Now, the world's first water-powered radio!

London: Here's some good news for energy-conscious music fans - scientists claim to have created the world's first water-powered radio. Its inventor, Vivian Black, who helped turn the Wind-Up Radio into a global success in the 1990s, says his water-proof radio is powered by the motion of water flowing into a shower, The Daily Telegraph reported.

The H20 water-powered radio clips onto the water pipe that runs up to a shower head. Using micro turbine technology, the radio is powered by the water pressure running up a pipe, says its inventor. "Having seen huge success with the commercialisation of the Wind-Up Radio, we were constantly looking into new ways that further innovations in the radio sector could be made. "Creating the now-patented micro turbine technology, that allows the radio to operate solely through the flow of water, was the key to our new innovation; and thus the world's first water-powered shower radio was created," Black, the managing director of Tango Group, the radio's manufacturer, said.

A spokesperson for the company added: "The radio runs on energy generated solely through the flow of water, starting as the shower is turned on. It harnesses power that'd otherwise literally go straight down the drain."