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Science

Why Brushing Your Teeth Makes Orange Juice Taste Like Death

If you’re going to have a glass of orange juice and brush your teeth (a good idea), there’s only one order in which to do them. It makes sense that your minty toothpaste-mouth would make OJ taste weird, but why so down-right heinous?

8 May 2012

Geek Out

11 Other Uses For Toothpaste

Besides keeping your teeth sparkly, toothpaste offers a wide range of cleaning, cosmetic and even healing abilities around the house. Just be sure to use the white pasty stuff, not gel. And for any of these tips that call for an actual toothbrush, just consider that tool off-limits for the mouth from here on out.

22 August 2011

Gadgets

Chrome Toothpaste Squeezer Is A Gaudy Way To Brush

For true gentlemen, the act of squeezing one’s toothpaste tube by hand is a commoner’s work. Peshaw! Give me this chrome Cedes toothpaste squeezer so that I may give the paste the coddling it so richly deserves!

19 August 2011

Geek Out

Is This The Smartest Way To Squeeze Every Bit Of Toothpaste Out?

We’ve seen countless examples of how the humble tube of toothpaste can be redesigned so every little drop can be put to good use, but designer Catherine Werdel’s toothbrush-squeezer might be my favourite yet. [Catherine Werdel via Fancy via OhGizmo]

22 July 2011

Geek Out

I Hope Colgate Sees This Clever Toothpaste Tetra Packaging

Smart packaging is always appreciated, particularly when it’s for a product that we all use several times a day. Well, I hope you do anyway. Moving the paste-opening to the corner reduces packaging and increases paste usage. Very smart, Sang Min Yu and Wong Sang Lee. [Yanko via Technabob]

23 March 2011

Gadgets

Toothbrush Hybrid Will Eliminate Those Holiday Travel-Sized Tubes

This is Twist&Brush, the toothbrush-toothpaste hybrid concept: It jams your toothpaste into its handle, so you never have to remember to bring those pesky extra tubes when you travel. An idea so tremendously obvious that it’s brilliant. [Kawamura-Ganjavian via FastCoDesign]

5 January 2011

Science

Prototype Toothpaste Changes Flavours According To The Weather

The toothpaste industry is in need of a shakeup! Whitening strips isn’t enough. MIT’s Media Lab has developed a prototype toothpaste that spits out different flavours according to the weather and temperature outside.

21 August 2010

Gadgets

Toothbrush Uses Solar Power Instead Of Toothpaste

Why you’d want to forgo a teeth-brushing session with some delightful Indian curry, caramel or Darjeeling tea-flavoured toothpaste I’d never know. Still, at least this solar-powered toothbrush would save you money over extended use.

4 December 2009

Gadgets

Remainders – Good And Bad Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)

On today’s list of things that didn’t quite make the cut for whatever reason: Dangerous mobile phone straps, updates no one will notice, a Google freebie, and a six dollar waste of money.

12 February 2009

Gadgets

Butterfly Technologies Efficient Toothpaste Tube: With Minty Fresh Money Shot

Butterfly Technologies wants you to get every last drop out of your toothpaste tube—and they have a prototype showing how it can be done.

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