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Bill Gates goes from leading-edge computers to leading-edge toilets

Foundation awards top prize to a solar-power toilet that produces hydrogen and electricity
  • By Ted J. Rulseh
  • September 09, 2012

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A solar-powered toilet won the grand prize in August at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle. Eight teams competed in the event, sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The grand prize of $100,000 went to a team from the California Institute of Technology for its...

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