Sunday, 11 November 2012
Four Nigerian teenage girls - Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15) have created something truly incredible, even if it's a little dangerous..:-).
The girls invented a urine powered generator which was showcased at this year's Maker Faire Africa held in Lagos a few days back. According to Maker Faire Africa, an annual event which showcases inventions, the system works like this:
- Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the hydrogen.
- The hydrogen goes into a water filter for purification, which then gets pushed into the gas cylinder.
- The gas cylinder pushes hydrogen into a cylinder of liquid borax, which is used to remove the moisture from the hydrogen gas.
- This purified hydrogen gas is pushed into the generator.
Why is it a little dangerous? Maker Faire Africa ended their report by saying: Along the whole way there are one-way valves for security, but let’s be honest that this is an explosive device... i agree, but its also an invention, a good one. All they need now is people who will collaborate with them to improve on it.
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