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A Belgian businessman rejected a Nigerian job applicant because the businessman said his own dog was racist and would bite non-whites, Belgian media reported on Saturday. The 53-year-old man Nigerian told De Standaard newspaper he arrived at the Belgian's wrought-iron business and was immediately confronted by the barking dog. The Belgian turned the man away before he could even enter, and wrote on his labour office letter that he could not hire the man because of his colour, adding there was a risk the dog would bite him. The local labour office has concluded that the Belgian was racist and has removed him from its list of potential employers. "My dog is racist. Not me," the Belgian told De Standaard. The Nigerian, who has lived in Belgium for 32 years, said it was not the first time he had been rejected for a job because of his colour, although other employers had been more subtle. He told the newspaper that he did not wish to lodge a formal complaint because he did not wish his family in Nigeria to hear about the case. [source]
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Mobile phones could soon be powered by sugar
Scientists have developed a battery that can run from soft drinks. One of the first uses for the fuel-cell battery, powered by almost any type of sugar, could be as a portable mobile phone charger. The device would contain special cartridges filled with a sugar solution which could be replaced when they were empty.
Researchers at St Louis University in Missouri believe their idea could eventually replace lithium in batteries in many portable electronic applications, including computers. The biodegradable battery contains enzymes that convert fuel - in this case, from sugar - into electricity, leaving behind water as a main by-product. The team have used glucose, flat fizzy drinks, sweetened drink mixes and tree sap, but the best fuel source they have found so far is simple table sugar dissolved in water. The battery could be ready for consumers in three to five years, but the US military is interested in using it to charge equipment on battlefields. [source]
Of course, as soon as a positive, biodegradable solution to energy consumption is considered, the US military is planning its next war. Why charge mobile phones when you can blow up a village? Sugar-coated energy from the country that gave us "friendly fire".
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Scientists have developed a battery that can run from soft drinks. One of the first uses for the fuel-cell battery, powered by almost any type of sugar, could be as a portable mobile phone charger. The device would contain special cartridges filled with a sugar solution which could be replaced when they were empty.
Researchers at St Louis University in Missouri believe their idea could eventually replace lithium in batteries in many portable electronic applications, including computers. The biodegradable battery contains enzymes that convert fuel - in this case, from sugar - into electricity, leaving behind water as a main by-product. The team have used glucose, flat fizzy drinks, sweetened drink mixes and tree sap, but the best fuel source they have found so far is simple table sugar dissolved in water. The battery could be ready for consumers in three to five years, but the US military is interested in using it to charge equipment on battlefields. [source]
Of course, as soon as a positive, biodegradable solution to energy consumption is considered, the US military is planning its next war. Why charge mobile phones when you can blow up a village? Sugar-coated energy from the country that gave us "friendly fire".
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