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La Fresh "Tech Pack" Towlettes For Gadget Germ Killing and Impromptu Geek Showers
We have all heard the horror stories about how our keyboards are dirtier than our toilet seats and how nasty germs build up on our cellphones. If that is a concern for you, La Fresh is unveiling a new Tech Pack germ killing kit for gadgets. Each kit comes with four Wet and Dry Screen Cleaning towelette duo-packets as well as three Lens Cleaning and three Anti-Bacterial towelettes. And since we all know that hygiene can sometimes take a back seat to the computer, you could probably spare a few for an impromptu shower. Not bad for $10. Available starting on May 27th. [La Fresh via Crave]
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Ovopur Water Dispenser Filters Out All of the Fun
It may look like you are draining the juices out of some gigantic white insect carcass, but underneath the bizarre looking hood, this Ovopur water dispenser from Aquaovo is serious business. It is completely gravity fed, with a recyclable, layered cartridge filled with KDF 55, activated charcoal, microporous bioceramics and quartz crystal to remove all of the impurities. But do you really want everything filtered out of municipal water? That's a free buzz you would be missing out on my friends! Pricing information has not been announced. Check out the huge filter after the break. More »
5:05 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Sean Fallon
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Latest by dingus: @Ghede: Not to mention the old building plumbing. I remember my grandparents' apartment in Brooklyn where dark brown rust-water would come out of any faucet if it hadn't been used for more than a few hours. more »
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IOGEAR Fined $208,000 By EPA For Germ-Free Mice Claims
IOGEAR's Germless Portable Laser Mouse isn't quite so germless after all, which is why the Environmental Protection Agency levied a fine of $208,000 on the company for "unsubstantiated public health claims regarding unregistered products, and their ability to control germs and pathogens." In other words, these things aren't killing any germs, and you probably shouldn't be buying them in hopes that they will. And as a result of the fines, IOGEAR's also stopped claiming that their germ-killing mice (now just "mice") kill germs. [IOGEAR via Crave via Gadgetell]
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Germ Guardian Air Sanitizer Scares You Well
We're not germophobes here at Gizmodo—not necessarily because we aren't afraid of tiny sickness-inducing attack—but because we're too lazy to dust let alone sterilize. But the Germ Guardian Air Sanitizer offers a lifestyle of sloth paranoia we could live with. Using UV-C rays (like similar models on the market), the device kills 99.9% of airborne germs with light alone. Why do we like it? The Germ Guardian's design induces feelings of an inescapable bleak future—like it's waiting for us to curse, at which point it will blind us with a flash of light and we'll boil in our skin. Now that's a conversation piece. $200 [product via appliancist]
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Those paragons of journalistic virtue, reporters from TV tabloid/rag Inside Edition, decided to see what kind of flora and fauna were thriving inside and on top of cellphones, and you may not like what they found. Eww. All kinds of shit, including HARMFUL BACTERIA, were seen crawling around when swabs from volunteer cellphones were rubbed on petri dishes and viewed under a microscope. Alert the media! Wait, this is the media. Okay, alert some gullible person!
Inside Edition Uncovers Tons of Crap Hiding in Cellphones
Those paragons of journalistic virtue, reporters from TV tabloid/rag Inside Edition, decided to see what kind of flora and fauna were thriving inside and on top of cellphones, and you may not like what they found. Eww. All kinds of shit, including HARMFUL BACTERIA, were seen crawling around when swabs from volunteer cellphones were rubbed on petri dishes and viewed under a microscope. Alert the media! Wait, this is the media. Okay, alert some gullible person!
1:53 PM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By Charlie White
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Latest by sebas0069: When will Germs and Human Coexist? Come on, give them a break! Where are the Germs rights? more »
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UV Disinfectant Wand Kills Creepy Crawlies, Lets You Spot Bodily Fluids
The UV Disinfectant Wand looks kinda like a Moto KRZR, but its clamshell shape can be put to an entirely different use. It emits ultraviolet radiation, and it's said to kill 99.9% of the bacteria and viruses in its path. Just 10 seconds worth of this death ray, and bacteria and viral DNA will supposedly be sent packing. Either that or it will give them one hell of a sunburn. More »
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HYSO Doorknob Germ Killer
After imagining he was inside a woman's restroom—something we've all done at one time or...sorry, where were we?—Simon Sassoon devised a gadget that automatically kills germs on public doorknobs. Want to see what two years and $250,000 worth of investment money gets you? That's it on the right. More »
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Cellphone Bacteria Warning: Not for the Squeamish
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. More »
4:43 PM on Thu Aug 3 2006
By Charlie White
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Latest by uhm...Bob: "Ma'am, no need to take the phone out. I'll use it right there. Really, it's no bother, I insist." more »
