Do I hear Vioguard Hard drive in the works??

You'll still have to clean it tho: it doesn't remove fat and other hamburger or pizza leftovers.

Nice idea, but they should have made it a general cleaning unit. Not just desinfecting.

(You were all thinking it)

but is it spermicidal?

I agree! This unit simply sounds like a couple hundred dollar replacement for a can of Lysol. One spray of Lysol kills 98% of germs on contact, and 99.9% of germs within 30 seconds. One light spray on the surface of the keys won't cause any harm to the keyboard, and I think you can get a rather large can of the stuff at any grocery store for like $5.

This is really meant for use in medical fields (labs, treatment rooms, and the like) where staff (doctors, nurses, technicians, etc) come in contact with all kinds of "bugs".

wow, great idea!

Probably useful for someone who is immunodepressed too (ex. HIV)

How much? $$$

This should sell well to people with a paranoid hypochondriac mentality and there are allot of them.

I still have to pull the cat hair out from under my keys.

No, no I wasn't...

...Just no.

Great idea for a biomed laboratory and that will mean it's very expensive.

The keyboard might be good at killing germs, but a cup of hot coffee will take that out in no time

What about the mouse everyone touches? U would think it would come as a mouse keyboard combo. I mean, what's the point if the mouse is still dirty?
Haven't seen many computers that didn't use a mouse.

DUH

Oh brother! What a waste of money. Personally, every few days or so, I just grab the 99 cent botton of isopropyl alcohol (the 91% stuff) off my shelf and a paper towel. Dab a little alcohol on the paper towel and wipe the keyboard down. Every few weeks, I'll add in the process a few Q-tips dipped in alcohol to get between the keys. Every few months, I'll pop all of the keys off and thoroughly clean the whole keyboard.

Isopropyl alcohol is cheap, dries instantly, leaves no odor, is safe to use on electronics, and it kills 99.9% of germs and physically cleans the surface.

Oh, nevermind, I see the little mouse pad on the keyboard, my bad...

While for everyday use in a home is kinda pointless I'm pretty sure there are jobs and people who could uses this type of thing.

I'm reminded of that episode of Mythbusters when they tested the toilet seat for germs and it come out pretty clean.

germs check in.....but they dont check out...

this is quite ridiculous.....germaphobes are gonna be loving this.....

Grammar Police here..

Overly complex and expensive solution. As many other have already said; alcohol, wipes, sprays- done.

The fat beast that had my wokspace before me must have used her keyboard as a dinner plate. Food and crap all over it and down under the keys. Nasty.

It also affects the integrity of the plastic.
White plastic will turn yellowish, and cheaper black plastic will turn dark purple or blue.
Letters may disappear on the board...

UV light does not only desintegrate living organisms, it also affects plastics, and dead materials.

this reminds me of the jetsons.....

however, this will prolly be the first keyboard to colinate Mars

wow gay... I just take my keyboard apart and soak it in Lysol and then give it a rinse in the shower every couple weeks lol.

Just rub a hand sanitizer on your hands, then rub your hands across the keys while your hands are still a little wet. Easy to sanitize the mouse this way too.

Yeah, I can see this being used in some sort of bio lab, but for general home use; not so much, well maybe for hypochondriacs.

Why can't they apply this same invention to a telephone or Michelle Obama's dress?

You must spend 20 hours a year doing this. Just let it get dirty and buy a new keyboard every few years!

inb4 radiation causes cancer