Monday, January 9th 2012
Vioguard Intros Self-Sanitizing Keyboard
Cyber cafés can be a nightmare for anyone hygiene-conscious, as the keyboards and mice are shared-surfaces. With every press of a key, you could come in contact with germs like turning or pushing a doorknob. One way to keep yourself clean is with instant hand sanitizer gels. A company turned the concept around, by introducing a keyboard that sanitizes itself after each user session. The device is cleared by even the US FDA.
After each user session, the keyboard pulls itself into its sanitizer dock (like an optical drive tray), where it's bathed in intense germicidal ultraviolet light (UV-C), which is a proven germicide against flu viruses, MRSA (a highly resilient kind of bacteria pathogen), and various other bacteria and viruses. Once sanitized, the keyboard is ejected out for the next user session. The keyboard itself is a combo input device with a compact keyboard, a multitouch trackpad, and a fingerprint reader. More details are awaited.
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After each user session, the keyboard pulls itself into its sanitizer dock (like an optical drive tray), where it's bathed in intense germicidal ultraviolet light (UV-C), which is a proven germicide against flu viruses, MRSA (a highly resilient kind of bacteria pathogen), and various other bacteria and viruses. Once sanitized, the keyboard is ejected out for the next user session. The keyboard itself is a combo input device with a compact keyboard, a multitouch trackpad, and a fingerprint reader. More details are awaited.
13 Comments on Vioguard Intros Self-Sanitizing Keyboard
When's the last time you cleaned your keyboard?
Time for a poll?
... thiz good for old ,weak, or already dying people i guess ..
also proven that under exposure to germ create weak person who get sick easy ...
dirtier then the toilet ZoMg! clean is artificial ...
this system seems odd, but personally i'm all for it being used in hospitals, reception areas, etc.
Oh and I know a few users that could use a system like this....
Also, when using UVC sterilizers you need to replace the UV bulb every couple of months for it to be effective. I know as I run them in some of my fishtanks.
Interestingly too is the fact that the tanks with the UVC sterilizers have fish that are more suceptible to disease (like when i need to change the bulb i get an outbreak of whitespot or velvet).