Urine-powered socks

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Wearable energy generators embedded with miniaturized microbial fuel cells (MFCs) that are fuelled with urine pumped by the wearer’s footsteps. They are designed to be self-sufficient and power small devices.

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University of the West of England Bristol

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Bristol BioEnergy Centre

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Microbial fuel cells

Fuel cells that use bacteria as catalysts to produce hydrogen gas, which is then used to generate electricity. In this application, the hydrogen also provides buoyancy control.

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Ioannis Ieropoulos

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Self-sufficient Wireless Transmitter Powered by Foot-Pumped Urine Operating Wearable MFC

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Urine-powered socks: wearable energy that could fuel mobile devices

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