Shower-powered FM radio launched Published duration 9 March 2011

image caption The radio sits on the hose of the shower

A water-powered radio will be music to the ears of those who enjoy a spot of singing in the shower.

The FM shower radio is powered by the motion of water flowing through a micro turbine which in turn drives a generator that creates the energy to power the device.

The invention comes from the team behind the wind-up radio.

Their company had previously appeared on the BBC's, Dragon's Den, where the celebrity investors failed to back it.

The shower-powered radio is fitted in-line between the water supply and shower hose.

The man behind the H2O, Vivian Blick, previously worked with the English inventor Trevor Baylis on his Freeplay wind-up radio.

That invention proved to be a particularly successful in Africa, where the cost of batteries or electricity put traditional radio out of the reach of many.

"Having seen huge success with the commercialisation of the wind-up radio, we're constantly looking into new ways that further innovations in the radio sector could be made," said Mr Blick, who is managing director of Tango Group, which owns H2O.