| PASADENA,
Calif.-- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC), a company that works
to transform proven space and defense technologies from NASA and the Department
of Defense into hardware and software solutions, announced today that its
subsidiary, Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC), has entered
into a fuel cartridge design, prototyping and supply agreement with Catalytic
Device International, LLC (CDI) of Pleasanton California. CDI is developing
innovative heaters based on the catalytic decomposition of methanol into
water vapor, carbon dioxide and heat without burning. These heaters require
a methanol fuel cartridge similar to a cartridge for direct methanol fuel
cells. Whereas a fuel cell produces electricity and little heat, the CDI
product produces no electricity and efficiently generates heat. CDI heaters
are flexible and can be used in many applications including heaters embedded
into winter clothing, boots, sleeping bags, tents and medical equipment.
"CDI heaters require a methanol fuel
cartridge, and we wanted to leverage the design and safety certification
expertise that DMFCC has gained in developing methanol cartridges for the
fuel cell industry," stated Cliff Welles, CEO of Catalytic Device International.
Dr. Carl Kukkonen, CEO of VIASPACE,
said, "DMFCC's slogan has been 'packaging fuel for the fuel cell industry.'
CDI is a new business opportunity outside the fuel cell industry that we
did not even know existed. We are pleased to be working with them. DMFCC
will provide a custom cartridge solution for CDI and we will deliver prototypes
for testing in four months. DMFCC also plans to provide other cartridge
samples to several potential fuel cell customers for evaluation. DMFCC's
cartridge design is flexible and can be easily modified to meet the specific
requirements of each customer."
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation
focuses on producing disposable fuel cartridges containing liquid fuels,
such as methanol, to provide the energy source for laptop computers, cell
phones and other portable electronic devices powered by direct methanol
fuel cells. These fuel cell powered devices are expected to be introduced
into the marketplace by major electronic product manufacturers in 2007.

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