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A paper battery powered by urine.

Capt'n Midnight · 2005-08-19 20:10:41

Researchers in Singapore have developed a paper battery that is powered by urine http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15/pee-powered_battery/ the breakthrough promises a cheap and disposable power source for home health tests for things like diabetes. Anyone know if this actually uses the urine as anything other than a…

19-08-2005 8:10pm

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Researchers in Singapore have developed a paper battery that is powered by urine
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15/pee-powered_battery/
the breakthrough promises a cheap and disposable power source for home health tests for things like diabetes.

Anyone know if this actually uses the urine as anything other than a conductive solution ?

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#2 20-08-2005 5:27pm

EamonnKeane

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What else would they use it for? That's all a battery is: two different elements at each end, a conductive solution/paste between them and a case to hold it all together, e.g. a normal alkaline battery has manganese dioxide at the + end, potassium hydroxide water in the middle and powdered zinc at the - end.

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#3 20-08-2005 6:00pm

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I believe Eamonn is correct here.

ROFL @ sig btw

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#4 02-09-2005 12:45pm

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If they can manage to mass produce it though, they could they not use them as a means of taking energy out of the waste being processed by sewerage plants?

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