At the fourth annual Maker Faire Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, a quartet of teenage girls ages 14 through 15 have created a urine-powered generator. This eco-friendly energy source cranks out six hours of electricity for every liter of human bodily fluid by separating the excretion’s hydrogen with an electrolytic cell.
It seems like the perfect technology for out-of-power hipsters.
Source. h/t Naunihal.
Coo, a power generator that runs on wee! Courtesy of some Nigerian schoolkids http://t.co/oRGm5jK8
6 hours of how many watt ? at a price of ? $/kWh?
Well I guess the methane digester was a bit too large to bring alone.
It happened already we all learn from emerging countries teens.Cool! >”@cblatts: What New York can learn from Nigeria http://t.co/GbolT9CM“
“In Lagos, Nigeria, a quartet of teenage girls ages 14 through 15 have created a urine-powered generator.” http://t.co/0mEB0k3w
http://t.co/QSRCX0eH
Urine powered generator!
Maybe this is obvious, but this process is energy-negative: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/african-girls-pee-powered-generator-raises-questions-1C6956099
You could similarly make electricity through electrolyzing water – by putting in a larger amount of electricity.
Come on, give the Girls stipends for Columbia University.
They are obviously prime Wall Street material.
Looking cute in a suit, and being able to sell their flatulences to some gullible customers : – )
Critique here:
http://nathan-lee.com/blog/2012/11/07/urine-powered-generator-theyre-taking-the-piss/
@ColumbiaSIPA Blattmann: What New York can learn from Nigeria: a urine-powered generator http://t.co/FFxaW7ju @columbia_energy #SIPAenergy
an electricity generator powered by urine designed by #women in #nigeria! Power to the women for being eco-geniuses! http://t.co/xEi0vPjs
Wow the ultimate hipster generator? “What New York can learn from Nigeria” #energy #Sandy http://t.co/7VWfuOC9
this serves as a very good example, that all development aid and analysis programs should be put under the supervision of some engineers with some real world experience and fundamental understanding of economic factors.
Beyond that, somebody should go looking for the 4th girl in that “quartet”. She is most likely the (only) clever one and probably too ashamed for the waves they caused. She is the real culprit, either way : – ) But that qualifies her, and not the other little idiots on the pictures.
This is amazing! It’s interesting that people in so-called ‘developing’ countries are using technology for truly revolutionary purposes that actually help fix problems in society, while we tend to use technology as just ‘stuff.’ I wrote about this in my recent post, “The iPhone and the Latest Technology: Why We Consume at the Expense of Others.”
http://listengirlfriends.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/the-iphone-5-and-the-latest-technology-why-we-consume-at-the-expense-of-others/