Technabob » cleaner http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 PorkKleen Bacon Hand Sanitizer Might Attract Miss Piggy http://technabob.com/blog/2012/01/04/porkkleen-bacon-hand-sanitizer/ http://technabob.com/blog/2012/01/04/porkkleen-bacon-hand-sanitizer/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:03 +0000 Jack Kieffer http://technabob.com/blog/?p=78944 now you can use some PorkKleen Bacon Scented Hand Sanitizer! … If you’re one of the many]]> Hands get dirty – they touch handrails, they touch tables, and, if you’re like me, they touch the floor when you’re army-crawling across the mall. You usually whip out that alcohol-smelling Purell stuff, but now you can use some PorkKleen Bacon Scented Hand Sanitizer! 

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If you’re one of the many people who does not like the smell of alcohol in hand sanitizers, but loves bacon, this geeky product is for you! To eat! *Sprays PorkKleen in mouth and runs, screaming like an idiot* Though I do not frequently change my mind, since I am an opinionated, bullheaded person, I am going to rephrase. *Clears throat* Do not eat the PorkKleen. Or the gum that’s under the subway railing, but that is undoubtedly more delicious. *Picks gum off of the floor and chews it*

For just $4 (USD), you get a 2.25 ounce bottle of PorkKleen Bacon Scented Hand Sanitizer, which should last you a pretty long time. This is the perfect gift for any of your germaphobe friends and family, but can also be bought for personal use if you’re a selfish little hobbit. Yo, man! Give me some of your bacon-scented hand sanitizer! *Thinking* “Why would I do that?” Because my hands are unclean, and I need some hand sanitizer! “NOO! IT’S MINE… MY PRECIOUSSS…” A vicious battle of riddles ensues, and the fish creature ends up having to share his precious PorkKleen Bacon Scented Hand Sanitizer.

This geeky bacon-scented hand sanitizer is currently available from ThinkGeek, your source for random junk that you need to pay for to have it. Again, this would prove that you are superior to the rest of the human race, who is still using un-scented sanitization liquids. PROVE YOURSELF, OR FALL VICTIM TO THE RISE OF THE APES. Which was actually a great movie, but I’d hate to get those monkeys mad. Scratch that – I’d be scared if they were even a little bit irked, let alone RAGE QUITTING my life. *Hides in a closet*

Jack Kieffer owns Cool Gizmo Toys, a blog that rants about random geeky products.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2012/01/04/porkkleen-bacon-hand-sanitizer/feed/ 3 Mint Floor Cleaner: Square and Simple http://technabob.com/blog/2010/04/23/mint-floor-cleaner/ http://technabob.com/blog/2010/04/23/mint-floor-cleaner/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:57:30 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=31941 The Mint cleaner is designed to be used with reusable microfiber cloths or, if you want to waste money, Swiffer cleaning cloths. Unlike the Roomba, the Mint can only clean hard floors. I’m not sure if it can dock and recharge itself; the official website mentions no such feature. But it is nice to look at. And it’s square instead of round.

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The Mint is guided by a NorthStar navigation system, although I’m not sure if it makes a map of the area prior to cleaning or if it makes one as it goes along.

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The Mint’s retail price is $250 (USD). You can reserve a unit at the official website; you’ll pay a non-refundable deposit of $20 and will be notified when the product is available.  Not to sound like a Roomba fanboy – I don’t even own one, and have no plans of owning one – but the cheapest Roomba is only $160. It’s not square though.

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]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2010/04/23/mint-floor-cleaner/feed/ 1 Panasonic Fukitorimushi: the Roomba’S Strange New Robot Floor Cleaner Rival http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/11/panasonic-fukitorimushi-the-roombas-strange-new-rival/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/11/panasonic-fukitorimushi-the-roombas-strange-new-rival/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 12:28:25 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=12792 Panasonic demoed their own robot floor cleaner at the Tokyo Fiber Senseware exhibition in Milan. It’s called the “fukitorimushi” (wipe-up bug), although if you ask me “Creepy Pillow” would be a better name for it. The high-tech pillow cleaner detects dust and dirt using “blue-white light” and then cleans ‘em up using a cutting-edge nanocloth developed by Teijin Ltd.

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According to Chris Davies of Slash Gear, the nanocloth is made of “thousands of polyester filament fibers each 7,500x thinner than a human hair.” When it spots dirt, fukitorimushi’s “eyes” will flash red, and the robot will furiously crawl all over the place until its target is eliminated.

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Like the more colorful and less creepy Roomba, Fukitorimushi can also dock itself into its charging station when it needs to recharge, but it still needs some TLC from its owners because the nanocloth will have to be replaced once in a while. Which is why Panasonic says that the owners of a fukitorimushi will gain more than a cleaner but also a pet. The Roomba, on the other hand, becomes a source of amusement if its owners already have a pet.

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