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How germy are your gadgets?

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    Todd Haselton on why we need to clean off the tech we use every day to get rid of funky stuff

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I've been doing is having counting how many times I touch my face after -- -- my devices.

Yes I am a little bit -- -- but only because I've been reading with this guy's been saying and it's it's make it a little crazy.

Quite frankly.

Just how Jeremy.

A little bit ago taught his Wilson it's here now he's the senior editor of mobile at tech techno buffalo that I say that right you did.

It's good to see you again an -- -- before -- -- treated -- out.

Might cast cancel -- says what doesn't kill annually makes you stronger we can actually build immunity with constant exposure we're talking about germs.

On all of our multiple devices now.

Mike Coffman junior -- on my account I -- my iPhone iPad and looked down each night with alcohol swaps.

Is that OCT.

No I'm a fan of yours now for -- and really -- -- of a problem.

-- it's actually will here's a question for you if you had to guess which is -- your toilet seat or your gadgets which would you pick.

A toilet seat or like my phone where your team or whatever right.

Like a public toilets and the fluency.

Put -- seat yet looks at.

It turns out 60%.

More germs on the keyboard and -- -- According to research that's crazy matter of fact I have some notes you're 16% of all cell phones have some form PCs on -- which is discussing.

-- -- discussing that when you share that with our producers they decided to put it on what we -- -- -- screen and pop up for everybody to see -- and of course I get to take that they -- It sees the the quiz on -- it.

16% of cell phones were found to have -- On the hand or is McCullough my counsel with -- -- and -- -- whooping -- that is just disgusting it is me you know what.

So what have people like Kyle O'Brien who say similar to connected.

It's a rather too concerned with sterilization.

That's why there's so many allergies with kids nowadays it's really not that big of a deal -- people get sick from these terms.

Yet people get -- and as matter of fact so a light switch for example has 217.

Pieces of back -- and every square inch.

It even consoles are discussing a remote controls -- a hotel room.

You don't know that the person there was healthy and of course yes he.

You need to wash your hands like usual and in these arguments are fair that we have immune systems and these help bought them -- sure a lot of people say hey look you don't wanna go to a hotel room and get the flu because somebody before you had it.

So there are preventative measures you can take to avoid that and and one of those things are Clorox wipes as one of your followers redux users also now -- Alcohol without saying all Clorox and I definitely enough but not yet and then of course there's also products like via -- -- Which actually sort of looks like a little cup and you drop in the violate.

For -- -- product into the violent for about ninety seconds.

And a light goes on and then it turns off when it's -- and that actually eliminates most of the bacteria I think 99.9 percent.

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With -- -- with how you're applying and I would sort of just go gently around that's just stand so OK right.

That sort of the Clorox she's I would say getting into the -- Clorox -- -- -- -- -- that's right.

Well no problem for something like probably.

A Blackberry and iPhone because I don't really have a I don't have a key pass -- Not so screen so any germs that you're using are getting on to that these are touching but politically they would if you're telling me about what you're saying yes of course of course -- still moving around with the buttons.

The earpiece up top they're all -- areas where and he liquid gets.

So -- being so fastidious about cleaning we have to make sure that we don't muck up our are warranties by getting too much liquid in on these devices that's -- before his policy game console or another -- the Wii Fit it's possibly get Athlete's Foot for example to the reasons and it.

Yeah.

Yeah I had a look at happy ending on honestly it -- be careful about lots of gadgets is not just the phones you keyboard that that victory he gonna want to stand on the -- I didn't pat would capture shoes on him like I want to -- with your -- I want you to take care.

-- -- your job you know just who recently what are some of the other areas that we need to be aware -- For germs and I would say remote controls your phones your keyboards mice the mouse pads everything.

So especially if you're at a new -- say you get -- -- keyboard sort of handed down to you.

And you're you're taken over the new workstation that's a key -- somebody else he's maybe for years before you so what's the best way to clean probably get a new keyboard are you just get -- -- -- that's that I would you.

You know what of course Clorox wipes like work perfect on something like that because you can't fit that in to you -- Thing like you would with self.

-- -- -- -- -- Tell us about that maybe we just haven't -- haven't been outside of the fact that that we're talking -- on the light switch FF FF I mean -- limited.

Larry I can't think of other areas that mostly you know consumer gadgets that you use -- should be -- dealing.

You mentioned something called -- violate do you see anything on the Verizon.

Todd -- you're looking at gadgets -- -- not I'm thinking from a business standpoint -- might be a good idea to come up with a way to clean these gadgets this quick liquid free.

-- I think larger by -- violates rather.

From what -- your -- this is stuck between nine and on get on Amazon.

It's a totally affordable gets on and what else can use that or -- -- -- could put anything in it technically mean.

You know debit cards things like that because it's a small space is -- a little pocket and you close it down you -- -- anything about the size of the cell -- and smaller.

-- and it's just like they have a personal products for toothbrushes and things like that.

That's something that -- can't ever Roenick CES next month January 6 and I'm sure we'll see other companies with similar products.

So I was -- for more.

Fabulous Todd Hamilton here to keep -- -- free.

Thank you so much in it and --

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