Philips has launched new clippers presented as the best state-of-the-art innovation on the market to take care of your beard and tailor your style.

This product was named Beardtrimmer Series 7000, Vacuum Beard Trimmer , and is said to be the ideal solution for quality shaving! Its aspiration system captures up to 90% of cut hair, so that you do not have to go through the pain of cleaning. Almost indestructible stainless steel blades, 20 different length settings to enhance the result, and other no less powerful elements: that is no doubt the best state-of-the-art innovation.

But, are this product and technologies that new?

Well, according to the manufacturer, they are! And yet, having a glance at other older devices, things are a bit less certain. One day, while I was working on a history of shaving, I actually came across quite piquant news.

Did you know Neil Armstrong has allegedly landed on the Moon freshly shaved, for this famous ‘one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind’?

When he landed on the Moon in 1969, delighted Americans announced the whole world how their incredible collection of gadgets of the spatial era had helped them beat …