Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't. After spending over 15 years in the production industry overseeing a variety of live and recorded projects, he started writing his own PC hardware blog for a year in the hope that people might send him things. Sometimes they did.
Fuel cells are one of those technological developments, a bit like nuclear fusion, that occasionally show promise but always seem at least a few major steps away from becoming a reality in day-to-day life. However, Japanese researchers seem to have made some major developments in the efficiency of the tech, thanks to that wonderful, magical substance, caffeine.
The upshot of all this is that by introducing caffeine into the mix, the researchers hope that eventually less platinum would be required in fuel cell manufacture to achieve similar results to current units. Platinum is a very pricey substance, with 1 kg of the element currently estimated to cost Fuel cells can generate power as long as fuel is supplied, which gives them a distinct advantage over rechargeable batteries with limited lifespans. Okay, you're unlikely to get a fuel cell in your next gaming laptop but the technology has a wide range of potential applications in military, commercial, and transport related uses. And that includes the development of non-nuclear powered submarines, such as the hybrid diesel/fuel cell powered.
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