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Funding Boosts Methanol Cell Effort.(Neah Power Systems receives funding for fuel cell...

Neah Power Systems (22118 20th Ave. S.E., Ste 142, Bothell, Washington 98021; Tel: 425/424.3324; Email: info@neahpower.com) has received more than $5 million from Frazier Technology Ventures and Alta Partners to develop a battery-sized direct methanol fuel cell in hopes of replacing lithium-ion batteries in portable electronic devices. The company plans to begin marketing its first fuel cell products by 2004.

Neah Power is developing a battery-sized "direct methanol" fuel cell for portable electronic devices such as laptops, mobile phones, and PDAs. Neah Power began abo

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