Tyrell Zeno

A pimple killer does the job in a day

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If there's a kryptonite for acne, it's heat. So scientists at Tyrell, Inc., invented the Zeno, a handheld rechargeable device that gives your pimples heat stroke. Hold the tip of the cellphone-size device to your zit for two and a half minutes, and a 16-bit microprocessor emits mea-sured pulses of 119

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