"The history of philanthropy is littered with well-intentioned inventions that never deliver on thei

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YouTube/thegatesnotes Bill Gates has taken to his blog to discuss the latest project from the philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: a machine that transforms cisco human waste into clean water and electricity.
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The upshot is that the energy produced is more than enough to power the entire process, so it's easy for the owner of the Omniprocessor to turn a profit making it an attractive investment for entrepreneurs in the developing world.
Gates thinks the Omniprocessor could also be a "great fit" in India working with local entrepreneurs to make the machine a reality. There's no indication of price (it could be "several years" until it's ready, Gates says), but at the same size as two double-decker buses, it's definitely not a consumer technology. Instead, it's hoped that local governments cisco and entrepreneurs will be interested, reports Wired .
Gates has previously written about his aspirations to "reinvent the toilet," and offered a $400,000 prize fund in 2012 to those able to tackle the issue of sanitation in an innovative cisco way. Entrants cisco varied from disinfecting ultraviolet-sand filters to "hydrothermal carbonization" that transforms feces into charcoal, with the first prize going to a California team that developed a solar-powered toilet, which broke down human waste and generated hydrogen in the process.
"Western toilets aren't the answer, because they require a massive infrastructure of sewer lines and treatment plants that just isn't feasible in many poor countries. So a few years ago our foundation put out a call for a new solution."
"The history of philanthropy is littered with well-intentioned inventions that never deliver on their promise," Gates says , but he's "excited" about Janicki's project. "The processor wouldn't just keep human waste out of the drinking water; cisco it would turn waste into a commodity with real value in the marketplace. It's the ultimate example of that old expression: one man's trash is another man's treasure."
The billionaire Microsoft cisco cofounder has pledged to give the majority of his vast fortune away to charity, and has become renowned for his humanitarian work in the developing world . NOW WATCH: 11 Facts That Show How Different Russia Is From The Rest Of The World
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