Gizmodo: cleanliness

Double Click Your Body to Cleanliness With the Soap Mouse

Elaine Chow — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:30:26 EST

We've seen washable mouses and mouses you don't need to wash before, but have you ever thought of possibly washing yourself with a mouse?

This soap from a Taiwan retailer is for people who can't bear to leave their computer peripherals behind... even in the shower. It's only $5.75 to alert all your roommates to your creepy mouse infatuation. [Zakka]

Shopping Cart Washing Machine Ensures at Least One Thing in the Grocery Store is Safe to Put in Your Mouth

Adam Frucci — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Shopping carts are festering hotbeds of germs and disease, or so one would think seeing the expense Chevy Chase Supermarket has put into installing shopping car washing machines in their store.

The fancy new machine sprays down every cart in the store between uses with a peroxide solution that kills 99.9% of germs, leaving them clean enough to allow your baby to gum all over the handlebar. The carts dry after a few seconds, leaving them ready to use almost instantly after being cleaned.

"It kills all the nasty stuff, salmonella, staph, E. coli," said Bob Schwei, a technician with PureCart Systems, the Wisconsin-based manufacturer of the glossy white machine, which looks like an airport X-ray machine. "They're very popular in Korea — bird flu."

I wonder if the machine works on people? Seems more convenient than a shower. [Washington Post via Book of Joe]

Gold-Framed, Dual-HDTV-Wielding, GSM-Controlled Bathtub Won't Get You Any Cleaner

Adam Frucci — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Sometimes, I think that certain products are designed to remind the owner just how rich they are at all times rather than their supposed purpose. Take this ludicrous Red Diamond bathtub, for example. It's got not one, but two waterproof HDTVs, can be controlled wirelessly via a built-in GSM module, and it's built of solid fucking gold. Oh, and to top it off it has a Swarovski-crystal-lined champagne holder.

None of these things will make taking a bath all that much better, as you can probably set up a TV outside your bathtub on your own if you really want to, and who the hell needs to turn on their tub with their cellphone? But if bathing your naked body in a solid gold bathtub doesn't make you feel like a rich sonofabitch, nothing will. And with a list price of $47,200, that's just what you'll have to be to own one. [Product Page via BornRich]

$100,000 Shower Makes Sure Your Most Valuable Body Parts are Clean

Adam Frucci — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST

This right here is a $100,000 shower. It costs way more than your shower. What do you get for such a ridiculous price? How about 18 showerheads? Judging by the photo, most of them are all around you, but one powerful showerhead looks to be a, well, undercarriage cleaner, just in case you like having a fire hose shot at your taint in the morning. It's all computer controlled and has fancy temperature zones and such, but you know what you're really paying for: the cleanest taint in all the land. Hit the jump to see the most pertinent video I could find on how this could benefit you in the future.

[Product Page via BornRich]

Spin and Mist Your Way to Cleaner Air With the Antibac2k

blongo3 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:00:55 EDT

Is your air too dirty to merely filter? Then check out the Antibac2k. This little rotating sphere one-ups all of the gigantic air filtration systems in the US by proactively sending out an air filtration mist that rids your room of bacteria and dust. Think of it as Purel for the air. And if that's not enough, the thing looks like a space age spinning disco ball full of LED goodness. [Product Page via Tokyo Mango]

Cellphone Bacteria Warning: Not for the Squeamish

Charlie White — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:43:48 EDT

Okay, now that you're done with lunch it's time to gross you out. A UK newspaper reminds us that cellphones are just downright disgusting, and are even dirtier than toilets. That's because they're exposed to much more bodily bacteria than any toilet seat. A combination of being near your mouth with all that spit and stuff, and those cellphone electronics keeping the bacteria warm all day turns that handset into a teeming metropolis of creepy-crawley microbes, including such delectables as Staphylococcus aureus, the bacteria responsible for pimples, boils, pneumonia and meningitis.

Just keep in mind that there are literally billions of bacteria, virii, and other various insects and arachnids crawling all over your body right now. Reminds us of the Penn & Teller Bullshit episode where they took bacterial cultures from people's faces, hands and butts, and guess which was cleaner?

If you guessed butts, you're right, they were cleaner than faces and especially hands, the most bacteria-laden part of the body. Now forget all you just read and go on about your business. Have a nice day. – Charlie White

Wash your hands, caller [The Daily Mail, via personaltechpipeline]