Fuel cell laptop from Toshiba on the way

Bloomberg reports that Toshiba is to release a methanol fuel cell laptop with 10 hours of battery life later this year. Be careful trying to fly with one, though:

The Toshiba micro fuel cell will last about 10 hours, or about twice as long as most new rechargeable lithium-ion batteries currently available. Lithium-ion batteries account for about $2.7 billion of the $4.5 billion market for rechargeable batteries, according to Paris-based market research firm Avicenne Developpement.

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The potential use of micro fuel cells to power mobile devices will be limited for several years because of regulatory restrictions on transporting them on aircraft, Takeishi said.

[Read: Bloomberg.com article]