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Mosquitos, as we all know, have a highly distinctive auditory signature. A phased microphone array is the only sensible approach to localized mosquito detectio
by samatman 6y ago
Mosquitos, as we all know, have a highly distinctive auditory signature.
A phased microphone array is the only sensible approach to localized mosquito detection. It would probably work reasonably well.
The problem is that the entire field is patent encumbered, because Myhrvold's company Intellectual Ventures has done some research on it, and no on in their right mind would go up against those guys.
- walrus01 6y agoWhy am I absolutely not surprised that somebody with a background at Microsoft is an intellectual property patent squatter?
- westurner 6y agoYeah, they already did sharks with lasers. IDK what the licensing terms are on that
- walrus01 6y agoONE MILLION DOLLARS
- silon42 6y agoMaybe some kind of audio resonance could be used to prevent then from flying or at least annoy them. It would probably be louder than desired, though, unless ultrasonic.