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Master Chief Vacuum Cleaner

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Lynn Charles Rathbun

In today’s high-tech world of Dysons and Roombas, how is a new vacuum going to stand out? Samsung is trying to appeal to the gaming crowd by designing a model that looks like the Master Chief character from the Halo universe.

The Silencio SC950 has all the high-end features you’d expect: cyclonic suction, HEPA filter, and a super-special silver nanoparticle coating. Samsung’s Silver Nano technology uses the anti-bacterial properties of silver to the dust, pre-motor filter, and post-motor filter of the vacuum cleaner. What do these silver nanoparticles do? They help the build up of bacteria and odors so that the air emitted from the vacuum is odor-free and bacteria-free.

Samsung’s Master Chief Vacuum Cleaner: Kills Bacteria. Dead.

Source: Nanotechnology, sci-fi, master chief vacuum cleaner

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