KDDI used the CEATEC conference in Tokyo as a platform to show off its updated prototype methanol fuel cell-powered mobile phone. In addition to the methanol, the fuel cell includes a lithium ion battery to help the unit deal with...

If you were a fan of Bruce Sterling's earlier sci-fi novels that had hapless adventurers discovering the futuristic underground of Europe, these super-modded Nokia phones were probably the kind of cyberpunk gear you visualized. An Istanbul-based industrial design lecturer by...