i-Bead 600: your germ-free digital audio player
By Barb Dybwad 
posted May 19th 2005 3:45PM
posted May 19th 2005 3:45PM
You know, it's not just your cellphone that gets all nasty with bacteria — think of how often your MP3 player gets fondled by those grubby mitts. That other player? Totally a walking Staphlococcus trap! Pick yourself up an i-Bead 600 for some disease-free tunes, as its Silver Nano coating kills 99.9% of the bad nasties with its specially-formulated antibacterial, disinfectant and deodorizing blend of whoopass. Plus, it's loaded with MP3/WMA/ASF/WAV/OGG, FM tuner, voice recorder and line-in encoding goodness at a rumoured price of $165 for 512MB. Sick! We also appreciate the tasteful green Wookie photo shoot the i-Bead PR folks decided to spring for on this.
They should waterproof this and market it as a combination MP3 Player/antibacterial bath soap. I'd rub it all over.
Whay aren't dishes and cups being made out of this anti-bacterial material (ugh...nasty rhyme) ? Is it toxic ?
So, as with most anti-bacterial products, this one will kill 99.9% of them, and leave the immune and strongest 0.1% to reproduce until they become the majority.
Brilliant.
Seriously, does ANYONE (besides germ-a-phobes) worry about this sort of thing?
Ack, I hate to be such a nerd, but Wookiee has TWO e's. Get it straight, nerds!
;)
This is for the same people who wash their hands after using the restroom. Crazed obsessive-compulsive lunatics.
"This is for the same people who wash their hands after using the restroom. Crazed obsessive-compulsive lunatics."
Ewww. Seriously. We did you typical experiment in HS on various surfaces. We grew something from the men’s john that couldn't be IDed by our teacher or a colleague of his at the Uof MN who actually works in this field. Sorry. Washing your hands in the kitchen is one thing. Washing one’s hands where you defecate is an entirely different thing. Thanks but I don’t want to shake hands with someone who just shook the dew off the lily and still has it on his hands.
o.O You mean you don't, Spiral?? :-X
Im obsessive compulsive. But I still think I like the iPod Shuffle better. Though this thing would be perfect for me. I wash my hands 2 times in a row after the bathroom, and if I touch anything that is or looks or feels unsanitary in the least...I go back and wash my again.
Who has time to wash their hands anymore!? Fortunately the company I'm interning at, Ritual Entertainment, has a gallon jug and a pump of that "Kills bacteria without water!!" stuff, so it's easy to wash your hands an the long walk back to my office.
Bacteria is sure getting a bad name. The truth is -- your body needs bacteria in regular healthy doses. Fighting off bacteria is like weight training your immune system. Without your daily work-outs, you'll get pounded next time in the ring.
Yup. I fully agree with Petro. I unintentionally killed off all the benefitial bacteria in my digestive system with antibiotics and now I have a digestive disorder.
Anyway, I will say here what I said over at DAPreview regarding this product:
They thought of giving it an antibacterial coating but they couldn't be bothered to give us an expansion slot. Weak. Lame. Next please.
#3 is exactly right. Products that abuse anti-bacterial advances (noteably plastic playground equipment) weed out the weakest and easiest to kill genes, and leave an overall gene pool that leads to superbacteria that are resistant to antibiotics (not to mention human immune systems less in parctice at killing them). Resistance has sky-rocketed in the past ten years and some antibiotics are on the verge of being worthless.
We're building our own worst enemy. The next time the RIAA says MP3s are killing us, it might not just be propaganda. ;)
Staphylococcus Aureus (the SA bit of MRSA) lives on the skin of about 35% of people in the world, so unless i-Bead sell about 2 billion of these, I can't really see it having any serious affect on, well, anything really. It's like those dishclothes/chopping boards that have a "built-in anti-bacterial agent"; I can't actually begin to point out what a waste of money THEY are...
"Fighting off bacteria is like weight training your immune system. Without your daily work-outs, you'll get pounded next time in the ring."
My immune system is equipped with the biological equivalent of fully automatic, millitary assault rifles with night vision and laser scopes. And we recently acquired phosphorous grenades, cluster bombs, and anti-personnel fragmentation mines.
So, when my white blood cells are on patrol, reconnoitering my blood stream, seeking out any strangers and other undesirables, if they see any-any-suspicious-looking germs of any kind, they don't fark around. They whip out the weapons, wax the motherfarker, and deposit the unlucky fellow directly into my colon! Directly into my colon! Thers no nonsence. There's no miranda warning, there's none of that three-strikes-and-you're-out shiat. First offence, BAM! Into the colon you go.
-George Carlin
yup, I agree with the workout model, I haven't been noticeably sick in over a year. All I do is shower daily and wash after the bathroom, other than that, if I'm not visibly dirty, I'm good to go!