Big Picture Big Sound Editor Chris Boylan and I are guilty of the same crime, eating-and-watching (beats drinking-and-driving, we reckon), and that along with the sundry debris of life has lead to some very cruddy remote controls, portable devices, computer keyboards and other gear. Enter Cyber Clean, a radical departure from all other cleaning methods for consumer electronics. Legend has it that this stuff was actually developed by the same outside-the-box-thinking guy who dreamed up the toy Slime back in the '80s.
Cyber Clean is an alcohol-based, well, goo, a synthetic membrane that we can spread across a remote control, or keyboard, etc., then press into those tiny crevices between the buttons and peel off, bringing with it all the dirt it touches. The germicidal goo's particular combination of viscosity and elasticity works with its patented one-way micro-encapsulation to trap contaminants, leaving behind no residue and no odor. Even with continued use--Cyber Clean is reusable anywhere from 50 to 100 times, with a strength meter chart on the package illustrating when it has reached its maximum cleaning capacity--our grime, dust, hair, crumbs and grease stays in the blob and is not transferred to the next job.
This approach is much safer than, say, spraying an adrasive liquid cleaner onto an electrical switchplate, or the power button of a flat screen TV, and more effective than compressed air that might actually blow debris deeper into a device rather than purging it. The potential applications in the consumer electronics world are vast. Keyboards for example have more germs than public toilets! And if our kids mistake this bright yellow, lemon-lime-scented lump for a plaything, they can do a lot worse: Non-toxic Cyber Clean has a neutral pH balance of 7, and kills germs on the hands when we touch it.
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