New gadget for bacillophobia

Bacillophobia (bacteriophobia) is an obsessive fear, a fear of contracting microbes from infected objects. People suffering from this mental disorder are afraid to touch any things in public places. They can’t take the door handle without gloves, they are afraid to use touchscreens in ATMs, etc.

It turns out that there are quite a lot of people suffering from bacillophobia, and enterprising businessmen even saw this as a business opportunity. The American company Handler specializes in the production of high-tech devices that make life easier for the unfortunate.

The latest novelty of Handler is a multifunctional manipulator in the form of a keychain, with which you can open doors, manipulate the toilet paper holder and press the ATM keys, avoiding direct contact with all these infectious objects. A feature of the device is an integrated surface disinfection system using “silver nanocrystals”. The surface covered with a special substance kills all the microbes that it comes into contact with. Accordingly, the gadget constantly disinfects itself.

Moreover, the company proposes to introduce a self-disinfector in clothes, medicines, soap and so on to make the surrounding world perfectly clean.

via BoingBoing