Toilet Flushes Could Generate Electricity

Researchers in South Korea have come up with a new kind of toilet, a toilet that can generate electricity each time you flush it.

The team led by Youn Sang Kim has adapted a transducer to convert the mechanical energy from water motion into electrical energy.

The system is said to be efficient, even the motion of a single drop of water that strikes its transducer is capable of powering a green LED bulb for a short moment.

‘We hope our work can be applied to everyday life,’ says Kim. ‘This is a realistic possibility as the electrodes are flexible and transparent so could coat windows, roofs and even toilet bowls, to generate electricity from raindrops and water flow.’

Source: Ubergizmo