Sharps disposal—I watch ER, so I know—is really dangerous and folks with diabetes have all kinds of needles hanging out waiting to stick someone. But how about a DISINTEGRATOR that “utilizes a unique plasma arc to melt the needle at a temperature of over 2500 Fahrenheit, reducing it to a small BB shaped ball?”
This device can annihilate up to 40 needles on one charge. There’s even a cool movie of this thing zapping a standard syringe.
Disintegrator Plus : Harnessing the Power of Plasma [MedGadget]
