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A new way to power your cell

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Arctic:
http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=2598

Mobile phone runs on urine power


--- Quote ---Dr Ioannis Ieropoulos from UWE Bristol is an expert at harnessing power from unusual sources using microbial fuel cells. He says, “We are very excited as this is a world first, no-one has harnessed power from urine to do this so it's an exciting discovery. Using the ultimate waste product as a source of power to produce electricity is about as eco as it gets.”

“One product that we can be sure of an unending supply is our own urine. By harnessing this power as urine passes through a cascade of microbial fuel cells (MFCs), we have managed to charge a Samsung mobile phone. The beauty of this fuel source is that we are not relying on the erratic nature of the wind or the sun; we are actually re-using waste to create energy.
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witchdoctor:
I like this one better. Or any of the dozens of other versions that have come forward in the last year and not bothered claiming to be "a world first".

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/11/pee_powered_generator_hypegasm/

ComputerPlano:
A (tinkle)-poor way to generate power...  There is DNA in that body waste...  And you can bet this has been tried and discarded by many others for the same reason...

It stinks.  And after you clog it up, don't even think about trying to recycle it...

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