GM global director of vehicle electrification Larry Nitz

Fisker Karma has been plagued by early start-up problems and is looking for additional investors, at least one said to be in China.

Mitsubishi i-MiEV is part of ZEM2ALL initiative in province of Malaga in Spain.

New Yorker rides electric-assist bicycle, technically considered illegal, though US federal law defines them as bicycles.

NEWS

TUE

17-Apr-2007

PHOTO CAPTION:

Nuclear Reaction May Produce Phone's Power

With advances in nanotechnology, Larsen predicts it will become practical to design devices using low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) to power cell phones that can last 500 hours.

For several years a Chicago entrepreneur has labored quietly building a company to create an alternative to batteries for powering cell phones and other small gadgets.

The company, Lattice Energy LLC, deliberately kept a low profile because its core technology, first called cold fusion 18 years ago, has long been ridiculed by mainstream scientists. Lewis Larsen, Lattice's founder, didn't want his enterprise tainted by the empty promises of unlimited cheap energy surrounding cold fusion.

Larsen, who has had careers in investment banking and consulting, has worked with many scientists doing experiments with what now is called low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) rather than cold fusion. Even with the name change, he said, many scientists mistakenly still believe they are creating nuclear fusion in a bottle when they thrust palladium or other metals into heavy water and add energy.

Article Views: 1901

READ COMPLETE ARTICLE >>

IMPORTANT NOTICE: To read this Chicago Tribune news story, click the READ COMPLETE ARTICLE link above. This will launch a separate window to the original news source. To comment on this story use the Reader's Comment form below.

RELATED NEWS ITEMS

Fusion the Fuel of the 'Next Century'?

Fusion Power To Be Marketed as 'Renewable'

Fusion Promises Clean Energy Future

READER COMMENTS

ADD YOUR COMMENTS BELOW

Posting comments is restricted to our FREE and PREMIUM subscribers. Once you log in, allowing us to implant a security cookie on your browser, the comment form will appear. To become a free BASIC subscriber, sign up here. We will not spam you or sell your email, and you'll receive our Weekly Brief email newsletter. You then will be permitted to post comments.