Urine-powered generator produces six hours of electricity per bathroom break

[supremewellbeing]

lets watch the energy companies buy this patent and shelve it

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We've all heard the expression "haste makes waste," but how about waste making energy?

At the fourth annual Maker Faire Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, a quartet of teenage girls ages 14 through 15 have created a urine-powered generator.

This eco-friendly energy source cranks out six hours of electricity for every liter of human bodily fluid by separating the excretion's hydrogen with an electrolytic cell.

While this method of human waste disposal seems promising, the device has the potential to be a pee-powered biobomb and will need more than its limited safety measures before you're able to pick one up at your local hardware store.

However, if this can help us save a few bucks on our energy bill, then we need to introduce these girls to these guys posthaste.

 

[mmg]

It's a scam

 

[omgitswes]

Saw that on engadget this morning.
The coolest thing is that a group of 14-15 year old girls did this.

 

[nazdrowie]

would give me an excuse to drink copious amounts of beer.

 

[nothingbefore]

real cleaver


energy saving will be my investments for the future

want the crib to be decked out no more bills

 

[captnaj phd]

Pretty cool. It'll get the Tesla treatment though...see if we ever see this in it's intended form.

 

[Retroballer]

Copped for the zomie apocalypse

 

[supremewellbeing]

real cleaver
energy saving will be my investments for the future
want the crib to be decked out no more bills

you can! Solar power

 

[nothingbefore]

you can! Solar power

come on man...already know know that

but its more to energy than just solar power...but will have that on deck too tho


for what these young girls can do is amazing

picture what is just waiting in some joe's garage that can change the world?

 

[smangalang]

bravo

 

[ninjahood]

Da Porter potty just became alot more interesting.

 

[nazdrowie]

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678292/the-toilet-of-the-future-will-turn-poop-into-power

interesting read on a gates foundation initiative. $40 million to help turn human **** into fertilizer, energy, and clean drinking water.

 

[mrbrown]

It won't exist next year

 

[jwong]

That's some innovation right there.

 

[trasoul82]

I'm pissed that this won't make it to market.

 

[dropten]

I'm pissed that this won't make it to market.

Just wait till this information leaks to the press

 

[AEA18]

Talk about whiz kids

 

[classy freshman]

R.I.P. to the kids

And as others mentioned, if this does indeed do what It says it does, it will never see the light of day