Apple Applies for Patents for New Energy Technology (newsy-allvideos)
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**BY JJ BAILEY AND NATHAN GIANNINI**
**ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN**
Apple may have lost its iconic leader, but the company is still on the cutting
edge. This time, it’s in the energy department. Here’s the Today Show with
details.
**”Tech blogs are buzzing over Apple’s reported plans to create new sources of
energy for its products. The company has filed patents for a hydrogen fuel
cell technology to produce lighter batteries that will last for days or even
weeks. Love that.”**
While Apple cited a few reasons for its move, dependence on international
actors seems to be a big one. The Telegraph highlights that particular part of
the patent application.
**”Our country’s continuing reliance on fossil fuels has forced our government
to maintain complicated political and military relationships with unstable
governments in the Middle East, and has also exposed our coastlines and our
citizens to the associated hazards of offshore drilling.”**
The new power source would satisfy the green camp as well, because the cells
will use hydrogen and oxygen to produce power, leaving water as a byproduct.
SmartPlanet says the technology is already in use in certain industries, but
bringing it to personal electronics would be …
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