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The International Space Station requires maintenance just like any other piece of technology. After astronauts Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide failed to install a new main bus switching unit (MBSU) last week due to stuck bolts, workers at NASA's Johnson Space Center brainstormed on various ways to solve the problem. In the end, the astronauts had to construct improvised tools to get the job done. These tools included, among other things, a spare toothbrush.

Designed by Scott Amron, the RinserBrush combines the utility of a toothbrush with the elegance of a drinking fountain. Or something. To be honest, I'm not sure what the point is, but it's a toothbrush that channels downward flowing tap water into a convenient arcing stream. It also, features interchangeable heads and costs a bit more than you'd be willing to spend on a manual-powered toothbrush.

It's 2012, and although we may not all own flying cars and hoverboards, or be universally treated by horrifying robot doctors, we will soon have a bluetooth toothbrush with its own smartphone app, a bluetooth toothbrush that is also blue; it's a blue bluetooth toothbrush, a bluetoothbrush or "bluthbrush" if you will. Ain't that a mouthful?