Tag: HYGIENE

By now, everybody knows there's a massive e-waste problem on the horizon, though some U.K. researchers claim to have found a way to cut down on e-waste and fight bacterial infections at the same time. According to a press release from the University of York, researchers melted LCD TVs and extracted a substance that could be used to destroy some bacteria. Since this team estimated that about 2.5 ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/06/13/recycled-3-d-glasses-at-movie-theaters-are-crawling-with-germs/'; Next time you visit a movie theater, think twice about putting on a pair of 3-D glasses. According to ABC News, staff from Good Housekeeping magazine studied seven pairs of 3-D glasses at movie theaters in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and didn't find one sterile pair in the ...

Share Ah, New York City. The teeming masses, the crowded subways, broad avenues and millions of people. All touching iPads. With over two million of Apple's wonder gadget sold, just think of how many people have tried the product out for themselves. With the Fifth Avenue Apple Store a practical landmark, the amount of curious consumers -- tourists and natives alike -- that trek in to touch the ...

Dental hygiene just became a whole lot more interesting, thanks to Omron's HT-B551 electric toothbrush. It's the first in the world to feature an accelerometer. Brought to our attention by DVICE, the toothbrush uses the same motion technology that enables the iPhone to know when you're holding it upright or sideways. Apparently, this allows the toothbrush to adjust bristle speed and motion ...

What do you get that friend/lover/boss that has everything -- except hair? Why a high-end wig cleaner of course! At $367, the Wig Purifier can only be described as the Rolls Royce of wig maintenance accessories. Simply place the hairpiece inside the handsome cabinet and allow the Wig Purifier's secret weapon (ozone particles) to do the rest. The trioxygen filtering through the chamber ...