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How Astronauts Turn Pee Into Drinking Water
Sure, there’s no air in space. But once you’ve overcome that rather urgent deficiency, you’ve got to deal with another one: no water. Thanks to science, astronauts can solve that problem by just drinking pee. Zero-G YouTuber and ISS astrodinaire Chris Hadfield explains.
These Stacking Bins Make Separating Papers And Plastics A Cinch
Separating the recyclable trash from the rest of your garbage is made slightly easier, and more pleasing to the eye, with these stackable Qualy bins featuring a strategically placed indent for easy access. They can be stacked all the way to the ceiling without their footprint increasing, and each bin features a lid and an inner lip supporting a plastic bag liner. Translation: you may never have to scrub them out.
Monster Machines: This Water Treatment Plant Is Powered By Poop
The Inland Empire’s cadre of water treatment plants clean millions of litres of waste water every day. But what to do with all that left over poo? Normally, it’s unceremoniously dumped in a local landfill, but at Regional Water Recycling Plant No. 1, that massive pile of crap is put to a better use — making electricity with the largest biogas fuel cell generator in America.
Monster Machines: The Future Of Nuclear Power
America alone produces about 2000 tonnes of nuclear waste annually, and the best solution for disposing of it is to bury it deep in the Earth. However, a pair of MIT scientists believe they’ve found a better way of eliminating nuclear waste an recycling the deadly detritus into enough clean electricity to power the entire world until 2083. Win, meet win.
The First Shot Of World War III Will Be Fired By Russia’s Mighty Poop Tank
War is a messy business, and if a Russian inventor has his way, it could be downright disgusting. Taking a ‘kill two birds with one stone’ approach, Aleksandr Georgievich Semenov proposes that tank personnel turn their waste into projectiles, resulting in both physical and psychological damage to their enemies.
Recycling Paper From Poop: I’m Not Sure I Want To Save The Planet That Badly
Would you lick an envelope made from used toilet paper? One Israeli firm hopes you will. Don’t gag, paper consumption is at an all-time high (damn Belgium, save some for later) and something must be done.
Toilet Freezes Your Poop To Stop It Stinking
Composting your poops is one of those things you might actually consider were it not for all the gross, decomposing faeces you’d need to store and transport about your property. Biolan’s got an idea that might help ameliorate some of that vile mess by freezing the smell in its tracks.
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