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Self Cleaning Mouse

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hypochondriacs-rejoice dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:Oh no! "bacteria"! by sabernet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm no biologist, but isn't that just 'upping the ante'?

    By making a service no current bug can live on, won't it leave a whole new world for tha one bug that happens to mutate in such a way to be tolerant(considering about divisions bacteria make with the percentage of mutation which is only likelier to increase given adverse conditions that may cripple its DNA). A la current anti-bacterial super-bug problem?

  2. Copper? by MrP-(at+work) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wouldn't it be easier to just make a copper mouse? Copper kills germs.

    Plus after time your mouse will go from copper color to green, so you'll get 2 styles for the price of 1

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