<![CDATA[Gizmodo: cleaner]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: cleaner]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/cleaner http://gizmodo.com/tag/cleaner <![CDATA[Electrolux's Silent Vacuum Concept Means You Can Play Music From Your Docked iPod and Actually Hear It]]> We're big fans of Electrolux's concepts, which include vacuum shoes, a flatshare fridge and waterless washing machines. Thanks to Electrolux's brilliant robot cleaner I haven't vacuumed properly for a year now, but could be cajoled into using this iPod-packing model.

This 'Silence Amplified' concept follows the UltraSilencer model which is on sale now, but I think we all know which model we'd spring for. As it's a completely silent vacuum cleaner, you'd be able to hear the music played via the inbuilt iPod dock (guess that's a concept iPod in the dock, too?) and integrated speakers, with Electrolux claiming:

"One of the results is that vacuuming to music gets the job done faster, with less stress, and it can even result in some more calories burned."

Sure, we'll take what exercise we can get, especially if it picks up all that cat hair from the tiles. [Electrolux]

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<![CDATA[Watermelon Wrist Rest AND Screen Cleaner? Mind = Blown]]> Watermelon is the best fruit, so this watermelon wrist rest screen cleaner is just about the greatest computer accessory ever.

All you need is $12 and you'll be able to get your own. Might we recommend two? You do have two wrists, and we know for a fact that you're a dirty guy with a dirty screen. Man, watermelons are so great. [Urban Couture NY via Nerd Approved]Yes

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<![CDATA[Roofus Robot Eats Snow For Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner]]> Roofus is a robot that can do the job of 25 men cleaning up snow. Which is great, because who wants to have a job in this economy? I mean, do you have caterpillar tracks, two electric motors, one petrol engine, capability to carry 550 pounds of snow on your back, remote control link, and your skin is shiny orange? If you said yes to any of these, you don't need a job shoveling snow. Go to the next available circus and/or government agency.

Roofus also has a range finder system built-in. It doesn't only eat snow either: By using different peripherals, it can perform many other functions, like Lawnmowing, plow ending, road cleaning, and brush.

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<![CDATA[Readybot is a Robot Maid for Cleaning Your Stuff, Version 0.1]]> It's hard not to watch this video of DIY robot Readybot and think "sweet... what's the next version like?" Looking like everyone's favorite trashcan-shaped sci-fi droid has collided with a dishwasher, Readybot's intended to be a home-assistant 'bot doing a maid's job, cleaning your house. It may be slow and primitive now, but it looks pretty adept at grabbing stuff from the floor. And deploying a Roomba to do the vacuuming is genius. Actually an on-going development by makers The Readybot Robot Challenge, the robot will get more sophisticated, and we'll be watching for Phase 2 later this year. I'll get excited when it can put my clothes away and clean the cat litter tray. [Readybot]

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<![CDATA[Review: Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner is the Worst Gadget I Have Ever Used In My Entire Life]]> I've never been so thoroughly disappointed with a gadget than I am with the Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner. You might have seen one of these in the aisles of Target or Wal-Mart and thought it would be an amazing way to keep your shower clean. After all, the Ad copy says, "It's like a MAID. Times TWO!" You'd be dreaming of two hot robot french maid androids, keeping your human cleaning receptacles spotless. But this stuff does not work. DO NOT BUY. UPDATE: Just got hate mail for this post. Sounds like a douchebag rep for the product shilling hard.

You hang the device on your shower head. The included proprietary cleaner bottles gravity-feed into the rotating nozzle and pump, powered by 4 AA batteries. You push a button after you're done showering and after half a minute of warning beeps, the turret fires off the cleaning fluid in a 360-degree pattern. It's supposed to be a robotic anti shower dirt artillery cannon. It is is not.

Over a few weeks, a mild and inexcusable pattern of soap scum (infantry in the army of shower gunk) built up onto my bathtub. Was it by chance some serious buildup? No. Some strong stuff in the purple squirt bottle applied and a non abrasive sponge took it right off.

Honestly, I think they're selling this thing on the fantasy of clean bathrooms and fear of mildew alone. The snake oil product, which I tested for about two months, might make a good base for an automated scarecrow weapon in the garden triggered by some motion sensor. But it won't do anything for your bathtub that a sponge, some elbow grease and the most caustic material your lungs and skin can handle can't do better and cheaper. Especially the original Scrubbing Bubbles stuff, which I am a fan of.

Robot bathroom cleaner, zero; human domestic man servant, 1.

UPDATE: Just got this hate mail from this guy, josh.pruitt@gmail.com

This is clearly an angry attack on a product. Lots of people I know
(self included) use this product and have been satisfied with its
performance for years. The article is completely biased and shows a
lack of research. There's no indication that Brian contacted Arm &
Hammer for help with finding out why the product wasn't performing as
expected. Just because a product doesn't work for you doesn't mean
it's "snake oil." This product isn't even related to the theme of
Gizmodo.

"Hello Arm and Hammer, your thingy I bought doesn't work. Can you please explain why? Oh, ok. Good answer. Thanks. Bye." *goes back to using lame shower cleaner with a deeper understanding of why it fucking sucks.*

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<![CDATA[Anti-Bacterial, Superheated Steam Cleaner Resembles Bird, Cleans to OCD Standard]]> This 1200-watt anti-bacterial steam cleaner cleans anything, apparently. Toilets, engine parts of 50-year-old Ferraris, tile grouting—even dirty minds come away purer than a nun's chuff* after a blast from this. Plug it in, fill the reservoir with water and anti-bacterial solution, wait three minutes and then spray away. The handheld model comes with 10 accessories (there's also another model for giving floors and carpets the once-over) and costs $100. [Herrington Catalog via Red Ferret]
*I made that up.

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<![CDATA[Tiger Paw Screen Cleaner Cellphone Strap]]> Rather than have a cellphone strap that looks cute and does nothing, this Tiger Paw cellphone strap actually lets you clean your screen—albeit a small cellphone screen. Just put the tiger (or sheep) paw on your finger and start wiping away. The strap clings conveniently to your phone, and also comes with a tail for some reason. This is the greatest cellphone strap ever. [Strapya via Plastic Bamboo]

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<![CDATA[Weener Kleener Soap Ring (SFW)]]> I don't know what kind of world we live in where an inventor is coming up with a) new ways to shape bars of soap b) a device that increases the efficiency of me pulling on my weener for the sake of hygiene c) a package for said product with copywriting that displaces all my $.99 jokes.

I guess this is a whole lot kinder than the other gadget I can think of that could be used to clean my privates. (Dyson vac with hose attachment.)

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<![CDATA[Afro-Brush Cleans Your Keyboard]]> What better way to clean the crumbs from your keyboard than to use an afro? Flip the little finger-puppet over, pop off his afro, and use the underlying brush to whisk away the only remnants of that romantic night you had cybering away with that Woodelf in Everquest.

The brush comes in Afro, Elvis, Yakuza or Geeky Mushroom.

Product page [Cataloger via Tokyo Mango]

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<![CDATA[USB Keyboard Vacuum Sucks, More or Less]]> That USB vacuum we showed you last August pretty much sucked—in other words, one of our many astute commenters said it didn't suck enough, and couldn't pick up hardly any of those crumbs and various pieces of detritus and ejecta populating the area in and around his keyboard.

That USB vac was a $14 item, and now we bring you the USB Keyboard Vacuum, and it costs $9 less and sucks more, one way or another. You be the judge. Keep in mind that this one includes two attachments, a brush and a flexible rubber tip to get into those hard-to-reach places. Anybody tried this one?

Product Page [The Container Store, via Sci Fi Tech]

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<![CDATA[Evergreen's Memory Card Cleaner Wastes Your Green]]> Apparently both memory cards and memory card readers get dirty over time, as dust or liquids accumulate on the contacts, corroding the metal and affecting transfer speeds. Or so Evergreen wants you to believe. The reason? Their memory card reader pack.

The set consists of a cloth and various sized "fake" memory cards with material on the end designed to clean the contacts inside your reader. Useful if you've been having problems with your card reader, not very useful otherwise. Depending on how much these go for, it may be cheaper just to go buy another card reader.

Clean your memory card readers with EverGreen [Akihabara News via uber gizmo]

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<![CDATA[Whirlpool's Pret-a-Porter Clothes Revitalizer]]> Whirlpool, known for its innovative range of home appliances, has unveiled Pret-a-Porter, the clothes revitalizer. It has the size of a vacuum cleaner and is fully portable. You can use the device for removing odor, sweat and smoke stains from the clothes that do not need a full, proper cleaning. It is designed to look like a piece of fancy luggage and can be used on almost every fabric. It is expected to be launched in the European markets by September 2006. No word on American release, so we can just keep stinking up the place.

Product Page [Whirlpool via Popgadget]

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<![CDATA[They'll Stick Anything into a GBA Slot]]> Tired of just slipping the old XY/XX and Tickle Girl into the slots of your Nintendo DS? Well it looks like Sega is now making retractable (hehe, he just said retractable) DS pens and screen cleaners that will fit into the handheld's GBA slot. Just for fun. Will these products be at all useful? Your guess is as good as mine. But it sure provided a good excuse for linking to Tickle Girl.

Nintendo DS Slot Filling Pens and Cleaners [Kotaku]

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