Toothbrushes officially more useful than PCs
Posted by Michael on Friday January 24, 2003 @04:36AM
from the sliced-bread-lost-too dept.
Michael writes: The toothbrush has been declared the most indispensable invention of modern times by a survey at MIT, according to this CNN article. The automobile came in second place, followed by the personal computer, the cell phone, and the microwave.
According to ADA spokesman Dr. Richard Price, “You can always update your car or a computer, but you just can’t update teeth.” He later added, “I don’t think many people will say dental floss is one of the great inventions of all time, but the toothbrush alone will not do the job.”
There is no word yet on whether Dell will introduce its own line of toothbrushes, but we think it’s only a matter of time.
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