A bundle of stiff bristles, shaved off straight at each end and tightly bound with copper wire, it is ideal for cleaning hard-to-reach surfaces and crevices.
Team members Ashish Koul, Elina Hu, Emily Albert, Josh Przbylko, Iana Cohen, Lauren Lo, Paulina Mustafa, and Wooho Park created a comprehensive solution for cleaning hard-to-remove dirt and debris from the inside of microwaves.
Opening the microwave door and waiting a little will make it safer to remove, but will make the rest of cleaning harder.
Toothbrushes, however, do not clean your tongue effectively since the bristles are made for cleaning the hard enamel of your teeth, not the soft muscle of your tongue.
It was also a lot quieter, particularly with the fluffy head attached; I could hold a full conversation without shouting while cleaning a hard floor.
After cleaning the hard drive, if you want to prepare the computer for use by its new owner, reformat the drive and reinstall the operating system from the original discs that came with the PC.
Neither Mary or Dave asked the team to do it, but one day Mary discovered that the company engineers were using their daily game time to rehabilitate the old computers, cleaning the hard drives and getting them back into peak shape to be given away.
"People are cleaning very hard," he said.
Just as the malleable surface of your multi-bristled toothbrush is optimal for cleaning the hard surface of your teeth, you need a solid surface (like a stainless steel tongue scraper) to really clean the squishy surface of your tongue.
