Bill Gates' new invention

[falcon9]

I just went and looked up an article on this. Bill Gates hasn't actually invented a waterless toilet. He is subsidizing research into the possibility of waterless toilets for poverty stricken areas of the world where water is scarce and people are constantly getting sick from coming into contact with human waste. They're also researching a lot of other things that could potentially save millions of lives. I suggest you all read up on it for yourselves. It is really very interesting, and I hope he succeeds.

Yes, he's subsidizing the research.  There are similar products/ideas as well:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/sustainable/waterless-toilet.htm