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31st August 2015, 02:51
BRL - Bristol robotics laboratory
Bristol robotics laboratory (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?6036)
Bristol BioEnergy Centre (https://www.bristolroboticslab.com/bristol-bioenergy-centre)
Urine-tricity++: Electricity from Urine (http://www.brl.ac.uk/researchthemes/bioenergyselfsustainable/urine-tricity.aspx)
Airicist
31st August 2015, 02:51
https://youtu.be/4LTprRQTKAw
Mobile phone runs on urine power - Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Published on Jul 17, 2013
Scientists working at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, which is a collaboration between the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the University of Bristol, have developed a novel way of charging mobile phones using urine as the power source to generate electricity.
The project has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Gates Foundation and the Technology Strategy Board.
Airicist
31st August 2015, 02:51
https://youtu.be/W1FKiwbc164
How urine could power future robots
Published on Nov 7, 2013
A shape-shifting heart can help a robot that powers itself on sewage avoid getting clogged up
Read more:
"Sewage-powered bot beats blockages with printed heart (https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24547-sewage-powered-bot-beats-blockages-with-printed-heart)"
by Paul Marks
November 8, 2013
Airicist
31st August 2015, 02:52
https://youtu.be/BQO1-lHCMhs
Urine-power experts reinvent the toilet
Published on Mar 18, 2014
The BioEnergy Team from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), a collaboration between the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the University of Bristol in the UK, has announced that Dr Ioannis Ieropoulos will showcase a smart toilet that aims to help bring sanitation to those who need it most, entitled Urine-tricity, at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair: India. An event co-hosted by the Government of India's Department of Biotechnology and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in March 2014.