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Self Cleaning Mouse
mikesd81 writes "LEWIS Wire is reporting on a self-cleaning mouse that disables the survival of bacteria with an auto-disinfecting surface. From the article: 'According to a recent survey from the University of Arizona, the average desk harbors 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat. Despite this, office workers rarely have time to clean their desktops frequently or thoroughly enough to be effective. As a result, the presence of microbes contributes to the spread of pneumonia, the flu, pink eye and strep throat, among other extremely contagious viruses.'"
We just figured out 90% of the mouse's dna, and already it's cleaning itself... very nice !
It licks it's own balls?
Compulsive telephone sanitisers. I never caught a flu from MY mouse.... What are they worried about, computers catching a virus?
the average desk harbors 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat Clearly, people are doing something wrong with their desks or with their toilets.
Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
I would call spending 1/3 of every day cleaning excessive, unless you are a janitor.
That's nothing. I have a self-cleaning dog. A friend of mine watched my dog clean himself and said, "Man, I wish I could do that."
I told him, "You better pet him first; he might bite."
Mr. T pitied this fool on 27 July 1992.
That must suck for Louisiana.
Resistant, sure. Aggressive, ??
Of course they're aggressive. You just killed their family, and tried to kill them. They're pissed, they're armed, and you gotta sleep sometime.
Microsoft is to software what Budweiser is to beer.