Samsung has developed a new kind of cell phone battery that’s powered by water.
Here’s how it works: When the handset is switched on, reaction between metal and water in the phone produce hydrogen gas. This is then channeled to the fuel cell, where it reacts with oxygen in the air to generate power.
Samsung says the new battery could last for up to 10 hours. Based on four hours of use daily on average, the hydrogen cartridge would have to be replaced about every five days.
The next development would be to eliminate the hydrogen cartridge altogether and to rely only on water. While all that sounds promising, we guess it’ll be hard to persuade people to adopt it en masse. After all, we’ve been trying to keep our phones away from water.
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The technology has come a long way since the days of brick shaped analog phones that barely fit in a purse, let alone a pocket. Two years ago, experts predicted that there would be 3 billion cell phone subscribers worldwide by 2010. Now it looks as if we’ll pass the 3 billion mark by the end of this year. Read More Here
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Samsung has developed a new kind of cell phone battery that’s powered by water.
