I saw where Dr. Carl Kukkonen the CEO for Viaspace had presented the company’s micro fuel cells for portable electronics at the BATTERIES 2007 Congress in France. The conference is an annual European event that focuses on rechargeable battery technology, markets, products and regulations. An entire session was dedicated to micro fuel cells and ultracapacitors which represent alternatives to rechargeable batteries.

VIASPACE, Inc. VSPC develops space and defense technologies from NASA and the US Department of Defense into hardware and software products in the United States. It offers various products that address homeland security and public safety issues, supply chain management and asset tracking concerns, and deficiencies in delivering portable power to laptops, cell phones, and other electronic devices.

The company provides disposable fuel cartridges and intellectual property protection for manufacturers of direct methanol and other liquid hydrocarbon fuel cells; and develops products and services based on inference and sensor data fusion technology, which combines data, observations, and inferences derived from multiple sources and sensors to generate decision-support information.