Hey there, listeners. It’s Brett Molina. Welcome back to Talking Tech. The health and wellness sector has been a big area for tech companies to explore. We’ve seen gadgets already like the Apple Watch, Fitbit, other sensors and tools that have allowed us to keep a better track of our health and to help us just live better lives in general. My colleague Jennifer Jolly writes about a lot of the new health and wellness gear that’s out at CES 2022. You can read about it in her column on tech.usatoday.com.
I’m going to point out two particular gadgets that I thought were really interesting, that she talks about in her column. First let’s start with the UVCeed Smartphone UV Light Sanitizer. It costs $129.95 and basically what it is, is it’s a UV light sanitizing device that you attach to your smartphone and it will sanitize any surface you need it to. It’s about the size of a credit card. It magnetically attaches to the back of your smartphone, and the company says it’ll kill 99.9 percent of germs, bacteria and viruses, including COVID-19.
The other device that she mentions that I think is just really cool, is Bob the Mini Dishwasher. It is essentially a countertop mini dishwasher. It’s wifi connected. It’s about the size of a microwave and it’s built for really small dishwashing jobs. So maybe you have dinner for two, you have just a couple plates, you have two coffee mugs, you have some utensils, and you just want to run that through a quick cycle instead of worrying about just adding it to the dishwasher and waiting every couple days. This dishwasher has an integrated water tank, holds up to a gallon of water. Takes about 20 minutes to complete a wash cycle. There’s also the option to do a UVC sanitation wash, that basically doesn’t use water and it promises to kill 99 percent of bacteria and viruses.
I just think it’s a really cute appliance. You don’t really say that a lot about your appliances. They’re meant to just be functional, so you don’t really hear “cute” thrown out there. But this is a really cute little dishwasher. It retails for $400. Comes in a lot of really cool colors. But again, if you live somewhere, for example, like a small space or somewhere where you don’t have a dishwasher, this actually is super useful. And it’s a really nice low budget option if you’re looking for something just kind of small and portable to keep with you and just to keep your dishes clean. If you want to read more about Jennifer Jolly’s picks for cool health and wellness tech during CES, be sure to read her column on tech.usatoday.com.
