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Now, if they could downsize it and kill mosquitoes in mid-air (while keeping other insects alive), I'd definitely buy that! (Sorry, just a residual reaction to
by branko_d 9y ago
Now, if they could downsize it and kill mosquitoes in mid-air (while keeping other insects alive), I'd definitely buy that!
(Sorry, just a residual reaction to a mosquito-ridden vacation last summer.)
- bclemens 9y agoIt exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_laser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_laser
- MagnumOpus 9y agoExcept it doesn’t, because an ex-Microsoft patent troll - N. Myhrvold - got hold of the patents for it. And he baldly stated that his firm has no intention of ever making and selling it. So now nobody can.
- didgeoridoo 9y agoNot even close to true: https://www.geekwire.com/2015/intellectual-ventures-laser-mosquito-zapper-one-step-closer-to-commercialization/ https://www.geekwire.com/2015/intellectual-ventures-laser-mo...