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To: AugustWest who wrote (387)	5/20/2004 9:03:51 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 430

Talking Toilet Orders Men to Sit Down story.news.yahoo.com BERLIN (Reuters) - A German inventor who developed a gadget that berates men if they try to use the toilet standing up has sold more than 1.6 million devices, his business manager said on Tuesday. German women fed up with a man with a poor aim can turn to the ghost-shaped gadget, which lurks under the toilet rim and, if the seat is lifted, declares in a stern female tone: "Hello, what are you up to then? Put the seat back down right away, you are definitely not to pee standing up ... you will make a right mess..." Alex Benkhardt, 46, invented the "WC Ghost" and its creators are in negotiations to market it in Britain, Canada and Italy.

To: AugustWest who wrote (387)	7/17/2004 7:23:48 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 430

Museum Considers Excrement Power Thu Jul 15, 9:33 AM ET story.news.yahoo.com LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Science Museum says it is considering a radical way of paying its hefty energy bills -- using visitors' excrement. The central London museum said it was considering taking the waste from its 14 toilet blocks and converting it into electricity. "With free admission it would be a great way for visitors to give something back to the museum and help keep the overheads down," said the museum's head Jon Tucker. "We have almost 3 million visitors each year and have huge electricity bills." The museum said the plan would be to siphon off waste from the toilets, store it and then either burn it as fuel in a mini-power station or turn it into electricity using a microbial fuel cell. The power produced from the excrement of 100,000 visitors could produce enough to power 500 light bulbs, while also breaking down harmful organic matter, it said.