Yes; Soon Mobile phone owners could be able to charge their batteries with their own urine.
Scientists working at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have described the “breakthrough” finding of charging cell phones using urine as the power source to generate electricity.
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Dr Ioannis Ieropoulos, an expert at
harnessing power from unusual sources using microbial fuel cells at the
University of West England, Bristol, which was also involved in the
research, said the urine-powered phone is a ‘world first’.
‘No-one has harnessed power from urine so it’s an exciting discovery.
A fuel cell which can use the energy from your URINE to power a mobile phone could mean a future of cheap energy.
The miniature invention which costs just £2 has the capability to generate electricity - meaning a single visit to the toilet has been used to recharge a smartphone for the first time.
Scientists have been able to provide three hours of phone calls for every six hours of charge time - all from 600ml of urine.
The microbial fuel cell technology provides enormous potential to enable people to stay connected in areas that are off grid using "pee power".
The world first has been developed at the University of the West of England in Bristol by Professor Ioannis Ieropoulos and his team.
Professor Ieropoulos said: "We are excited to announce several global firsts - this development was possible by employing a new design of microbial fuel cells that allowed scaling up without power density losses.
Several energy-harvesting systems have been tested and results have demonstrated that the charging circuitry of commercially available phones may consume up to 38% of energy on top of the battery capacity.
Scientists working at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have described the “breakthrough” finding of charging cell phones using urine as the power source to generate electricity.
image source : (www.telegraph.co.uk)‘No-one has harnessed power from urine so it’s an exciting discovery.
A fuel cell which can use the energy from your URINE to power a mobile phone could mean a future of cheap energy.
The miniature invention which costs just £2 has the capability to generate electricity - meaning a single visit to the toilet has been used to recharge a smartphone for the first time.
Scientists have been able to provide three hours of phone calls for every six hours of charge time - all from 600ml of urine.
The microbial fuel cell technology provides enormous potential to enable people to stay connected in areas that are off grid using "pee power".
The world first has been developed at the University of the West of England in Bristol by Professor Ioannis Ieropoulos and his team.
Professor Ieropoulos said: "We are excited to announce several global firsts - this development was possible by employing a new design of microbial fuel cells that allowed scaling up without power density losses.
Several energy-harvesting systems have been tested and results have demonstrated that the charging circuitry of commercially available phones may consume up to 38% of energy on top of the battery capacity.
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