Toshiba's 17-inch business notebook with Core i5-CPU

2010-04-14 21:09:06

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Toshiba's 17-inch business notebook with Core i5-CPU

The Satellite Pro L550-17E works with Intel's dual-processor i5-520M, 8 GB of DDR3 RAM and 500 GB hard drive. His screen dissolves with 1600 by 900 pixels. The price is 1199 euros.

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Toshiba has introduced a new configuration of its business notebook series Satellite Pro L550. The 17-inch model L550-17E comes with a 2.4 GHz Intel dual-core processor of the type i5-520M, 8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500 GB hard drive.

The reflective 17.3-inch display with LED backlight offers a 16:9 resolution of 1600 by 900 pixels. It is used by AMD's DirectX 10.1 graphics solutions ATI Mobility Radeon HD triggered 5165, which has 1GB of dedicated DDR3 memory.

An 802.11b/g/n wireless communication interfaces are IEEE Fast Ethernet and Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR are available. In addition, two USB 2.0 ports, a combined USB / eSATA port, headphone and microphone jacks as well as one VGA and HDMI output are available.

Other facilities include a VGA webcam with microphone, a 4-in-1 card reader, stereo speakers, a Multitouchpad and a dual-layer DVD burner. The supplied lithium-ion battery allows according to the manufacturer for a period of up to 2.5 hours.

The operating system is surprisingly only the 32-bit version of Windows preinstalled 7 Professional, which can only address up to 3 GB of memory. Windows XP Professional downgrade is a DVD. However, to the full 8 GB of RAM can use, a 64-bit OS is required.

The L550-17E measures 41.6 times 27.2 times 4 inches and weighs just over 3 kilograms. It is now available for Euro 1199. The warranty is one year, including pick-up.

Toshiba Satellite Pro L550-supplies the E17, despite only 8 GB of RAM with 32-bit operating system (Picture: Toshiba).

Li-ion battery is limited to iPhone and other products will be price increases air

Recent news that China began to strictly control the number of airports including the equipment into lithium-ion battery. According to the information currently available, has been in Guangzhou, Changsha, Wuhan, Guilin, Jinan and Zhengzhou, and other places have begun to enforce the provisions of the airport.

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An aviation-related knowledge to provide a cargo from Changsha, the fax copy counterparts, entitled "Notice on the lithium transport business," the date is March 13, dated for the Hunan branch of China Southern Airlines Cargo Sales Management Office. The main contents of this fax: Hunan Civil Aviation Regulatory Office received notice of collection, transportation and suspended with immediate effect lithium and related products; mobile phones and portable computers, remove the lithium battery, can be at normal operation, lithium batteries and related products to restore the transport time will be notice.

This provision can be seen by the relevant state departments have started restrictions on parallel imports from the aviation sector's high-volume flow of electronic products. From the current situation, even if there is a large-scale parallel imports into the domestic mobile phone lithium batteries must be all the winning, or choose to wait for the next round of transport by rail, road and other transport modes. This is virtually parallel to the domestic operations consisting mainly of electronic products business to blow.

Apple iPhone lithium air will limit price increases

Domestic mobile phone market flooded with parallel products, parallel imports are cheap, the advantages of complete functions, and many mobile phones in China is not licensed, only way to get through the purchase of parallel imports, such as the currently popular Apple iPhone mobile phone. Domestic mainstream mobile handset market has been cottage, the impact of parallel imports revision powerful machine, leading to formal firms unable to obtain proper protection, national authorities have been cracking down has little effect. The "Notice on the lithium transport business" if vigorously implemented throughout the country will be in a great degree on the parallel impact of the products with lithium batteries.

In addition to or within the popular Apple iPhone mobile phone sales, given the built-in lithium battery which can not be removed, will not likely lead to a large number of air to the domestic price is only a matter of time.

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Lenovo introduces workstation for beginners from 771 Euro

2010-04-14 20:58:16

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Lenovo introduces workstation for beginners from 771 Euro

The ThinkCentre E20 is better than a PC for 3D computations are - the same price. As processor Intel Xeon 3400 and Core i5 are provided. The integrated Intel graphics can be complemented by an Nvidia Quadro card.

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The Lenovo ThinkCentre E20 will use CAD users who try to get along with one other PC (Photo: Lenovo).

Lenovo has started with the model E20 ThinkStation a series for beginners. In the simplest configuration, the workstation will cost Euro 771. Deliveries are scheduled to begin this quarter.

The New Release is available with Intel Xeon processors 3400 series and Core i5. As a graphics solution provides the producer in addition to the i5 integrated Intel HD cards from Nvidia Quadro GPU separate series - including the FX1800. The workstation supports DDR3 memory with ECC.

As the material recycled plastic is used. The certifications include Green Guard and Energy Star 5.0 with an efficiency requirement of 80 percent. In the test with the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) reached the Lenovo model, the classification "Gold".

"We noticed is that there are many professional users in the CAD and DCC area, due to budget cuts currently trying to manage with a desktop PC," said Mark Cohen, vice president of enterprise products, Lenovo. "They use traditional workstation applications and could benefit from an appropriate hardware only benefit."

Osaka University and other high-purity C60 using organic solar cell efficiency to 5.3%

Osaka University and Osaka City Institute is being held at the 55th Joint lecture of Applied Physics (2008 March 27 ~ 30, Japan Funabashi Campus of the University Institute of Technology) announced successful development of the cell conversion efficiency as high as 5.3 % of organic solid solar cells (Conference ID: 27p-C-8). The conversion efficiency through the use of high purity crystalline C60 achieved. Organic solids in the pin structure solar cell (or organic thin film solar cells), the conversion efficiency of 5.3% of the units in Japan as the highest value on a global scale for high-level, close in February 2008, Northwestern University (Northwestern University) release of 5.2 ~ 5.6%.

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The development of organic solar cells, solid structure ITO (transparent electrode) / H2Pc / i layer / C60/NTCDA/Ag (electrode). H2Pc as Phthalocyanine (Phthalocyanine), NTCDA as naphthalene dianhydride (Naphthalene Tetracarboxylic Dianhydride). i layer is also deposited p-type semiconductor H2Pc and n-type semiconductor layer formed by C60, which makes the p-type and n-type semiconductor formed a complex structure. This structure is called "Bulk Hetero structure." Many recent organic solid solar cell structure is also adopted this.

Osaka University is the focus on improvements: the semiconductor layer of material, in particular, the purity of C60 increased to 7N, 99.99999% more than that; the i layer thickness to 960nm. Only by the efficiency of these two units from 2.5 Pianqiang% to 5.3% of the world's highest level.

Leading position in solar cell production in Japan has been replaced in Europe

Xinhua Tokyo on March 31 the latest survey data show that Japan lost to Europe in 2007, lost a long-term solar cell production to maintain the location of the world. In addition, for 7 years, production of solar cells among the top global companies in Japan Sharp also catch up with the German manufacturer.

Japan's Kyodo news agency has quoted the U.S. solar professional publications "PVNews" data reported that the Japanese solar cell production in 2007 was 92 million kilowatts, 11.3% less than last year. The total output of solar cells in Europe last year surged 43.9% year on year to reach 1.06 million kilowatts, more than Japan.

Solar cell manufacturer in the country, the German company Q-Cells solar cells last year, output reached 390,000 kilowatts, one stroke more than Sharp.

According to people in the trade, the field of solar cells increasingly fierce international competition. Germany, Spain, Greece and South Korea and other countries are actively taking measures to expand the solar cell market in these countries. Japan in 2005, abolished the subsidy for residential solar power generation, leading to shrinking domestic solar cell market.

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Apple iPad delivers new orders only from 12 April

2010-04-06 00:03:44

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Apple iPad delivers new orders only from 12 April

The deadline applies to the wireless version. The UMTS model will continue to appear before the end of April. The Camera Connection Kit, Apple introduces a further accessories. It connects via USB digital camera with a tablet computer.

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Since Saturday, Apple will give a delivery date for new orders iPad 12 April on (Image: Apple).

Apple has updated its website on Saturday and the delivery date for pre-orders on the 12th-iPad April moved. For orders made before the delivery date is the 3rd April. This is reported by Apple Insider and other blogs.

The new date is for the wireless model of the Tablets, which comes next Saturday in the U.S. in the trade. Deliveries of UMTS version is still planned for late April. At this point, the iPad is also in many European countries, including France, Italy and Germany, to be available.

The postponement of the delivery date for new orders suggests that Apple has managed to sell their entire stocks of the iPad prior to marketing. Reported that Foxconn will manufacture iPad in the course of March, from 600,000 to 700,000. In April, the production volume is expected to rise to around one million units.

Apple iPad completed last Saturday, his bid for the accessories. From now on a camera can be pre-ordered Connection Kit for the end of April. It provides an easy way to connect a digital camera via USB with the iPad or import images from an SD memory card. The price is $ 29.

Apple takes since 12 Pre-March for its Tablet PC that will be delivered in time goes on sale. In addition, customers can put iPad can travel to pick them up at an Apple Store. Reservations are, however, no binding orders. They apply only on the coming Saturday until 15.00 local time clock.

If the "black cell" proliferation of mobile phone battery industry directly led to the confusion, then the regular brand mobile phone battery manufacturers promote their brands and channels, construction of neglect is no doubt exacerbated the consumers cell phone batteries do not trust. If we follow this trend continues, do not trust in the product quality situation, low-cost "black cell" is definitely more attractive to consumers, mobile phone battery market will be occupied by low-end low-quality products, which the mobile phone battery industry will be a huge disaster.

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Good local control rectify the mainstream manufacturers

China's more than 500 million mobile phone users and the growing wealth of features make it the battery consumption on mobile phones is rising sharply. Once the 3G launched, the market will be the number of mobile phone battery consumption to a larger scale. Therefore, a huge mobile phone battery market has been formed, local major manufacturers in China will usher in more development opportunities. Huge market, a good future expectations, so the concept of mobile phone batteries approved by the capital market, the battery Desai (000,049 market, stock it), Scud Group and other listed company's share price also has good anticipation of the capital market into the a rising channel.

Along with regulatory authorities on the management of mobile phone battery market increasingly seriously, the survival of poor-quality cell phone batteries to become smaller and smaller. The cell phone battery while ago encountered a crisis of confidence for customers, mobile phone battery is also improving brand awareness, coupled with lower prices of domestic battery brands and better quality assurance, it is foreseeable that the battery will be domestic brands favored by the market. At present, China has a number of stronger mobile phone battery manufacturers, such as the Scud, BYD, Desai, Lenovo, TCL and so on, but they are in the public's brand awareness is not enough enjoys popular support.

The domestic mobile phone battery manufacturers to create brand awareness and increase publicity and channel construction is essential. In this regard, the Scud batteries arrived at the forefront of the industry, auto industry sales of Scud Group imitation mode, set up cell phone batteries in the country dedicated "4S" shop to build new sales channels, gradually specializing in monopoly phone battery to solve the battery market quite a mixed bag, quality, good and bad of the situation, such sales initiatives worthy of Reference various battery manufacturers.

Through our mobile phone battery manufacturers in the technology, brand and channel building efforts, mobile phone battery in reshaping their industry will be well on Xingxiang breakthrough, and the future development of these related prospects for mainstream manufacturers also worth the wait.

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Nvidia delivers its first DirectX 11 graphics cards Nvidia delivers i

2010-04-06 00:03:27

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Nvidia delivers its first DirectX 11 graphics cards

The two Fermi models Geforce GTX 470 and GTX 480 to support Shader Model 5.0, OpenGL 3.2, PhysX and CUDA. The GPU clock of the card is at 607 MHz 700 MHz respectively. Prices start at 350 euros or 480 euros.

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Nvidia¡¯s DirectX 11 graphics card Geforce 1536 GTX has 480 MB of GDDR5 RAM (picture: Nvidia).

Nvidia has placed models with GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480 graphics cards with its first DirectX 11 support to the market. They are based on Nvidia¡¯s Fermi architecture, which combines three billion transistors and 512 shader units in a single chip.

The graphics cards support PCI-Express 2.0, Shader Model 5.0, OpenGL 3.2, DirectSound compute the physics engine, PhysX, and Nvidia¡¯s CUDA technology. With the latter, developers can take advantage of the parallel processing power of graphics cards and perform complex visualizations, much faster.

The Geforce GTX 470 is equipped with 448 stream processors with 1215 MHz clocks. The GPU clock is 607 MHz. The video card has above 1280 MB GDDR5 RAM (1674 MHz), which is connected via a 320-bit interface. The memory bandwidth is according to manufacturer¡¯s 133.9 GB / s, the maximum power (TDP) is less than 225 watts.

The model GeForce GTX 480 uses 480 stream processors. It comes with 1536 MB of GDDR5 RAM (1848 MHz) and a 384-bit wide memory interface. The data transfer rate is 177.4 GB / s. The GPU operates at a clock speed of 700 MHz, the stream processors with 1401 MHz. The maximum power consumption of the GTX 480 is 250 watts.

Nvidia¡¯s DirectX 11 graphics cards are equipped with a mini-HDMI port with HDCP support facilities. It can also be a digital 7.1 audio signal transfer. In addition, both models each have two dual-link DVI connectors, allowing the simultaneous triggering of up to three screens. The price of the Geforce GTX 470 starts at just under 350 euros, which gives it GTX 480 from about 480 euros.

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Originally, the market launch of the GF-100 GPUs for November 2009 had been planned before Nvidia him first on January 2010 and then moved to the end of March. Reason for the delay was probably the poor yield of 40-nanometer chips, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer TSMC, which also produced the graphics processors for AMD¡¯s Radeon HD 5000 series. AMD has been since the fall of 2009 DirectX 11 GPUs in the program.

Apart from Beijing Technology and Business Bureau, in January of this year, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Shenyang and other places related departments on the market of mobile phone batteries were qualitative sampling, and sample test results were notified. According to the results, sales of mobile phone batteries in these areas no more than the pass rates of 80%, failed the majority of non-original batteries battery. Hebei, Shenyang has been sampling the two cell phone batteries for the poor pass rate of 60% and 58%.

These results clearly some startling, as some manufacturers lack the sense of responsibility, resulting in the existence of universal cell phone battery quality defects. At the same time, various unidentified cell phone battery is still active in the market, quality is more difficult to guarantee. Mobile phone battery industry, the existence of the hidden opportunity with its own equally enormous, urgent efforts to increase regulation and rectification.

Around the sampling results from the above, most of the substandard products as non-original batteries. As the original cell phone price is much higher than non-original batteries, which for some non-Yuan Zhuang battery manufacturers with vast business opportunities for hundreds of non-standard and lack of supervision of Xiao Shi De battery factory, and small workshops throughout the Shouji battery market quite a mixed bag , resulting in a variety of non-original mobile phone batteries vary greatly in quality, security risks for consumers buried, increased turmoil in the markets.

In addition, some consumers phone battery safety consciousness, seeking cheaper to buy counterfeit mobile phone batteries, these have led to the production of cell phone battery safety hazards.

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Samsung N220 Review

2010-03-23 03:41:36

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Samsung N220 Review

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Atom N270 Atom N450 speed increase (percent)
CPU Queen 3703 3933 +6
CPU PhotoWorxx 2268 2382 +5
CPU Zlib (KB / s) 8199 8604 +5
CPU AES 1794 1907 +6
FPU Julia 764 814 +7
FPU Mandel 140 149 +6
FPU SinJulia 278 295 +6

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In the CPU benchmarks, Everest 4.6, the new Atom chip is compared to the N270 only a narrow lead. The speed increase is indeed measurable, tangible in the daily work is not. Pine Trail netbooks are therefore suitable mainly for online applications. Demanding one should leave real notebooks.

The new logo of the type GMA 3150 has been compared with the old GMA 950 Performance-only slightly increased. In 3D Mark 06 it comes to 158 points. It remains in the netbook range in casual gaming. HD videos on Youtube (H.264 with Flash 10) does not play the N220 from liquid.

Prior to the performance of an Nvidia GPU-ion, which comes in many netbooks are used, the GMA is far from 3150th Also CUDA applications, including those suitable for the accelerated conversion of multimedia content, not run.

While the N220 is not in the works can not be deposed from other netbooks, it offers the above-average battery: the 5900-mAh power storage device is to provide eight hours of electricity. He stands below a little about the device out, so the keyboard is slanted. This helps the ergonomics.

While surfing via Wi-Fi and backlight dimmed down as much as possible the device actually works good eight hours away from the wall outlet - a very good value. Who performs less computationally intensive applications such as word processing, creating even more than ten hours. The N220 weighs 1.35 pounds, the power supply an additional 300 grams, the fan runs most of the time very quietly. Only under full load it is perceived.

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Samsung Delivers The N220 with Windows 7 starter. The new Microsoft OS is not responding quite as fast as previously used on netbooks predecessor, Windows XP Home. The performance is still acceptable. Compared with the Home Premium version, which is now included in almost every notebook, you have to give up some features: It is not possible, for example, change the background image. The Media Center interface is missing completely.

Instead of being rendered by DirectX Aero interface, there is only the base surface. Thus there is a lack not only of optical gimmicks such as transparent window frames and animations, but also open to the practical thumbnail previews and full-screen window.

In addition to the operating system a 60-day trial version of Office 2007, Windows Live Essentials, some games, a software to store wireless profiles and McAfee Internet Security pre-installed.

The N220 comes with a Linux environment called HyperSpace Phoenix, which is 15 seconds after turning on the device available. Are integrated including a browser, Skype and word processing. As usual in such solutions are settings like Wi-Fi networks, or e-mail accounts, but not accepted by Windows.

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If you can live with the typical Netbook limitations in the areas of performance and display resolution, get with the Samsung N220 a solid device with real cross-country skiers qualities. Also, the matte screen like that. The price of 349 euros is reasonable.

For users who need more power, higher-resolution screen, are 11.6-inch sub-notebooks like the Acer Aspire 1810T or the MSI Wind12 U200 is an alternative. They are slightly more expensive at around $ 500, but they offer the utility of a notebook. However, the battery life are more likely in the range of five hours.

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Samsung N220 Information

2010-03-23 03:41:15

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Samsung N220 Information

Samsung N220 Review

Manufacturer: Samsung
Price: 349 Euro
We mean: If you can live with the typical Netbook limitations in the areas of performance and display resolution, with the Samsung N220 gets a solid device with real cross-country skiers qualities. Also, the matte screen like. The price of 349 euros is reasonable.
What we like: dim screen
like: long battery life
What we are not: low screen resolution
like: low performance

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With its N220 Samsung has a netbook with a remarkable appearance in the program. The greenish cover is elegant and extremely at the same time. The inner values sound great: According to the manufacturer to hold the device with a battery charge eight hours. Furthermore, it has a matte screen. We have tested whether the full-bodied promise and keep the quality impression in practice, which promises the sheet.

Besides the design and long battery life, the N220 does not offer a feature to: Inside, Pine Trail tinkers processor. This is the new version of the Atom platform. Chip manufacturer Intel has this performance-brake attracted to the gap with more profitable - and grow more powerful - Core and Core 2 processors as i again. The committee set up in netbooks N450 does little more, but consumes less energy than the previous N270. On this basis, the Samsung N220, developed with 5900-mAh battery is far from eight hours to run the outlet.

Design

The slightly rounded top of the Samsung is the first highlight. It looks as if covered with a transparent plastic layer, under which there is a black gloss identified. Depending on the angle, the material glows green - that is unusual and looks noble. The next eye-catching is the silver Samsung logo, which is sitting up in transparent plastic. This provides a certain depth and is upgrading the device to optical. However: the fingerprints are inevitable with this surface.

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On the inside, fortunately Samsung waived gloss. Display frame and palm rest are made of opaque plastic. The device is embellished by a chrome strip which passes around once to the chassis. Unusual: Power on the N220 is not on a button next to the keyboard, but via a slide switch on the front.

Samsung follows the industry-wide trend towards Chicklet keyboards for Apple’s model. These are small gaps between the keys. This has advantages in practice: It remains at a relatively small keyboard depend not so quick to adjacent letters, which leads to fewer typos. On the N220 you can write comfortably, despite the small dimensions. The mouse pad with multi-touch capabilities is sufficiently large and allows precise control of the mouse.

Samsung equips the N220 with a 10.1-inch display, which dissolves the usual 1024 x 600 pixels. Fortunately, it is dull - disturbing reflections are therefore not apparent. The low resolution requires, for example when browsing but frequent scrolling. The webcam enables video calls with up to 640 x 480 pixels.

On the right side there is a VGA port and two USB ports. Left, a USB port and network connection are accommodated. On the front of a card reader for SD and MMC formats are blocked.

Facilities

The Atom processor N450 type (code name: Pine View) integrates the calculating engine for the first time on the graphics to the unit. It is made in the 45-nanometer process, clocked at 1.66 GHz and supports hyperthreading. Otherwise, the N220 1 GB DDR2 RAM (800 MHz), n WLAN according to 802.11b, g and Bluetooth 2.1 installed and a 250-gigabyte hard disk with 5400 revolutions per minute.

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HOW TO SET UP THE PEMFC

2010-03-11 03:45:09

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A typical, single layer PEMC will look something like the photos below:

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This one is conveniently labelled with the gases consumed/produced on that side. Note that each side has two ports for connecting hoses to. Unsurprisingly, the black and red terminals on the top are the negative and positive cell terminals respectively. Make sure you know which side is Hydrogen/negative and which side is Oxygen/positive - most common fuel cells can be damaged if you connect them the wrong way around. Also, as with a regular battery, a short circuit will burn through your fuel supply quickly and generate possibly damaging amounts of heat, so be careful. Some people like to put a high-current diode between the positive and negative terminals to soak up current if the cell is accidentally charged in reverse, but this is optional. Connect the diode's cathode to the positive FC terminal, and the anode to the negative terminal if you decide you want to have the extra safety feature.

For the PEMFC to work, it needs high purity water on both sides of the cell. The membrane needs to be left for at least 10 minutes after adding the water so that it can soak in before you start using charging/discharging the cell. The water on the Oxygen-side will also be split into Hydrogen and Oxygen gases during charging, but a tiny amount of water produces a huge volume of gas.
Do not used tap water, mineral water, purified water, filtered water or any of that stuff - they're all full of impurities that'll slowly clog up the PEMFC and make it less efficient. Look for water that has been distilled instead, or if needed you can distill your own. I've got a big 10L container of steam distilled, ozonated reverse-osmosis treated water that's about 100 times purer than typical bottled water. $6 at the supermarket, well worth the trouble of lugging it back to the car. Also good for watering bonsai trees.

Hopefully you'll have been supplied with a few short pieces of rubber hose, a few hose stoppers, and a plastic syringe along with your fuel cell. If not you should probably find some gear along those lines (gardening supplies work well, i.e. automated sprinkler system hoses and fittings).

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i Clean your hose, stoppers and syringe by flushing them with distilled water.
i Connect a piece of hose (at least 30mm, or 1inch) to each of the 4 ports on the FC.
i Fill your syringe with the distilled water.
i Insert the syringe into the lower hose attachment on the Hydrogen-side, and push the water into the cel until all the air is expelled and the water starts coming out of the top hose.
i Insert a stopper into the top hose, trying not to let any air back in.
i Pinch the lower hose with your fingers and pull the syringe out, replacing it with another stopper.
i Repeat the filling part for the Oxygen-side of the FC.

Now your PEMFC should be left to soak for at least 10 minutes. After that you can actually start using it like a battery, but since there's nowhere for the accumulated gases to go the capacity will be pretty low, so the cell will charge and discharge quickly.

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This next part may require some creative thinking on your part - where are you going to store the gases for the fuel cell? A few things to remember about your storage system ideas are that they must:

i Be sealed well enough to keep the gases trapped under slightly elevated pressures.
i Not be so restrictive that the fuel cell has trouble pushing the gas into the container.
i Have no problems with exposure to water, Oxygen or Hydrogen.

A common setup is to run the fuel cell gas hoses into two inverted jars/glasses/vials that are submersed inside a larger container and totally filled with distilled water. Oxygen and Hydrogen don't dissolve in water very much, so when the gas flows out of the hose it's trapped in the top of the inverted container. As more gas flows in, the water is pushed down into the larger container, so gas can be accumulated without a large increase in back pressure. Producing too much gas just causes the inverted container to overflow and bubble off into the air, so no worries there either. The main disadvantage of this setup is that you have to keep the storage arrangement upright, otherwise everything just spills out. Alternatively you can use the balloon system I developed for Mr. Lobster, which I haven't had any trouble with.

Regardless of how you store your gases, make sure to once again wash everything with distilled water just to be safe. Also remember to keep your Oxygen and Hydrogen seperated - it's a pretty explosive mix =)

Once your storage system is prepped you can hook up the lower hoses from the fuel cell to your storage tanks, and now you're ready to go!

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