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Do Jiggy To Get Sterile
Toothbrushes! Only Sterile Toothbrushes…I promise! The deal is that some folks think it’s high time we had a system to sterilize toothbrushes as they are a breeding ground for some awful Bacteria. One of the ways suggested is to somehow harness our 700 stokes (if you brush for 3 minutes) to kinetic energy, which in turn powers the UV LED in the toothbrush to do some Bacteria zapping. To cut the chase, use Shake Toothbrush, jiggy = dry, sterile toothbrush!
Designers: Hak Hyeon Ryu & Gil Ho Jin
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Ambiva says
Independent research finds that most electric toothbrushes are no more effective than the manual variety. The exception is the “rotation-oscillation”-models, including many of the electrical brushes in Braun’s Oral B-series, but even this brush performs only marginally better than a regular manual brush
SuiDepPhaStu says
I’m pretty sure this isn’t motor-driven. UV *does* kill bacteria, but I really have to wonder if the brush can put out enough to actually do anything, given that first, it’s just a single UV LED, second, it’s not in the brush head, but in the base, and third, electricity generated from 700 brush strokes doesn’t sound like enough to kill bacteria.
The idea is certainly interesting, but I’m really skeptical about the effectiveness of this particular execution here.
Batterycentury says
Impressive design, I like the LED.
Daneel says
This bacteria hysteria is getting in my nerves.
Anonymous says
i think the problem is the brissels, they absorb alot of germs
Ankur says
So are people getting sick from germs on their toothbrushes?
SuiDepPhaStu says
Old people and immunocompromised people, sure.
Golan says
and this is somehow more effective and cheaper then 99.cent Hydrogen Peroxide how?
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