There's been a lot of talk about weening our dependence on oil with alternative sources of power like wind, water, and solar energy. But what about poo? Japanese toilet maker TOTO has created a poo-powered motorcycle, named the Toilet Bike Neo, that runs entirely on human waste.
The TOTO company created the Toilet Bike NEO as part of the TOTO Green Challenge. The company is trying to reduce CO2 emissions in bathrooms by 2017.
TOTO is currently taking its toiletcycle on a 1000km journey from Kyushu to Tokyo. The company will use the trip to prove the power of poo and to educate communities about alternative energy. Wired reports that the human waste "is placed into a specially-designed digester which breaks the waste down into biogas which in turn powers the motorcycle."
And if you aren't impressed by poo-power, the Toilet Bike NEO can also play music, write words in the air using light imagery, and talk. Yes, talk.
