according to solidot, on Tuesday (November 6) morning, Bill Gates held the "new generation toilet Expo" in Beijing, and announced that he would donate another $200 million to support toilet research, hoping to reinvent the toilet. Many netizens praised this!
Gates said the world loses about $223 billion a year because unsafe health facilities lead to increased medical costs and the loss of labor and wages. The reason why the Gates Foundation holds the "new generation toilet Expo" is to promote the research of innovative toilets. This kind of toilet can not only eliminate harmful pathogens, but also turn waste into treasure and promote the recycling of water resources.
It is understood that about 20 new toilet and waste disposal designs have been displayed at this exhibition. They can use solar energy or generate electricity by themselves; they can recycle water or separate urine from other excreta.
Netizens praised it as a big step of civilization, and joked that in the future, perhaps innovative toilets will replace Windows as Gates' greatest achievement.