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Pee Power! African Teens Create Urine-Fueled Generator

Posted November 09, 2012 8:13 AM

From Crave: gorgeous gadgets and other crushworthy stuff. - CNET:

Future science stars? Three of the girls who invented the pee-powered generator.In a stroke of ingenuity that could have proven handy during Hurricane Sandy, four teenage African girls have come up with a urine-powered generator.

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11/09/2012 8:24 AM

New York picked a bad time to ban large softdrinks.

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11/09/2012 3:18 PM

Makes for some interesting mental images of filling those electrolitic cells.
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11/11/2012 8:51 AM

Maybe it'll become a sporting event..........kinda link trap shooting.......

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11/11/2012 5:23 PM

This technology has been banded about for a while and there are even similar products on the market.

Anyone getting a flash back to the Mel Gibson movie "We were soldiers", but replacing the mortar with activated cells for Gatling gun batteries?

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11/12/2012 10:07 AM

Is this an excuse to drink more beer?

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11/12/2012 10:08 AM

nah, you need no excuse for that.......

Thats like saying, I'm going to stop for just one.

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11/12/2012 11:09 AM

Better make sure the battery is isolated before filling it!
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