Aguavac Tea Towel

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Smart Home, Misc. Tech, Science

For those who tend to use the same old crummy sponge/dishrag to clean counters and rearrange the bacteria, student designer Paul Oxley has created the Aquavac Tea Towel. The kitchen mini-wet vacuum will also clean up crumbs and dry your hands, as well as pots and pans. Oxley says, “Every year millions of people get food poisoning and between 100 and 200 people a year die from it. I found that one of the main ways of spreading the bacteria responsible for most cases is through the use of tea towels.“

Good point, good try, and maybe when it gets past the prototype stage, we will clean up all our acts.

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