Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is planning to drive a Hummer H1 powered by hydrogen fuel cells from the McMurdo Station in Ross Island, Antarctica, to the South Pole. ‘Woz’ made the announcement at Stanford’s AlwaysOn Conference in late July. His vehicle will be co-piloted by Buzz Aldrin, the former astronaut who walked on the moon in 1969. The trip will be part of a research expedition slated for December 2007. The expedition is to be filmed in 3D for the director James Cameorn.
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08/11, 12:48 PM
posted by:
Jimbo -- Gulph Mill$
woz!!!! he’s the man.
08/11, 12:49 PM
posted by:
Jon
Will it have iPod integration? I kid, I kid…
Jon.
08/11, 12:52 PM
posted by:
Atomicbri
WHats the point of this? THat some rich computer guy and the first man on the moon are gonna drive a Hummer that has gained a conscience and has ridded itself of its gas guzzling motor to drive over the ice using fuel cells? It says for research….sounds more to me like a research in 3D filming.
08/11, 12:57 PM
posted by:
Jay
wait… won’t the temperature be a problem for the hydrogen fuel cell (I want an answer not banging, I don’t need people banging on me as I am not an expert on hydrogen or anything)
08/11, 1:10 PM
posted by:
Renton
I would do it in a UNIMOG, not a Hummer H1
Don’t know what a UNIMOG is?
Click here: http://www.unimogusa.com/products.html
They eat Hummers for breakfast.
08/11, 1:25 PM
posted by:
Jay
Oh yeah I’ll stomp over the traffic with one of those Unimogs!
08/11, 1:26 PM
posted by:
Tim_s
I want to go! I want to go! I just want to sit in the back seat and listen to these two legends talk as they navigate icy terrain.
This is something that has many reasons. Number 1: raise awareness for hydrogen fuel cell technology. Number 2: James Cameron with new film technology. ‘Nuff said there. Number 3: C’mon, it’s Woz and Buzz. That’s reason enough. If they want to do something, you let ‘em.
I hate to sound like a fanboy, but for these two, I’ll take that moniker.
08/11, 1:30 PM
posted by:
John
Who TF cares?
08/11, 2:03 PM
posted by:
1952 MG TD
Mog, Pinz, HMMWV, Defender series, G-wagon, that toyota HMMWV ripoff, hell, even some of the GAZ products, LM002, and a few others I can’t think of at the moment…
I’d trust any of them to get the job done.
08/11, 2:13 PM
posted by:
mystikranger
I smell a IMAX movie comming.
08/11, 3:27 PM
posted by:
The Stig
Nothing wrong with raising awareness of capability.
08/11, 3:33 PM
posted by:
Richard
Fuel cells show the greatest promise to convert from reciprocating pistons to electric motors. Instead of large heavy acid-filled batteries, the vehicle carries fuel which converted directly into elecricity. Even with fossil fuels, they are pollution-free potentially much more efficient. Using hydrogen as a fuel, these vehicles would have the added benefit of generating zero greenhouse gases.
Congratulations to Buzz Aldrin. Congratulations to the Woz. Congratulations to James Cameron.
08/11, 4:30 PM
posted by:
Jim in LA
go woz!
and yes, unimogs ROCK. nothing can kill them.
NOTHING.
08/11, 5:14 PM
posted by:
Craig
Go Woz and Aldrin!
James Cameron, where are you in Hollywood these days?
08/12, 12:07 PM
posted by:
Henry
Yeah. Hydrogen. Big Deal. It takes 25 times as many trucks to deliver the energy equivelent of gasoline ot stations across the USA, so hydrogen is a big energy guzzler. This doesn’t include the energy required to convert the water into the hydrogen molecules. Pure PR hype in my book.
08/12, 4:15 PM
posted by:
Tumbleweed
Unimog power.YES!
08/12, 4:16 PM
posted by:
Unimog Determination
I like the Unimog myself.
08/13, 5:50 AM
posted by:
Eric Mason
Too bad they have an H3 pictured rather than an H1…it would make sense to have a picture of what the conversation is about…but, anyway…
08/14, 1:43 PM
posted by:
otis wildflower
Guess James Cameron’s resting after _Aquaman_..
And yeah, I’d take a Pinzgauer or Scarab any day hehe
08/15, 2:14 PM
posted by:
StanFord
Who but a few Apple geeks & Woz groupees really give a **** about this..