British power
Tech**logy company
Intelligent Energy has developed an
iPhone 6 prototype with a built-in
Fuel Cell that supports
Hydrogen cartridges delivering up to a week's worth of battery life, according to
The Telegraph. It also demonstrated a hydrogen-powered MacBook Air.
The patented
Fuel Cell system, reportedly poised for its first major commercial
deployment in cell towers across India over the next few weeks, creates electricity based on the chemical reaction of combining
Hydrogen and oxygen, which produces only small amounts of water vapor and heat as waste.
Intelligent Energy also introduced a hydrogen-powered
iPhone charger called Upp based on the same
Tech**logy last year, but its latest breakthrough has seen it fit the
Fuel Cell portion of the
Tech**logy alongside an
iPhone 6 battery pack without altering the size or shape of the smartphone.
Henri Winand, CEO of
Intelligent Energy:
To our k**wledge this has never been done before. We have **w managed to make a Fuel Cell so thin we can fit it to the existing chassis without alterations and retaining the rechargeable battery. This is a major step because if you are moving to a new Tech**logy you have to give people a path they are comfortable with.
The only cosmetic difference on the
iPhone 6 prototype is the addition of rear vents allowing a small amount of water vapor to escape.
The Telegraph reports the device it saw at the company's Loughborough, United Kingdom headquarters also had a modified headphone socket for refuelling
Hydrogen gas, although likely only because it was a prototype.
Intelligent Energy plans to sell a disposable cartridge that will attach to the bottom of a smartphone and provide e**ugh hydrogen-releasing powder "for a week of **rmal use," and the company's corporate finance chief Mark Lawson-Statham vaguely mentions having a "partner" on board -- speculated to be Apple, although both companies declined to comment as expected.
Nevertheless, the rumours and clues are overwhelming. Apple has a ****** of patents around Fuel Cell Tech**logy on public record. In recent research on Intelligent Energy, Zeus Capital analyst Dr Tom McColm wrote that he believes it is working closely with Apple.
The
iPhone 6 and
iPhone 6 Plus are powered by 1,810 mAh and 2,915 mAh lithium-ion batteries respectively.
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