Apple Hydrogen Fuel Cell Battery Plans Revealed

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Apple is planning to make devices powered by hydrogen fuel cells, according to patent applications published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The plans could create computers and phones with weeks-long battery power. It would also make the devices lighter and less bulky.

According to the Telegraph, hydrogen fuel cells work by converting hydrogen and oxygen into water and electrical energy. This technology is already being explored for cars and the military.

"Our country's continuing reliance on fossil fuels has forced our government to maintain complicated political and military relationships with unstable governments in the Middle East, and has also exposed our coastlines and our citizens to the associated hazards of offshore drilling," reads the patent application. "These problems have led to an increasing awareness and desire on the part of consumers to promote and use renewable energy sources."

This won't come as much of a surprise to those who follow Apple closely. The company has filed several other patent applications for similar technology, as reported by Apple Insider in October.

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yes in the near future sadly know as rotten apple day when many tiny but deadly apple h bombs went off al once. later blame on by the chinese slave labor workwork

I hope you are not sending this message from a psychiatric ward, because I have no sane idea what you just said right there. What is worse is I actually googled "rotten apple day" <_<

Going back to the article, I think the significance here is if Apple can demonstrate a cost-effective way to produce hydrogen-cell battery then may be we can see it on a greater scale between other makers. Maybe some other maker is already working on the tech but they just haven't done the marketing part yet.