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Photo of the Day - Nigerian Teens Make Urine-Powered Generator

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01 Jul 2014 33 views
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Photo of the Day - Nigerian Teens Make Urine-Powered Generator
Teenage girls in Africa have entered a science fair in Lagos unveiling a device they invented, a urine-powered generator.

Teenage girls in Africa entered a science fair in Lagos in November, 2012 unveiling a device of their own invention — a urine-powered generator.

The collaborators, ages 14 to 15, said their device generates one hour of electricity from one liter (about a quart) of urine and described the process like this:

(READ more about the device in this 2012 article by Gadget Nuz)

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