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Well it does sort of exist: https://www.fastcoexist.com/3059127/what-happened-to-the-mosquito-zapping-laser-that-was-going-to-stop-malaria https://www.fastcoexi

• jl6 10y ago
  "Sort of" is right. I remember this being announced years ago, with press releases very much implying it was fully functional and proven. Seems it is still a prototype.
• matt42 10y ago
  The last paragraph says: Correction: This story used out of date information to claim that the technology had been licensed out. It has not been licensed to date. As well, it formerly stated that the U.S. Commerce Department paid for the company to showcase the technology in Germany. It just invited the company. We regret the errors.
• r00fus 10y ago
  Intellectual Ventures? The patent troll? I have a feeling this project will not, in fact, have any impact on the mosquito population.