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Scientists power mobile phone using urine

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Power of P!

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I am not carrying a container of piss in my pocket!

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It's difficult to imagine that this will pan out with consumers.

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Good for a long night out on the beer. You will always be connected.

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This is a golden opportunity and no pistake.

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That's a pisser of an idea!

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That is fantastic. Urine can provide energy for the entire Tokyo!

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So future smart phones will come with a hole on the top where you can enter your urine? This gives new meaning to "Excuse me a minute, I have to charge my smart phone".

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if this tech is gonna go to market, theyll probably make a home unit u pee into like a toilet, which will charge batteries in the unit, which can then be used to charge your cellphone, or other devices, with. No one's gonna take such a device on-the-go.

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The new device will be called, the iPee Daily.

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Slight problem, " Ieropoulos hoped that the cell, which is currently the size of a car battery, could be developed for many applications."

Carrying a car battery-sized gadget is so gauche. Hope they aim to min-uri-turize it to a more portable size or it won't get past "Go."

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That's just taking the piss, lol

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Wow!

So even if you run out of regular charge, urine luck.

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No ones asked where they're getting the bacteria. Right around the corner

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This is a wonderful development, even if it sounds odd and there are plenty of entertaining jokes. Even if this does not pan out for small batteries, this would still be a very useful technology.

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You do not know the power of the P-side.

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Name for these new phones? URin8r...

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