Power Your Phone With Pee? University of the West of England, University of Bristol, and Bristol Robotics Laboratory Study

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Scientists are claiming a world first in developing a way to charge mobile phones using human urine. The Bristol-based boffins have been able to charge a Samsung phone by putting urine through a cascade of microbial fuel cells. They have generated enough electricity to send text messages, browse the internet and make a brief phone call.

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