This is SCIENCE! Fuel cell from charcoal

HeidiHeidi
edited September 2017 in For SCIENCE
This story would be neat enough on its own:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060226/NEWS11/602260346/1001

"University of Hawai'i researcher Michael Antal has developed a working fuel cell that uses charcoal as its fuel and operates at bread-baking temperatures.

The Antal system, which he calls an aqueous alkali biocarbon fuel cell, is unlike other fuel cell technology both in that it uses a renewable fuel and that it does not require particularly high temperatures."

But it becomes even better when you see the guy that invented it!

I present to you, Michael Antal.

Comments

  • mariomario
    edited February 2006
    Smug bastard! Lording his barbecue fuel cell over us with that smug expression on his face!
  • Drooling IguanaDrooling Iguana
    edited February 2006
    It's Davros! He's going to turn us all into little blobs controlling killer death machines!
  • BehemothBehemoth
    edited February 2006
    "The technology has attracted interest from around the world, said Dick Cox, director of the university's Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development."

    His parents really must have hated him.

    ALSO: That's a pretty awsome dicovery.
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited March 2006
    This deserves an OMGWTFBBQ!!

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