Afraid of Germs? Have a Phone? Check out the PhoneSoap Charger

Germs are a fact of life, so rather than fight them, I just cohabitate with them without worries – cleaning is for suckers. However, if you’re afraid of germs and are trying to eliminate them in as many aspects of your life as possible, you’ll like this new Kickstarter project. Called PhoneSoap, it is not a special soap bar for your phone, but it is a box that shoots UV-C rays at your phone (via Crave).

UV-C light can kill 99.9% of bacteria and viruses on your germ-laden phone, and will only switch on for 3-5 minutes at once, so as not to generate heat. So what exactly are you placing your phone in? It’s a box made of aircraft-grade aluminum (sounds reasonable). The internal is a special UV-transparent plastic. But it’s not just your phone that you can clean. Anything that fits inside the 6 inch x 4 inch x 1.2 inch box can be blasted, so cancel your weekend plans and get blasting!

As this is a Kickstarter fundraising project, the team needs to get $18,000 worth of pledges. You can help them get PhoneSoap made, and net one for yourself, with a donation of $39 USD, while $75 will bring you two. Check out a video of the magic at work.