Wide Angle: Poo Power
It's a fact of life. Everyone poops. Most of us want to get rid of it as soon as possible. But a small group of brave folks are looking methods for turning it into energy. Here's what they have in mind.
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'Poo-Gloo' Devices Digest Sewage
These igloo-shaped devices offer a home for bacteria that can clean wastewater in a system that comes at a affordable price.
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Cow Poop Could Power the Internet
Instead of going to waste (pun intended), billions of pounds of cow manure could be used as a source of energy to power data centers.
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Dog Park Light Lit by Dog Poo
The Park Spark system converts dog waste into energy that can be used to generate electricity.
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What's Down the Drain?
What happens to everything you flush down the toilet? Jorge Ribas visits a new, high-tech wastewater treatment plant to get the answer.
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Poo-Powered VW Beetle Runs Clean
Volkswagen's "Bio-Bug" runs on processed sewage.
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App Tracks Destination of Toilet-Flushed Waste
Flush Tracker takes data from the local water board and calculates the trip to the closest sewage treatment plant.
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Who Invented the Toilet?
Although Thomas Crapper filed nine toilet-related patents from 1881 to 1896, the aptly named gent isn’t the father of the modern flush toilet.
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