A combination of urine and socks could one day be used to power mobile phones and other portable and wearable devices, scientists believe. A pair of socks fuelled with urine pumped by the wearer’s ...

Starting from fossil fuels, through nuclear and renewable energies such as solar, wind, water and even agricultural waste, we have come across numerous sources of electricity. But what about urine?

It brings new meaning to answering a call of nature – engineers have for the first time charged a mobile phone using urine. By Richard Gray and Richardgray 16 July 2013 • 6:28pm Dr Ioannis Ieropoulos ...

Socks which send a message when powered by urine have been invented by scientists at the University of the West of England The insole inside the footwear used for holding the wearable miniaturised ...

If you enjoy some good toilet technology, then I think “urine” for a treat. Starling Medical is poised to launch its at-home urine diagnostic patient-monitoring platform, dubbed “StarStream,” that ...

It doesn’t have quite the same appeal as the ability to turn water into wine, but scientists at a Belgian university have successfully turned urine into water. The researchers recovered 1,000 litres ...

An urban myth, spread by parents around the world to stop their children peeing in the pool, claims urine turns swimming water purple. Although this isn’t the case, a firm from Texas has created a ...

A pair of socks fuelled with urine pumped by the wearer’s footsteps has powered a wireless transmitter to send a signal to a computer Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing ...