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Urine Powered Battery Developed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the powered-by-relief dept.

Saeed al-Sahaf writes "Research investment into developing smaller and cheaper chips to process information in disposable health tests has been significant, but they were still reliant on an external power source. The researchers at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology think they have overcome this problem with their latest urine powered battery. From the article "The battery is composed of paper, soaked in copper chloride, sandwiched between layers of magnesium and copper. The whole thing, once laminated in plastic, is just a millimeter thick, and 6cm by 3cm in size." The breakthrough promises a cheap and disposable power source for home health tests."

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  1. Trademarked: "UP Battery" by Henriok · · Score: 5, Funny

    The copy writing muse wispered to me.. These are going to be called "UP Batteries" Urine Powered...

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    - Henrik

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  2. I Have A Feeling by kevin_conaway · · Score: 5, Funny

    This battery is going to take the pressure off the industry. It doesn't take a whiz to see that they're looking out for number one. Trust me, these guys are going to make a big splash very soon!

  3. Sigh.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, battery piss on YOU!

  4. Re:Pardon me by Lemmy+Caution · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if you miss and pee on the laptop?

    Wouldn't be any worse than installing Microsoft Project.

  5. Couch potatoes rejoice!!! by lcllam · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great! Now I don't even have to get off the couch to change the batteries in my remote anymore. And as a side benefit, I don't have to *share* the remote anymore.