Wee Power your Mobile

[Overlandman]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-17/s ... es/4827028

British scientists claim to have discovered a way to use human urine to power mobile phones.

Researchers at the University of Bristol and Bristol Robotic Laboratory are experts at harnessing power from unusual sources and say they have created a fuel cell that uses bacteria to break down the urine to generate electricity.

Dr Adam Best is a senior research scientist at CSIRO's Material Science Engineering Unit and is familiar with the process.

"The process simply works by having the urine and water mixing together in a similar sort of structure as you would have a normal fuel cell," he said.

"So whereby you're applying the urine to one side or the negative side of the cell, and water on the positive side of the cell.

"The reaction that occurs at the interface between the urine solution and the water actually creates the voltage and the power and the energy to actually drive the system."

[Tortoise]

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