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03-19-2014, 06:15 AM
Solar-Powered Toilet Turns Poop Into Charcoal-Like Pellets
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Though typically uttered with more vulgar language, the off-color remark of "defecating a brick" usually signifies a person's shock. Once you see this solar-powered toilet, you may be inspired to do the same, quite literally.
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Led by Karl Linden, an environmental engineering professor at the University of Colorado, a team of engineers built the Sol-Char, a toilet that scorches waste via fiber-optic cables, heated by solar concentrators on the roof. The system produces a useful byproduct called biochar, a sanitary charcoal briquette-like material that can be used for agricultural fertilizer and soil amendment. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/solar-powered-toilet/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Though typically uttered with more vulgar language, the off-color remark of "defecating a brick" usually signifies a person's shock. Once you see this solar-powered toilet, you may be inspired to do the same, quite literally.
SEE ALSO: Photos of Tasty Tech Eye Candy Of The Week (http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/tasty-tech-eye-candy-week-mar-16-140316.htm)
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