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To: Dr. Harvey who wrote (2834)	12/31/1998 12:05:00 AM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8393

We shall see in a week who will eat crow. I'll watch from the sidelines, but I was about ready to purchase some anyway. Del

To: Dr. Harvey who wrote (2834)	12/31/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8393

Manhattan Scientifics Completes Fuel Cell Powered Phone Call Device Converts Alcohol To Electricity LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Scientifics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MHTX - news) announced today that Chief Fuel Cell Scientist Robert G. Hockaday has successfully made a cellular telephone call using a phone powered by an alcohol-fueled pre-prototype micro fuel cell. The call was made this month at the company's Los Alamos, N.M. laboratory where the new Micro-Fuel Cell™ is under development. The call demonstrated that a micro fuel cell can produce enough electricity to power a cellular telephone. Last July, Hockaday said he expected to successfully test a fuel cell powered telephone by year-end. Hockaday's fuel cell team ran a cellular phone continuously in standby for 24 hours and made periodic phone calls. Hockaday said, ''We have achieved the minimum of 100 milliwatts of power output necessary to keep the phone in standby and simultaneously trickle charge a battery with our pre-prototype system. This is a major step in our effort to commercialize a long-life Micro-Fuel Cell™ power system for portable electronics.'' The pre-prototype breadboard system consisted of 20 miniature fuel cells on five sheets of plastic connected in series to deliver four volts to the cellular phone. The system was fueled with a 50% methanol water mixture. The successful demonstration of the pre-prototype marks another significant milestone in the development of the micro-fuel cell, which was powered by a small amount of methanol and water commonly used as windshield washer fluid. Hockaday said, ''We expect to complete a fully working prototype before mid 1999. Our ultimate goal is to maintain a digital cellular telephone on standby for more than six months and to provide 100 hours of talk time with a single refueling of several ounces of a methanol/water mix.'' For commercial use, the tiny energy source will be engineered to be smaller and lighter than a conventional rechargeable battery and is expected to be priced competitively with conventional cellular phone batteries. Manhattan Scientifics is also developing and has filed patents to protect its invention of a portable charging system utilizing its micro fuel cell technology. If successfully developed, it could eliminate the need for wall plug AC electrical charging of batteries. The company's portable charger, which it calls Power Holster™, is being designed to become an integral part of a cellular telephone system. It is being designed with the intention of providing a constant trickle charge to the telephone's conventional battery, thus creating an ''always-on'' powered system. Marvin Maslow, Manhattan Scientifics' CEO said, ''The company's strategy is to first complete the working prototype and then identify an appropriate strategic corporate partner to manufacture and distribute the new energy devices. A number of Fortune/100 telecommunications, battery, film and chemical companies have contacted us and visited us. They are monitoring our progress and waiting for us to invite them to test our technology, which we intend to do as soon as we are ready. We would like to eliminate the word re- charge from the English language and change it to refuel. There have been substantial improvements in battery technologies lately. This is good news for us because it improves the effectiveness of our portable charger system, designed to keep the newer long-life lithium ion batteries in cellular telephones and other small electronic devices charged for extended periods.'' Del

To: Dr. Harvey who wrote (2834)	1/1/1999 3:46:00 PM
From: Futurist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8393

I'm looking for a some comments here. I found the use of a four letter word in this post to be of a turn off. If a lot of us were to begin using language on this board that we might commonly draw upon in writing email, I think we could take the tone of our dialog/debate in a Yahoo-like direction. I wouldn't want to see that. On the other hand, I've never been a big believer in "preciousness" around language. Plus, I hope you're wrong about the chart.