Vendors Co-Develop Fuel-Cell Powered Portables

MTI MicroFuel Cells, a subsidiary of Mechanical Technology, and NeoSolar, a Korean manufacturer of portable digital devices and energy products, have entered into an agreement for the development of Mobion fuel cell technology for use in future models of NeoSolar portable digital devices including ultra mobile portable computers (UMPCs.)

Both MTI Micro and NeoSolar will work together to develop, test, and evaluate Mobion prototypes for their integration with a number of NeoSolar products that could lead to the use of external power sources like chargers, snap-on attachments, and embedded power sources for integration into various digital products.