cleaning

Phones

So This Is How You Clean Your iPhone

12:09PM Nick Broughall | Lifehacker is the greatest site on the net for discovering ways to get things done. But sometimes getting things done can take an ugly turn, like the tip editor Gus received for cleaning the iPhone. More »
Gadgets

How To Clean Your Filthy Gadgets

8:30AM John Herrman | Hey, you, your gadgets are disgusting. And wiping them with your greasy shirt sleeve isn’t making things any better. Here’s how to clean your gadgets, the right way. More »
Random Stuff

How Do You Clean The Tallest Building In The World?

2:20AM Jesus Diaz
Things in Dubai get dirty pretty fast with the sand from the desert. But how the heck do you clean the 818-metre Burj Dubai? What about a SWAT team rappelling down its surface with high pressure water guns. More »
Gadgets

BucketVac Turns Any 20-Litre Bucket Into A Wet/Dry Vacuum

6:20AM Sean Fallon | The BucketVac snaps on to just about any standard 20-litre bucket and converts it into a receptacle for whatever wet or dry crud you happen to be sucking out of your filthy car seats. More »
Gadgets

The Dustbuster: Cleaning Up After You Since 1979

2:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Unveiled in 1978 but released in 1979, the Black & Decker Dustbuster was a revolutionary home-cleaning device, and the only power tool a parent was likely to let a children play with. Vroom! More »
Peripherals

10 Ways To Make Your Keyboard Slightly Less Disgusting

12:00AM Matt Buchanan | Your keyboard is probably a SuperFund site waiting to happen—luckily there’s more than one way to skin a biohazard. Inc.com has 10 ways to clean your keyboard, blow dryer being their wiliest, if lightweight, method. [Inc.com via Lifehacker] More »
Gadgets

Toto Neorest Toilets Now Clean Up After Your Chili and Cheese Nightmare

7:40AM Sean Fallon | Toto toilets are world-renowned for their high-techitude, but a new upgrade takes things a step further. Their Neorest toilets are now self-cleaning. More »
Games

The Official Wii Lens Cleaning Kit Is Here

11:50PM Mark Wilson | Formerly a Japan-exclusive, the Wii Lens Cleaning Kit has Godzilla-crawled its way across the Pacific Ocean floor to the US. More »
Robots

‘Tenth Floor Please’ Says The Japanese Janitor Robot Stepping Into the Elevator

4:20AM John Mahoney | Fuji Heavy Industries (very heavy) and Sumitomo have introduced the future of industrial cleaning automatons–a beefed-up Roomba-like bot that not only cleans a Japanese office tower’s filthy floors, but takes the elevator to cover the whole building all by itself. More »
Gadgets

Wireless Wipes Rid Your Filthy Touchscreen Phone of Staphylococcus Aureus

6:00AM Jack Loftus | If you, like me, do unnatural things with your iPhone, go pick up a 10-pack of Wireless Wipes. Why? Because touchscreens are apparently hotbeds of scum and villainy. And germs, which is what a British study discovered when it found they carry “tens of thousands of bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus.” Another study, conducted in Arizona, randomly tested 25 mobiles and found staph on nearly half of them. Staph, in case you didn’t know, causes everything from pimples and boils, to pneumonia and meningitis, which explains the chronic headache and hallucinations I’ve had for the better part of the past week. Wireless Wipes cost $US2 for 10, are fast drying, non-streaking and—most importantly—non corrosive. [ChipChick] More »