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Phone Soap
By: Marissa Rhodes
&Bryson Urie
Cell Phones• Group of BYU college students discovered some disturbing
news about cell phones• Cell phones have 18 times more harmful bacteria than the
handle on a male public toilet• Researchers have found on cell phones:
• Flu• Staph • E. Coli • MRSA
• 1 in 6 phones have fecal matter on them
Their Idea
• After hearing all those facts, the students wanted to do something about it
• “ding-dong moment”• While in the cancer lab at their university, they realized
they had found the answer • UV lights help to sterilize the equipment in the lab
Phone Soap• These findings lead to the creation of phone soap• A small box equipped with a UV-C light • The light has a short wavelength that penetrates the cell
wall of the bacteria which in turn kills it off• The light runs on a timer of 3-5 minutes and shuts off
when clean• There is also a charger in each box so that you can place it
in the box at night and wake up to a clean charged phone
With the use of phone
soap
Bacteria on phones vs. other surfaces
The Product
• The group has been in several contests with the phone soap• Rent a kiosk at the University mall to sell this product • BYU bookstore now sells it
• "You see something and you think it would be cool, then see if people are interested and kind of run with it," Monroe said. "Ideas come and go a lot, but this one kind of stuck."
Questions
Sources
• http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1014&sid=19238553
• http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/588318042/phonesoap-simultaneously-charge-and-sanitize-your