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I'm sad to say there is a good chance Intellectual Ventures patented similar tech: https://www.mic.com/articles/180851/the-world-needs-this-smart-laser-that-ki
by camkego 5y ago
I'm sad to say there is a good chance Intellectual Ventures patented similar tech:
https://www.mic.com/articles/180851/the-world-needs-this-smart-laser-that-kills-every-mosquito-in-sight https://www.mic.com/articles/180851/the-world-needs-this-sma...
- toomuchtodo 5y agohttps://patents.google.com/patent/US8705017B2/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US8705017B2/ (Photonic fence)
- echelon 5y agoWe need regulation to stop patents that aren't actually being used by the filer in a patent. Or if the filer hasn't tried to take it to market.
- ant6n 5y agoCouldnt u just use somebody elses patent. Then they can sue. Then they win. Then damages will be calcilated for the patent holder, which should be negligible.
- ildaron_ron 5y agoI read their paper. But not sure that this is a similar method.
- hedgehog 5y agoRoughly similar, at least in one iteration. They used a high speed camera and a retroreflective backstop to image everything between the two posts, then wing beat frequency to identify valid targets. After that injure with a laser same as yours. They used to have it running with a visible laser and box of captive mosquitoes in the lobby.
- ildaron_ron 5y agomaybe, I am not a big specialist in patent field
- exhilaration 5y agoIndeed, discussed on HN (in 2009!): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=829344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=829344
- myself248 5y agoAnd I still can't buy it for love or money. Screw 'em.
- basicplus2 5y agoIn Australia a patent holder can be forced to assign the rights to manufacture (for renumeration) to someone who wishes to make use of it if the owner is not utlilising the patent