[Paleopsych] UK firm claims breakthrough in fuel cell technology

[Steve Hovland]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050519/sc_nm/energy_fuelcells_dc

LONDON (Reuters) - A small British technology company on Thursday claimed 
to be on the verge of unlocking the vast potential of fuel cells as a 
commercially viable source of green energy.

Cambridge-based CMR Fuel Cells said it had made a breakthrough with a new 
design of fuel cell which is a tenth of the size of existing models and 
small enough to replace conventional batteries in laptop computers.

"We firmly believe CMR technology is the equivalent of the jump from 
transistors to integrated circuits," said John Halfpenny, the firm's chief 
executive.

Fuel cells have for years been touted as the next big green