The Power of Urine
Looking for a new way to power that digital camera? Urine powered batteries could be your answer.
Scientists have developed a way to turn pee into electricity. And there’s plenty where that came from, they point out.
Cheap, disposable, and renewable, urine-powered batteries may be the perfect power source for disposable healthcare test kits called biochips, the researchers say.
Ok, so you probably won’t be peeing on anything in your home anytime soon, but it’s still pretty damn krazy. Urine, so many uses and also good for you.
Read more about urine batteries here.
April 18th, 2006 at 8:36 am
They’re also turning poop into power. In Georgia a power company is about to build a plant that converts chicken poop into electricity.
April 18th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
What whiz-ard came up with this?! Give him/her a Nobel Pee Prize…