Recycled photocopier paper pyramids send distress signals when you pee on them

Researchers at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) – the same laboratory that recently introduced the prototype urinal that generates electricity via microbial fuel cells -– have now created a pee-powered distress radio built into a foldable, portable paper-based microbial fuel cell system . .. Continue Reading Recycled photocopier paper pyramids send distress signals when you pee on them



Section: Electronics



Tags: Fuel Cell, Radio, University of the West of England



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