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Now, urine-powered socks that send 'Wee-Fi' signal to PC
Updated On: 12 December, 2015 11:13 AM IST | | ANI
<p>Normally we flush it down the toilet, but science wise, urine is tipped to be a fuel for the future. At least, that's what this team of researchers thinks, because they've made a pair of socks that uses the liquid to generate electricity.</p>
Washington D.C: Normally we flush it down the toilet, but science wise, urine is tipped to be a fuel for the future. At least, that's what this team of researchers thinks, because they've made a pair of socks that uses the liquid to generate electricity.
A pair of socks embedded with miniaturised microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and fuelled with urine pumped by the wearer's footsteps has powered a wireless transmitter to send a signal to a PC. This is the first self-sufficient system powered by a wearable energy generator based on microbial fuel cell technology.
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