Health Germ killing door handle invented by teens in China

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Two teens from Hong Kong have created a new door handle that wipes out 99.8 percent of all germs on contact, potentially revolutionizing the hygiene industry. Realizing the extent to which bacteria spreads on public door handles, shopping carts and other objects touched by hundreds if not thousands of people each day, 17-year-old Sun Ming (Simon) Wong and 18-year-old King Pong (Michael) Li sought a material that could eliminate bacteria. Turns out titanium oxide does the trick, but they had to come up with an innovative way to activate it.


http://inhabitat.com/chinese-teens-create-13-door-handle-that-instantly-kills-99-8-germs-on-contact/

I wonder how it compares to just plain copper door handles, but at $13 it's not that expensive (considering the price of a normal door), and im sure the price would drop after some mass production/kickstarter type thing

 

[Accname]

This is something I have heard like 5 years ago made in europe.

 

[FireCat]

Hopefully, people would still wash their hands before touching it.
Hmm "wipes out 99.9 percent of all germs?"