Engineering News Blog

Engineering News

Latest news of interest to engineers. Sourced from GlobalSpec's Engineering News

Previous in Blog: Chemical Reaction Levitated by Sound   Next in Blog: Engineering Education
Close
Close
Close
20 comments
Rate Comments: Nested

British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

Posted July 17, 2013 10:00 AM

From Latest Items from TreeHugger:

The researchers have developed a fuel cell that creates electricity from urine and could be used to power our gadgets.

Read the whole article

Reply

Interested in this topic? By joining CR4 you can "subscribe" to
this discussion and receive notification when new comments are added.

Good Answers:

These comments received enough positive votes to make them "good answers".
Guru
Hobbies - CNC - New Member Hobbies - DIY Welding - New Member Engineering Fields - Electromechanical Engineering - New Member

Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 23647
Good Answers: 420
#1

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 2:34 PM

an over heard Researchers conversation at Bristol University and Bristol Robotics Laboratory .

Jim: Fred, can I borrow your cell phone, I have to make a call.

Fred: If your making a long distance call, here's is a gallon of water.

Pete: Are you kidding, you really want to borrow his phone.

__________________
“ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
Reply
Power-User

Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 176
Good Answers: 4
#15
In reply to #1

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/18/2013 9:01 AM

HA!

Reply
Guru

Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Glen Mills, PA.
Posts: 2385
Good Answers: 114
#2

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 2:40 PM

Pissing into the cells of a lead acid battery was an emergency fix if they were low.

__________________
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
Reply
Guru

Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: by the beach in Florida
Posts: 33392
Good Answers: 1817
#3

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 3:24 PM

Useless and disgusting....but in London I guess it passes as a social statement....

__________________
All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
Reply
Guru
Popular Science - Evolution - New Member Popular Science - Weaponology - New Member

Join Date: May 2006
Location: The 'Space Coast', USA
Posts: 11119
Good Answers: 918
#4
In reply to #3

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 4:46 PM

I noticed they have those suckers bolted down.

Commode statues must be a hot item.

Reply
Guru

Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: by the beach in Florida
Posts: 33392
Good Answers: 1817
#5
In reply to #4

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 5:46 PM

Well for the collector, it's a must have......

It just doesn't get any better than this.....

__________________
All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
Reply
Guru
Popular Science - Evolution - New Member Popular Science - Weaponology - New Member

Join Date: May 2006
Location: The 'Space Coast', USA
Posts: 11119
Good Answers: 918
#6
In reply to #5

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 6:37 PM

I think that would be very scary to sit on that!

One would keep getting the urge to get up and check if something was coming back up.

Reply
Guru
Engineering Fields - Control Engineering - Time to take control United States - Member - New Member Engineering Fields - Systems Engineering - New Member Engineering Fields - Mechanical Engineering - New Member

Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tampa, Florida, USA
Posts: 2129
Good Answers: 87
#16
In reply to #4

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/18/2013 9:27 AM

Commode statues must be a hot item.

Or otherwise known as a hot commodity.

__________________
J B
Reply
Guru
Popular Science - Evolution - New Member Popular Science - Weaponology - New Member

Join Date: May 2006
Location: The 'Space Coast', USA
Posts: 11119
Good Answers: 918
#17
In reply to #16

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/18/2013 9:59 AM

You, should sit his one out. :)

Reply
Guru

Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: South of Minot North Dakota
Posts: 8376
Good Answers: 775
#7
In reply to #3

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 8:33 PM

Social statement? back in my college days most of us wished someone would have kept the toilets up that well in the men's dorms!

Reply
Guru
Popular Science - Weaponology - New Member Netherlands - Member - New Member Fans of Old Computers - Commodore 64 - New Member

Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Japan
Posts: 2703
Good Answers: 38
#8

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 8:48 PM

Dear iPiss,

Why does my ear smell like urine after i use the phone?

A smelly customer.

__________________
From the Movie "The Big Lebowski" Don't pee on the carpet man!
Reply
6
Guru
Engineering Fields - Optical Engineering - Member Engineering Fields - Engineering Physics - Member Engineering Fields - Systems Engineering - Member

Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Trantor
Posts: 5363
Good Answers: 647
#9

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 9:00 PM

News flash: After gathering millions of Verizon phone records the NSA is reporting a leak...

__________________
Whiskey, women -- and astrophysics. Because sometimes a problem can't be solved with just whiskey and women.
Reply Good Answer (Score 6)
Guru
Popular Science - Evolution - New Member Popular Science - Weaponology - New Member

Join Date: May 2006
Location: The 'Space Coast', USA
Posts: 11119
Good Answers: 918
#10
In reply to #9

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 9:30 PM

That earned a GA!

Reply
Guru

Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 1071
Good Answers: 92
#11
In reply to #10

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 10:17 PM

Or two!!!

Reply
Guru
Hobbies - CNC - New Member Hobbies - DIY Welding - New Member Engineering Fields - Electromechanical Engineering - New Member

Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 23647
Good Answers: 420
#12
In reply to #9

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/17/2013 10:21 PM

Clever.

__________________
“ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
Reply
Guru
United Kingdom - Member - Indeterminate Engineering Fields - Control Engineering - New Member

Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on.
Posts: 32175
Good Answers: 839
#13

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/18/2013 5:23 AM

Do those things work while submerged, then?

__________________
"Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
Reply
Guru
Popular Science - Evolution - New Member Popular Science - Weaponology - New Member

Join Date: May 2006
Location: The 'Space Coast', USA
Posts: 11119
Good Answers: 918
#14
In reply to #13

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/18/2013 6:48 AM

They should. That's where the fish go, too.

Reply
Guru

Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: by the beach in Florida
Posts: 33392
Good Answers: 1817
#18

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/18/2013 12:58 PM

Can an electric flush be far behind?

__________________
All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
Reply
Guru

Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Glen Mills, PA.
Posts: 2385
Good Answers: 114
#19

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/19/2013 8:12 AM

"Whisper in my ear."

__________________
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
Reply
Guru
Hobbies - CNC - New Member Hobbies - DIY Welding - New Member Engineering Fields - Electromechanical Engineering - New Member

Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 23647
Good Answers: 420
#20

Re: British Scientists Power Cell Phones With Urine

07/19/2013 9:38 AM

My opinion of this is....... ah, .....wait a sec, I'll be right back. I have to make a deposit for a future phone call.

__________________
“ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
Reply
Reply to Blog Entry 20 comments

Good Answers:

These comments received enough positive votes to make them "good answers".
Copy to Clipboard

Users who posted comments:

Anonymous Hero (5); Epke (1); GameJudge (1); JBTardis (1); JNB (1); passingtongreen (2); phoenix911 (3); PWSlack (1); SolarEagle (3); tcmtech (1); Usbport (1)

Previous in Blog: Chemical Reaction Levitated by Sound   Next in Blog: Engineering Education

Advertisement