VIASPACE Subsidiary Signs Deal With OEM to Provide Fuel Cell Cartridges and Valves

    PASADENA, Calif., July 15 /EMWNews-FirstCall/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC

Bulletin Board: VSPC), announced today that its Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

Corporation (DMFCC) subsidiary has signed an agreement to provide methanol

fuel cell cartridges and interface valves to a major portable electronics

OEM. The application is an electronic device powered by a direct methanol

fuel cell instead of a battery. The name of the OEM was not revealed.



    VIASPACE CEO Dr. Carl Kukkonen stated, "We are delighted with this

opportunity to provide both cartridges and interface valves to this OEM. We

are teamed with our manufacturing partner, the Sato Group of Japan on this

project, and I'm confident that we will meet the milestones and keep our

customer's development project on schedule."



    Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation produces disposable fuel

cartridges that provide the energy source for portable electronics powered

by fuel cells. Many OEMs have demonstrated notebook computers, mobile

phones and other portable devices powered by direct methanol fuel cells,

and production plans have been announced for as early as 2009.

    About VIASPACE: Originally founded in 1998 with the objective of

transforming proven space and defense technologies from NASA and the

Department of Defense into hardware and software solutions that solve

today's complex problems, VIASPACE benefits from important patent and

software licenses from Caltech, which manages NASA's Jet Propulsion

Laboratory. For more information, please visit our website at

http://www.VIASPACE.com, or contact for Investor Relations, Dr. Jan

Vandersande, Director of Communications at 800-517-8050, or

[email protected].



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