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Bill Gates challenges research team to reinvent the........... toilet
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| 20 July 2011
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Posted on 07/21/2011 1:00:43 PM PDT by Red Badger
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Maybe they can find a toilet GUI that will work the first time you use it....................
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:01:21 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:03:57 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Red Badger
for people in developing countries with limited access to reliable infrastructure.But, of course, they have access to microwave and a place to plug it in.
Since it's from Microsoft, it will eventually lock up and have to be re-installed.
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:04:03 PM PDT
by
capt. norm
(Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never run out of material. c)
To: AnAmericanAbroad
This is the mobile version................
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:04:29 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: AnAmericanAbroad
And they work!! My grandfathers never smelled....plenty of air coming in between the boards. It was a one seater with the standard Seas catalog.
They've installed similar systems in parks....but they're in well sealed buildings....and yeh...you're gonna gag...
To: Red Badger
I was expecting some foot pedals for processing.
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:07:18 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: Red Badger
"Mr. Gates, I have designed the perfect toilet, that will not need water or electricity..."
"Can I have 10 million dollars now?"
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:07:47 PM PDT
by
Fedupwithit
("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants" -Albert Camus)
To: Red Badger
I’m all for advancemnets, Mr. Gates, but why reinvent the “turd-burner”?
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:08:00 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: Red Badger
This is the problem with liberal elites.
They think you can invent things on demand.
Instead of having a team of researched find and evaluate potentially useful areas of research, they demand something they THINK would be so nice to have.
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:08:16 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
To: Red Badger
...a toilet that works without links to water, sewage or power networks. ...develop a way of using microwaves to process human waste and create electricity.
Okay, so without a power source, what generates the microwaves?
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07/21/2011 1:09:28 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: Red Badger
Preliminary calculations show that microwave plasma gasification may be energy self-sufficient, provided that the efficient transformation and high throughput of human waste matter can be obtained. It is also affordable. Now THAT'S funny!
"Okay kids, if you want to be able to watch some TV tonight you better commence to eatin' and crappin' like you ain't never ate nor crapped before!"
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07/21/2011 1:12:55 PM PDT
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WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: Red Badger
Oh where to begin....will it interface with Windows 7 64 bit?
If something goes wrong with the microwave thingy will one find ones testicles roasted instead?
If the plasma thingy explodes the sygas thingy does the “user” experience the “BTOD” or blue toilet of death?
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:14:14 PM PDT
by
mdmathis6
(Applied Christianity;a study in spiritual fiber optics connecting God's love to man!)
To: Red Badger
The first, last and only problem (as almost anyone can tell you) is that no matter how you put it together, the resultant products and byproducts still have the lingering odor of poop ~ EVEN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS!
This is not a problem that Bill Gates can overcome.
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:14:24 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Red Badger
Oh man, these jokes almost write themselves.
Cool! A toilet you have to stand up from and sit back down on to flush.
It gives new meaning to the Blue Swirl of Death!
“Oh man, I have to install Winflows(tm) Service Pack Number 2 in order to take a crap.”
It gives new meaning to the term, “You must be LOGGED on!”
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:15:53 PM PDT
by
GreenAccord
(Bacon Akbar)
To: Red Badger
people in developing countries with limited access to reliable infrastructure. The people in Third World hellholes are too stupid or too lazy to dig a simple slit trench. That why these Third world pits are still "developing" after thousands of years.
To: Red Badger
Bill Gates already has a “toilet” Windows ME and Vista.
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:20:01 PM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: Red Badger
Sounds like a noble pursuit, and happily my tax dollars aren’t paying for it, but if the developing countries don’t have the plumbing infrastructure to support toilets, they probably won’t have the energy infrastructure to power a poop microwave.
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posted on
07/21/2011 1:20:51 PM PDT
by
jz638
To: Red Badger
It already exists. Grandpa had one out on the back...
To: Red Badger
Wouldn’t it be easier to put everyone in the world on a 1200 calorie a day intake to reduce volume?
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