For example, you will still hear the same story about on-board cell phone use, even though foreign carriers and governments allow it.
Up to now there have been safety concerns from government agencies but I haven't heard any concrete evidence that on-board cell phone base stations and devices cause any interference with a plane's ability to operate.
This work seeks to understand whether on-board fuel cell systems are technically feasible, and, if so, if they could offer a performance advantage for the airplane when using today's off-the-shelf technology.
(Imagine a fuel-less airplane powered by a ground-based laser juicing on-board solar cells).
BP recently dropped its commitment to hydrogen, and Exxon Mobil is focusing its efforts on technology that allows hydrogen to be produced directly on-board fuel-cell vehicles, without the need for a new infrastructure.
Auto giant Ford has unveiled what it claims is the world's first drivable, fuel cell hybrid electric plug-in vehicle that combines an on-board hydrogen fuel cell generator with batteries to deliver a fuel efficiency of more than 41 mpg, with zero emissions.
Consumer-grade cameras have been used for wide-field fluorescence imaging [13] [16], pathology analysis [17], and the on-board cameras of cell phones [20] [24] and PDAs [25] have been used in clinical applications.
However, for on-board energy storage, fuel cell electric vehicles need compact, light, and affordable hydrogen storage system to replace the pressurized hydrogen tanks.
Model results are presented examining the utility of placing a hydrogen PEM fuel cell on-board a Miles Electric ZX40ST work truck NEV as an "after-market add-on" range extender to the existing battery electric drive train, thereby creating a NEVx.
For this reason, we recently developed an experimental system which for the first time allows for large-scale cell culture experiments with living mammalian cells on board of the parabolic flight aircraft Airbus A300 ZERO-G [ 31].
"It's a floating prison cell on board.
