05:58 PM
The power of the sun....In the palm of our hands. This probably hit as breaking news in the terrorist caves.

CrAsHOvErRide
January 4th, 2010, 06:21 PM
>.> This is no nuclear fusion fyi

Dwood
January 4th, 2010, 06:26 PM
>.> This is no nuclear fusion fyi

Was about to change fusion but then I realized you said it right the first time. :maddowns:

n00b1n8R
January 4th, 2010, 07:20 PM
What's the handheld xbox thing in the picture?

sdavis117
January 4th, 2010, 07:55 PM
What's the handheld xbox thing in the picture?
It's one of those photoshopped hypothetical consoles.