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antibacterial mice
Polymers with silver in them kill bacteria. Use these polymers on computer mice and keyboards. | |
I just used a computer in a library and sneezed. Now the mouse and keyboard might have picked up some bacteria or viruses.
There are silver containing antibacterial plastics [link]. they could use these for Keyboards, mice, and ATM keypads.
They could do research on antimicrobial tooth coatings.
these coatings already exist, but not as far as I know not in an antimicrobial version.
Now the iffy part: I have a feeling little mountains of body-stuff accumulate on frequently touched surfaces which keeps the gunk pretty far away from the antibacterial polymer.
antimicrobial silver polymers
https://www.ncbi.nl...gov/pubmed/17335284
[beanangel, Nov 21 2018]
Steampunk mouse
https://www.behance...846/Steampunk-mouse
I like this quite a lot [DenholmRicshaw, Nov 22 2018]
Triclosan plastic being ineffective
https://academic.ou...cle/53/6/989/900762
Based on these analyses, no significant differences were observed between the populations attached to TP and CP surfaces. Results from both a bioavailability assay and gas chromatography mass spectrometry analyses, revealed that only trace amounts of triclosan desorbed from the plastic. The lack of biofilm community difference, coupled with this limited desorption of triclosan from the TP indicates that the ABS plastic studied was no more effective at controlling bacterial populations than the control plastic because the antimicrobial was not bioavailable. [beanangel, Nov 22 2018]
Vampire of Lugnano
https://www.techtim...ent-burial-site.htm
and ..(dead) 3-year-old girl’s stones placed on her hands and feet [not_morrison_rm, Nov 23 2018]
[link]
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I suppose it all depends on whether you let anyone else into
your library or not. |
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Putting silver in plastics is all very well, but I think the
larger problem is allowing plastics into a library. |
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Constructing the mouse out of copper & brass will perform
extremely well as an antimicrobial (5-log reduction in an
hour) while being the sort of material people actually like. |
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I had no idea you could make mice out of copper or brass.
Synthetic biology has really got its shit together. |
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Does triclosan not work anymore? |
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I found a rather nice copper mouse - not quite brass - but I
actually find myself wanting one. |
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regarding triclosan I read that the concentrations in
antibacterial plastics are insufficient to do a good job. |
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Just make things out of wood. It is amazingly antibacterial. |
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//Polymers with silver in them kill bacteria// |
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Further evidence for lycanthropy as an infectious disease? |
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^ If this was QI I should be seeing giant words flashing on a
screen behind me as a siren sounds around about now. |
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Why does silver work for werewolves, but not zombies ? Why does garlic repel vampires, but not werewolves ? |
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Is it possible to develop a broad-spectrum treatment to deal with Undead? |
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//Is it possible to develop a broad-spectrum treatment to deal
with Undead?// |
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Both beheading & burning (tying them to a stake first
optional) are widely considered a universal panacea for the
undead, incidentally proves efficacious for the living as well. |
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Silver binds to the cell-surface receptor GHwv2A*-kinase.
This is one of only six genes in werewolves that is a hybrid
between human and wolf genes (ie, the recombination has
happened at the mid-point of each of the parental genes).
Silver ions bind to the receptor but block its action (its
normal ligand is magnesium), leading to a rapid depletion of
acetyl choline and hence to respiratory collapse and/or
cardiac failure. |
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Garlic repels vampires because, well, when did you ever
hear a vampire with a French or Italian accent? |
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[*damn the lack of subscriptability] |
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Yes, being Undead seems to be a more Central/Eastern European occupation. |
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// beheading & burning // |
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That's useful to know. We were actually hoping for something a bit more compact, like a packet of tablets, or a small aerosol can that can be slipped into a pocket; a katana and ten litres of kerosene are both bulky and heavy. |
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Oh well. Better safe than sorry. |
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//We were actually hoping for something a bit more
compact// |
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How about a mobile phone with Dial-a-Smite's napalm delivery
service on quick dial? |
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[^ wanders off muttering something about pop eating itself] |
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Haven't I done the low number of werewolves in areas of
readily available silver bit? As for vampires/other undead
the old way was to bury them with a stone in the mouth
and heavy rocks on the hands and feet. No idea if it
works or not. |
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I wonder what happens if you silver plate a door knocker or
a doorknob? |
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//I wonder what happens if you silver plate a door knocker
or a doorknob?// |
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Sounds like an excellent way to determine the prevalence
of werewolves in your neighborhood.. or the lack of them. |
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First record the number of door to door salesman visiting
your abode over a period of twelves months then silver
plate your doorknob & knocker, the difference in numbers
(if lower) can then be assumed to be werewolves (or other
lycanthropes) turned away by the silver*, if the number of
lycanthropes in the population
working as door
to door salesman can be assumed to be similar to their
numbers in other occupations the results can be used
to estimate how much of the population
are in fact lycanthropes. |
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[*or perhaps just an indication that someone stole your
silver doorknob &
knocker] |
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While no change in the number of doorknockers between
the two twelve month periods can be interpreted as
evidence they don't really exist. |
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I'm not sure what an increase in the number of
doorknockers would tell you. |
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^ you know on balance I think I'm just going to go with
"someone steals it" |
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Does silver kill bacteria via the oligodynamic effect? I
learned the other day that many bacteria have recently
evolved resistance to being killed that way. |
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