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Scientists develop pee-powered battery

August 17, 2005

Singapore - Scientists have developed a way to turn pee into electricity. And there's plenty were that came from, they point out.

battery developer Ki Bang Lee: "We are striving to develop cheap, disposable credit card-sized biochips for disease detection. Our battery can be easily integrated into such devices, supplying electricity upon contact with biofluids such as urine."

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