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Bill Gates showcases 'reinvented toilet'
Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates had his hands full on-stage in Beijing on Tuesday, showing a jar of human faeces. The stunt was part of his speech at the Reinvented Toilet Expo event - a showcase for new toilet technologies. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent more than $200m on researching the field across the last seven years.
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Nice to see attention drawn to a big problem in emerging economies, with actual solutions offered. He is one of the few tech leaders that I have any respect for. Can't help noticing the sharp contrast between Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.
In Ancient Egypt rich people had proper bathrooms and toilets with seats made of limestone in their homes. Poor people used wooden stool with a hole in it. . Here is an interesting article about the brief history of toilets : http://www.localhistories.org/toilets.html