NEC Delays Fuel Cell Launch
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Alternative power source for notebook PCs won't be available next year.
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An ongoing investigation into a fatal explosion last summer has delayed rocket engine development for the passenger spacecraft SpaceShipTwo, the vehicle's lead designer has said.
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Nasa says work on the Atlantis shuttle's fuel sensors will push back the launch of the Columbus lab to perhaps  February.
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Problems with ground equipment are expected to delay a test launch of a new Russian rocket designed to ferry cargo to the International Space Station.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An electrical problem forced NASA to postpone Wednesday's liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis yet again, and engineers faced with a tight launch schedule struggled to understand the problem.
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Discovery Laboratories Inc. said on Tuesday the expected launch of its experimental respiratory treatment for premature infants will be delayed until the fourth quarter after U.S. regulators found quality-control problems in its manufacturing.
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The launch of a Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the Northern Lights is delayed due to high winds.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. , the  world's second-largest technology services provider, on Monday  said it has postponed its earnings announcement until Nov. 3 to  evaluate a possible assets impairment of its problematic Navy  contract.
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A scheduled March 15 launch has been delayed after the external fuel tank attached to the shuttle Atlantis and possibly the orbiter itself were damaged by a hailstorm at the launch pad Monday afternoon.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 6  /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is targeting a possible launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Friday, Sept. 8 because of a problem associated with one of the spacecraft's electricity-producing fuel cells.
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NASA on Monday delayed a planned flight of an unmanned hypersonic jet designed to reach a record speed of Mach 10, or 7,000 mph.
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The much-touted fuel cell technology has got a reprieve from being written off. Japanese companies, network operator NTT DoCoMo and manufacturer Fujitsu are reported to have co-developed a fuel cell recharger for DoCoMo&#39;s Foma family of 3g handsets.
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(InfoWorld) - MTI MicroFuel Cells has demonstrated a prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) to the U.S. military, the company's president said Monday. The Albany, New York, company demonstrated its 30-watt fuel cell to officials from the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, it said. MTI received an order for fuel cell evaluation kits earlier this year for use in satellite communication terminals. "They loved it," said Peng Lim, president and chief executive officer of MTI MicroFuel Cells, in an interview in Tokyo on Monday. Lim is in Tokyo to talk with Japanese companies regarding potential use of his fuel cells in their devices. "We partnered with The Air Force Research Lab and U.S. Army. We will be producing field testing units towards the end of the year for the testing to begin next year. Assuming the tests are successful the next stage is producing the product," he said. The military deal is one of two that the company has signed as it continues development of the fuel cells. The company's other deal is with Samsung Electronics and covers use of DMFCs in cell phones. MTI is on track to deliver a prototype to Samsung by the end of this month, he said. MTI's fuel cells use undiluted methanol as their fuel while DMFCs from rival companies require the methanol be diluted with water. This translates into a higher power output from the cell, said Lim. Compared to current lithium-ion rechargeable batteries the DMFCs also have a higher power density, so can deliver more power for the same size device. That's an advantage for the military and other users. "Nowadays they have a so-called 24-hour mission so they go out and come back within a day, but going forward the U.S. military wants to have a 72-hour mission. Typically for a 72-hour mission the soldier would carry between 24 and 36 pounds of batteries. With our technology we cut the weight by a third and the size by half," said Lim. Commercialization depends on success of the upcoming field tests and also the company's partners, said Lim. Once testing is successfully completed the fuel cells will be ready for first-stage commercialization but the speed with which they come to market depends on the eagerness of the customer to launch DMFC as a technology. However, with successful testing and a quick launch the DMFCs could be appearing on store shelves in 2008. MTI has also set up a deal with Procter & Gamble's Gillette division, which produces the Duracell battery, for the distribution of methanol fuel cartridges to stores.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA postponed the   launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday after a fuel   sensor failed, only the latest delay of its mission to restart   construction of the International Space Station.
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CHIBA, JAPAN -- Hitachi Ltd. and Toshiba Corp. unveiled this week new fuel cell prototypes for a range of applications that could be commercialized as early as next year.
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Pentax Corp said it would delay the  launch of its new digital camera after a fire at a lithium-ion  battery plant run by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd's  battery unit caused supply disruption.
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Google's long-awaited initial stock sale, which appeared imminent today, has been delayed while the company awaits final approval of its paperwork by the S.E.C.