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World's Smartest Toothpaste Changes Taste to Forecast the Weather

Posted January 04, 2011 2:55 PM

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Do you ever feel like your toothpaste is just not pulling its weight in your morning routine? Yeah, I don't have that problem either, but the braniacs at MIT have seen fit to equip a tube of toothpaste with the ability to alter its taste with the weather.

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01/04/2011 3:02 PM

Sooo.....

If the weather is going to be crappy, the toothpaste tastes like... what a way to start the day.

Is it more accurate than, say, the internet?

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01/05/2011 12:48 PM

So you are saying, that if it is going to be hotter than an escorts cat, the toothpaste would taste like..., if so than I can't wait until summer.

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01/05/2011 10:09 AM

If I were paying to send my child to MIT and found he/she was working on this project I would seriously think about choosing a different school.
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