Overheard talking about fuel cells

Margaret Rouse — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:17:04 +0000

“Bloom produces a new fuel-cell technology that feeds off natural gas and can be used as an alternative to getting power off the electric grid. The machines, which Bloom calls “energy servers,” cost up to $800,000 and provide 100 kilowatts of electricity. Some major companies — Google, eBay, Bank of America, WalMart — already have them installed.”

Mark Fontecchio, Google using Bloom box to power data center

According to Eric Shonfeld over at TechCrunch

Each fuel cell, which is made from sand essentially (zirconium oxide), is a square wafer about the size of a CD box. Each wafer can produce about 25 watts of energy, enough to power a lightbulb. Stack them together and you get a box that could power a house. Group them into larger units, and you get enough energy to power a building or an entire campus. He calls them energy servers because they are modular like servers in a data center. Need more energy? Add more boxes.

Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is fuel cell.

Overheard: WildCharge is the real deal

Margaret Rouse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:44:01 +0000

I set my WildCharge pad up on my nightstand. After a phone chat, I tossed my RAZR cellphone over to the charging pad; four magnetic contact points on the phone’s adapter helped it stick to the pad. A chime indicated my phone made electrical contact and started charging…I really grew fond of not hunting for the correct cord to charge my phone. Instead, I’d finish conversations, reach over and simply drop my phone down as if I was laying it on the table.

Katherine Boehret, A Pad to Easily Power Up Your Phone

I really want one of these.

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Overheard talking about fuel cells

Overheard: WildCharge is the real deal