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Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Cars of the Future

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Last March 6-16, 2008, a car convention was held in Geneva Switzerland. Car enthusiasts are mostly concerned in finding out the hottest news in the motor world. The auto show revealed different car concepts from popular car manufacturers all over the world including that of Pininfarina’s Sintesi. The car was designed to discover great ideas and possible solutions for future cars. Man is free to take advantage of technology and this is one way to develop new ideas that can further benefit mankind. The car featured in the auto show was designed to disseminate intelligence. The sources are from various cross-media about security and traffic. The car can continuously dialog with the city, other vehicles, and the road without restraining the autonomy of motorists. The outside appearance of the car is similar to that of today’s sports cars but the aerodynamic exterior makes it very much different. It has a unique concept called ‘liquid packaging’. What caught the attention of the audiences are the four fuel cells. The manufacturer called it Quaddrivium Fuel Cells. The hydrogen cells were positioned near the car’s wheels and each wheel is then powered with 20kw. The car also has a distinctive electric motor, additional battery coming from regenerative breaking and solar panels. The complicated electronic architecture uses modular power which depends in the driving condition. The dashboard is translucent and it displays various pieces of information. The dashboard lights up when an important matter requires the attention of the driver. The headlights of the future car are equipped with radar and tele-cameras to ease information processing. The design of the car is too much for the audience and most of them still think that it was definitely a car for the future. They can’t imagine a sophisticated car like the Sintesi to roam the streets of today. But if you try to analyze it closely, the entire car concept was based on available technologies and so it is not impossible to use the Sintesi today. If ever the various automakers can produce cars of the future that makes use of hydrogen cells, people can expect safer streets and better traffic flow in the coming years. A lot of motoring publications covered the Sintesi, whether on the internet or in local publications. If Pininfarina can create a future vehicle, then so can other automakers like General Motors and BMW. In fact, news has it that these two car manufacturers are already designing a car that makes use of hydrogen cells. BMW is currently testing hydrogen powered vehicles in Germany and General Motors is going to follow. Perhaps, future cars will soon be roaming the streets of rich countries. Well of course, the sophisticated cars will definitely be very expensive and only the rich people can afford it. However, as the years pass and the production of such cars become stable, even the ordinary individuals can afford it. Now, you can just dream that you own a future car. But who knows, perhaps in the near future such cars will be sold in the market already. So start saving money now so that once the future cars are launched for the public, you can afford to buy one. Many years ago, future cars like the Sintesi was simply a dream that is very hard to reach. But now, it is within arms reach. http://fuel-as-hydrogen.blogspot.com

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Amazing advances in technology made cell phones evolution possible; with the arrival of smaller electronic components every day, cell phones manufacturers like Motorola or Sony Ericsson are able to include much many features in the same physical space. Better yet, many electronic equipment manufacturers have started to produce cell phones themselves, making what was almost a monopoly in those days into a very competitive market.

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AT&T’s, Bell Laboratories introduced the idea of cellular communication in 1947. Through the 60′ and 70′s Motorola and Bell Laboratories were in a race to incorporate the technology into portable devices.

On April 3, 1973 Martin Cooper won the race when he placed the first cell phone call to his rival at AT&T. Motorola introduced the 16-ounce “DynaTAC” phone into commercial service in 1983, at a cost to the consumer of ,500. It weighed 2.5 lbs. took 10 hours to charge with 35 minutes of talk time. Features were limited to dial, listen and talk. This was commonly referred to as the Brick.

In 1977 cell phones went public. Chicago was the first city to trial cell phones with 2000 customers.

In 1983 Motorola, with the help of Martin Cooper, introduced the 16-ounce “DynaTAC” the first truly portable cellular phone. This phone took 15 years and a cost of over 100 million dollars to come to market. The cost to the consumer was 00. It weighed 2.5 lbs., took 10 hours to charge and allowed 35 minutes of talk time. Features were limited to dial, listen and talk.

From 1983 to the late 1980″s 1st generation cellular or car phones as they were often called became very popular. Most were not hand held but rather installed in cars or bag phones.

In 1988 the CTIA (Cellular Technology Industry Association) was founded.

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It seems clear that the cell phone or its descendants are here to stay with us for quite some time as it continues to add convenient multitasking features that rapidly become indispensable for users. It seems likely that using a cell phone in lieu of a credit card, rather than a separate GPS device, or instead of an MP3 player is not far ahead. The future of stand alone cameras and camcorders also appears somewhat dimmed by the constantly upgraded abilities of the device. It is even possible that the cell phone will seriously encroach on the realm of the personal PC. With its portability and lower cost, it is used more frequently than PCs to browse the web in many countries and could potentially do the same in the US.

However, the role of the cell phone in the future may be even larger; larger than its designers even imagined.

The cell phone is a powerful device because of its portability and the number of them scattered across the globe. As it has picked up internet capabilities and video capture, it has the ability to record and dispense information rapidly. Every cell phone owner now has the potential of recording the events they observe and sharing that information almost immediately with audiences practically anywhere on the planet.

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The world has had its first view of disasters, accidents, and alerts to crimes in progress, such as hostage situations, thanks to these devices. In addition, the cell phone is capable of providing a record of more detailed information than is often available through eye witnesses alone. The information offered by a cell phone in the right place at the right time has been so useful that some authorities are hoping to upgrade the 911 system to accept their video images directly.

Another unexpected stage for the cell phone is entertainment. Certainly designers purposely added viewing capabilities but the potential role of cell phones in creating photographic and film documentaries and entertainment was not likely envisioned originally. In conjunction with the internet and the growing popularity of “user generated content”, the photography and video images from cell phones have found their way onto the national and international stage providing content for purposes as diverse as entertainment, education, editorial comment, and news. The landscape and direction of the internet has been altered based on the popularity of sites such as Flickr and other user generated content sites which thrive on submissions that are, in part, generated by cell phones.

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Cell phones, which have been in the forefront of every cutting-edge wireless breakthrough, will witness further enhancements in terms of technology and design in 2010 and beyond. The most special feature, slotted to be added by Infosys, is a 3D hologram. Furthermore, traffic maps to show the speed at which a vehicle is traveling are also expected to be included. Sony Ericsson has been working with RFID to integrate it with cell phones that can then be used as a car or home key.

Innovations in Cell Phones in 2010

An Australian firm, aiming to cut down credit card fraud, has been reviewing cell phones that would provide the name of the location where the credit card has been used. Some of the other innovations that seem to be around the corner are:

Super fast charge – Great strides have been made to ensure that the handset battery lasts for a few hours. Now, utilizing lithium-ion technology, the charge time is likely to be reduced to a few seconds.

Morphing – The future looks bright for those with unsteady fingers, given the anticipated launch of NEC tag phones. A rubber-like ‘shape-memorizing’ material, the NEC tag, affords flexibility. Users can roll it into a ball or fold it like a wallet. Nokia is working upon nanotechnology products to build a Morph phone that can be bent or twisted into different shapes and use the nearly invisible technology so that the user can literally see through the phones.

Credit use – Using cell phones as a payment method has been in trial for two years now. The idea is to use cell phones as a quick pass credit card that would require swiping. The user simply needs to bring it in close proximity to a sensor. The phone, when linked to a bank account, gets charged and the two way communication offers added security.

Point to find – This technology would enable one’s phone to become so smart that by simply pointing it towards a building, it would be capable of determining the structure and provide relevant information. In shops, the RFID tags will scan products to find the price, the items from which it has been manufactured, the number of calories and everything else that the user may want to know.

Smartphones are all set to become the norm in 2010. It is quite common to see an average person in a first world country owning a smartphone. The year 2010 will definitely see a further surge in the popularity of such phones.