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- archanoid, on 10/12/2007, -4/+111Thus explaining the final secret to the Nintendo Wii.
- wtfdan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+60Funny, the same thing powers my ability to be arrested while totally wasted in front of Denny's at 4 o'clock in the morning...
- greenbox, on 10/12/2007, -4/+59don't be ridiculous! it will run on hopes and dreams.
- phronko, on 10/12/2007, -5/+60My ability to write my name in snow is already powered by pee.
- albel65, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33Hm...recharging would be a little...odd
- Saintlink, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33I just knew the jokes would be awful. Why did I click?
- kejistan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Its called a funnel mate.
- rolandog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Now we can justify unzipping in the bus... "I'm recharging my batteries, dammit."
- ratbear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15"Lee, who reports the new battery in the latest Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, says a smaller version could potentially power mobile phones in emergencies."
Hey ***** you are pissing on my cell!
Relax bro, I'm recharging it! - Cheeseness, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14A light to pee by
- igjoe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16haha this is pretty cool, but where do you even come up with the idea to turn urine into a battery? Did he think that burning sensation when he peed was battery acid?
- mikesum32, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13So how strong does the urine have to be? Almost colorless like when I drink a lot of water/tea, or super yellow like when I sweat too much and forget to drink?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I'm chugging a soda cause my cell phone is dying, oh where is a beer when i really need one.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Honey...while you are checking to see if you are pregnant, would you mind recharging my iPod?
- thushan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8well R Kelly might get a kick out of it ;-)
- rewritable, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9odd and messy
- Sonic84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8this new battery will have you going and going an going and going.....
- carpespasm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7it's like a twisted version of the flintstones
- flap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7hmmm...wonder if you could use this in some sort of emergency kit for camping for say...a light.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Title is lame and msileading... should be scienctist harnest the electro conductivity of pee.. as it isnt providing power it is acting like a wire or a conduit for it. By description the magnesium is what is giving off the electrons. ALso stated is any bodily fluid not at ph 7, well what they should say is any fliud not at ph 7.. lemon juice for example. Anyone who has used a tds meter sees the effect in action. It is also why if something electronic gets wet the best thing you can do for it is soak it in distill water before drying it out. Want a few more volts or atleast up to the limit the magnesium strip can provied?? pour some salt in the urine.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6..in the middle of nowhere
that's the intention of this anyhow. for emergencies. - Kourgin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Holy ***** Cheeseness. you just made my night, not joking.
I love you. - TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Im waiting for the day that cars will be ran on pee. Cops will then thank unruley drunkards for peeing in their gas tank as opposed to arresting them. Next they need to find a way to make potatoes filter out harmful emmissions from your tail pipe, and yes I suppose the "keyed my car" look becoming just as big as rims wouldnt hurt either.
- thushan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4imagine how much profit the water bottle companies make, we'll pull into a petrol station to fill up on water, go outside and take a piss in our car...
- brownb2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5So when did that stop the average male pissing on the floor around the "funnel" toilet bowl?
"Its called a funnel mate" - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"This electron flow delivers power greater than 1.5 milliwatts, the researchers say. "
"Foley says the energy generated by the urine-powered battery would be enough to keep a digital wristwatch or a scientific calculator going, but anything bigger would be impractical." - sstidman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7"Its called a funnel mate."
A funnel mate? I thought it was called a "Bladder Buddy":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdUMy9HzdWo - sheriffbob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3So everyone pee'd in there pods and that's how the Matrix was powered??
- sstidman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3In a way, isn't this just beer power?
- humblepatience, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3i guess it's a good thing i've been bottling my pee for years
- ScionX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I just want to know who the **** was doing what when they decided to see if their piss could generate electricity?
o_O - buckyboy314, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Except you would just be replacing the electrolytic solution. This is just a battery with urine instead of an acid or saltwater. It's not urine actually producing energy so much as being the conductive middleman. Sorry, but it makes more sense to go with a sealed battery since the power will be limited by corrosion of the electrodes anyway :-/.
- frantici, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I can just imagine the first electric car powered by urin!
I think you would need a helluva lot of wunderbaums! - Oniony, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"Urine collection container"? It's doing a remarkable impression of a plastic cup.
- curryml, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21.5 volts is actually the same voltage for all batteries designated as AAA, AA, C, or D. According to the article, at 1.5 milliwatts and 1.5 volts, we're looking at 1 milliamp of power. Many rechargable batteries have 2400 or more milliamps. So, the equivalent amount of power would need 2400 drops of urine! Eww!
- Grayfox777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Urine batteries for spaceship trips to mars, maybe? But maybe not... they'd probably need to recycle that into water.
- WeThePeople, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah I can see it now, Steve Jobs on stage...with his classic "And one more thing"...The P-POD
This could be useful if they could make a car run on pee, and then you wouldn't mind when your kid says he has stop to pee, just tell him to get out and fill it up. And nobody would say make sure to go to the bathroom before you leave, they would say wait save it for the trip. - takayuki2006, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Introducing iWee, unlimited music powered powered by you!
..comes with noise-canceller located at the bottom, AC adapter and a Wee adapter for bot..*cough* *cough* - SaintStryfe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Fact: To collect Saltpeter, they would collect human urine in Britian and other European nations.
- gukid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I enjoyed how at the end the they mention laying down a piece as big as australia and "wee on it". Nintendo what?
- boredzo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3A yellow light.
- thenativeraver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I could swear I've seen this on digg before...
Oh yeah that's right...
http://digg.com/technology/Urine_Powered_Battery - Quimosabe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Old news. Back in WWII it was not uncommon to reconstitute a battery with pee. Back during the Vietman War it was common practice to shoot a dead battery to make sure that it couldn't be used again. The VC would collect the batteries patch the holes and pee in them to get some additional life.
No I wasn't around for either of these wars, talk to a Vet or read some history - anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"[For power on a large scale] you'd probably have to coat the whole of Australia in this paper-based electrode and wee on it."
Oh what an amusing thought. - buckyboy314, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Did I say power? I meant energy.
- tidejwe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Emergency kit?!?! I say seperate the urinals from the other toilets and let that power buildings, etc. Lower our freaking electricity bills! They're ridiculous nowadays.
Long drive traveling? Welcome to the new Hybrid cars...no need to pull over for a rest-stop, just pee into the bed-pan...er seat and there you go! Better/cheaper mileage! HA! Eat that oil-companies! I'll pee my way to success! - Disease, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My house will run on pee whether it's practical or not. How great will it be to tell people to take a wee so you could get back to your LAN party?
- myfanwy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1groundbreaking news! dissimilar metals in electrolyte produces current! amazing!
no digg, very old news, by 2000 years... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Battery - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No, you're confusing milliamps and milliamp-hours. mAh is how many hours the battery can sustain 1 mA of current draw at 1.5V (roughly). This is completely different than a maximum current draw of 2400 mA. Your everyday AA (even a D-cell [which is the same thing only a higher mAh rate]) battery would not be able to support something that drew that much power.
- insub2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2i'm glad someone else understood that it was not "pee powered"
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