"VIASPACE is honored to have a person with Mr. Denda's experience and background on our board," states VIASPACE CEO, Dr. Carl Kukkonen. "Our Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation subsidiary is working in Japan and Asia to develop manufacturing and distribution partnerships, and customer relationships for its methanol fuel cartridge products. Mr. Denda is very knowledgeable about direct methanol fuel cells, and he has excellent contacts with the Japanese OEMs that are working on portable electronic devices powered by these fuel cells. Mr. Denda is also familiar with VIASPACE's security and defense business. Overall our global business will strongly benefit from Mr. Denda's strategic advice."

Under Norm Denda's leadership, Denda Associates has direct access to top leaders in the Japanese electronics industry. Denda himself brings three decades of management experience including CEO at Intel Japan where, for example, he played a key part in the birth and development of Sony's PC (VAIO) business. Denda Associates has the experience and proven track record of facilitating the introduction and market acceptance of non-Japanese companies, products, and ideas into the Japanese market.

"I believe that direct methanol fuel cells have a great potential for powering portable electronic devices such as notebook computers and cell phones," states Mr. Norm Denda. "I want to help VIASPACE and its Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation become successful in the Japanese market."

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 www.VIASPACE.com, or contact for Investor Relations, Dr. Jan Vandersande, Director of Communications at 800-517-8050, or IR@VIASPACE.com.