Dispensary Corner 16 Aug 12
August 16, 2012
REINVENTING the loo.
Billionaires Bill and Melinda
Gates have plumbed new depths
to reinvent the toilet, hosting a
competition which invited
entrants to submit an eco
friendly loo.
To be considered for the
competition, the entries must
function without running water,
electricity or a septic system; not
discharge pollutants; and cost
less than five cents a day to run.
Toilet humour aside, the comp
had a serious side, with the Gates
telling media that he wants to help
stop the death of the estimated
1.5 million children who die each
year due to severe diarrhea
caused by poor sanitation.
Just some of the designs
entered into the comp included a
loo which used microwave energy
to transform waste into electricity,
a loo that captures urine and uses
it for flushing, and one that uses
fly larvae to process waste.
The winner of the comp
however was a team from the
University of Colorado who
created a loo which uses solar
power to disinfect and
decompose waste and turn it into
biological charcoal, a natural
fertilizer for farm use.
SPOT the difference.
A Dalmatian dog has gone against its hunting instincts and adopted a baby goat after it was rejected by its own mother. The situation is made stranger by the fact that the duo actually resemble each other, with the baby goat covered in Dalmatian-like speckles. Following its adoption, the goat now happily follows the dog around and even goes to sleep with its ‘mother’ inside the dog kennel.
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