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Nokia Demos Bluetooth Headset.(Brief Article)

Fuel Cell Technology News, July, 2004

Nokia (Keilalahdentie 4, FIN-00045 Espoo, Finland; Tel: 358-7180- 08000) demonstrated a Bluetooth headset powered by fuel cells at a technology futures briefing in Helsinki last month. Tero Ojanpera, head of its research center, showed off one of 100 Bluetooth headsets powered by fuel cells, which will be used by company staff as it tests the technology. It has developed also a fuel- cell powered prototype of its Nokia Communicator phone.

Users power up the Bluetooth headset by pouring a small amount of methanol into the tank of the fuel cell inside. Small holes on one side of the headset allow air into the fuel cell. Oxygen in the air then reacts with the liquid to produce energy. Mr Ojanpera says a 12ml bottle of methanol, about the size of a perfume bottle,...

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