[ELPIRATA]

LOL

Well, I have this client who is blind but he's always ahead of the curve and lets me know of whenever new findings and products are available, and I quite laughed when I heard about this one, because like many folks I eat while in front of the computer and my keyboard (as many may agree too) is one of the dirtiest places in my house.

I know inside there is aside of dust... food remnants lol, some metal clips and such and many times keys get sticky or even stucked to whatever solidified fluid may be inside hahahaha.

Ok, so, he sent me this article.... which I'll paste here....

*** Article starts here ***

In the dead of last winter, probably during the height of flu season, I read a report that described the computer keyboard as the dirtiest, most germ-laden piece of equipment in most offices. One report, written in a style Dr. Seuss himself would have been proud to author, called the device a “bacteria cafeteria.”

I wish I could say those reports provided the impetus for me to get a new keyboard. The truth is, though, germs are the least of my keyboard’s problems. It harbors remnants of many hastily eaten lunches on deadline days; the Q, Z, and X keys are the only keys with fully formed letters left on the entire board; and a thick coating of fuzz appears to connect the keys to one another.

Stuffy Heads & Runny Noses

One sunny June morning, on the way to work, I half listened as a reporter talked about waterproof and/or washable keyboards that she’d found at Seal Shield
I mostly forgot about the report until a recent morning when several co-workers were coughing, sniffling, and sneezing. As we enter another cold and flu season, it seemed like a good idea to look into this waterproof, washable keyboard. I decided to try the Seal Shield Infection Control Desktop Combo Kit ($99.99). The kit contains a dishwasher-safe, medical-grade keyboard; a washable, medical-grade mouse; and a washable, medical-grade, antibacterial mouse pad.

Although the box wasn’t heavy, I was expecting to see something made of stainless steel that would look at home in a hospital room. Instead, I found ...a keyboard that looked like my dirty keyboard only clean and with legible letters. It’s lightweight and made of black plastic, and it connects to my PC with its 6-foot USB cord. The mouse also attaches to a USB port, and the kit comes with a USB-to-PS/2 (Personal System/2) adapter.


The Quick Start Guide has three instructions: Turn computer power off; attach keyboard cable to your computer, using either a USB port or a PS/2 port; and turn computer power on. After doing those three things, sending a few emails, and editing an article, I realized that typing with the new keys felt no different from typing with my old keys—except less sticky.

Testing, Testing

Soon enough, it was time to start spilling things. First, I just dripped water on the keyboard. The instructions say to unplug the keyboard and let it dry out. The next day, it still worked, so I drizzled orange juice over the keys. After unplugging the keyboard, I slipped the included waterproof cap over the USB plug and ran hot, soapy water over the entire keyboard in the kitchen sink. The keyboard dried in the dish drainer overnight, and the next day, when I plugged it in, it worked perfectly.

For my final test, I slopped vanilla ice cream and some root beer on the keyboard and let it sit overnight. The day-old root beer float was unpleasantly congealed, so I unplugged the keyboard, popped the waterproof cap over the USB plug, positioned the keyboard on the upper rack in my dishwasher, and ran
a normal wash cycle, using the same detergent I use on the dishes.

Although it went through the dry cycle in the dishwasher, too, I let the keyboard dry an additional day, and when I needed to plug it in and finish writing this article, it again worked perfectly. The mouse is also washable, and it’s topped with a rubberized cover, which takes a day or so to get used to. You manipulate the left and right mouse buttons and the scroll mechanism through the rubber coating.

If this new, washable keyboard and mouse prevent me from catching or spreading just one cold this season, I’ll consider the $100 well spent.



*** End of Article ***


And now, for the linkage...


www.sealshield.com


Enjoy...



ELP

[GrimGriz]

My old mouse was happy when I would wash his 1 ball from time to time.

[Jump]

From what I hear there are many old Jumpgate folks that could really use a washable keyboard at times.