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b) Artificial leaves can be "painted" on continuous surfaces anywhere. E.g. on the foots of beds, inside the walls, doorstep, perhaps even luggage… Mmmmhmmm.

b) Artificial leaves can be "painted" on continuous surfaces anywhere. E.g. on the foots of beds, inside the walls, doorstep, perhaps even luggage… Mmmmhmmm. It's basically like flypaper and they get stuck and die. Who would want products with the ability to kill bugs in a manner such that now they are permanently covered in dead bugs?

yreg 4y ago
>Who would want products with the ability to kill bugs in a manner such that now they are permanently covered in dead bugs? E.g. people who use flypaper.
- DoreenMichele 4y ago
  People who use flypaper are using a disposable product that gets thrown out. That's fundamentally different from "your bed or luggage now works like flypaper."
  - yreg 4y ago
    No, it's not? Bedbugpaper can be just as disposable.
    - DoreenMichele 4y ago
      Yes, but bedbugpaper is not at all what you described.
      - yreg 4y ago
        It is, you would usually want to have this user replacable/washable (that's why I said less maintenance than plants, not no maintenance). Although e.g. during construction it might make sense to install it even permanently. Anyway, my only point is that there might be possible applications where this technology fits better than the bean plants suggested by seu.
        pflanze 4y ago
        seu still has a good point. That there are mechanisms (like companies making more money via cheaper production/handling when scaling, or catering to careless customers) that lead us to use artificial products doesn't always (or even often?) mean that it's the better solution for us as a whole, long term. Because the drawbacks of artificial solutions may show up in places that the producers or consumers don't feel.
        kuhewa 4y ago
        That's sometimes a good point. Doesn't seem to be a good point here unless you live next to a bean farmer. Coming up with a biomimicking synthetic makes plenty of sense in this instance.
ajuc 4y ago
A huge improvement over having alive bugs there.
kuhewa 4y ago
that's a good problem to have, if you have bed bugs at all. Its like saying why would you have a crumpling car bumper that would be destroyed in a wreck and then he unsightly or need an expensive replacement. I would happily have this stuff permanently painted on bed feet. If you have bed bugs to get attached id much rather have them impaled even if I had to refinish my beds legs (in reality you would just clean them off or replace the temporary flypaper)

yreg 4y ago

>Who would want products with the ability to kill bugs in a manner such that now they are permanently covered in dead bugs? E.g. people who use flypaper.

DoreenMichele 4y ago
People who use flypaper are using a disposable product that gets thrown out. That's fundamentally different from "your bed or luggage now works like flypaper."
- yreg 4y ago
  No, it's not? Bedbugpaper can be just as disposable.
  - DoreenMichele 4y ago
    Yes, but bedbugpaper is not at all what you described.
    - yreg 4y ago
      It is, you would usually want to have this user replacable/washable (that's why I said less maintenance than plants, not no maintenance). Although e.g. during construction it might make sense to install it even permanently. Anyway, my only point is that there might be possible applications where this technology fits better than the bean plants suggested by seu.
      - pflanze 4y ago
        seu still has a good point. That there are mechanisms (like companies making more money via cheaper production/handling when scaling, or catering to careless customers) that lead us to use artificial products doesn't always (or even often?) mean that it's the better solution for us as a whole, long term. Because the drawbacks of artificial solutions may show up in places that the producers or consumers don't feel.
        kuhewa 4y ago
        That's sometimes a good point. Doesn't seem to be a good point here unless you live next to a bean farmer. Coming up with a biomimicking synthetic makes plenty of sense in this instance.

ajuc 4y ago

A huge improvement over having alive bugs there.

kuhewa 4y ago

that's a good problem to have, if you have bed bugs at all. Its like saying why would you have a crumpling car bumper that would be destroyed in a wreck and then he unsightly or need an expensive replacement. I would happily have this stuff permanently painted on bed feet. If you have bed bugs to get attached id much rather have them impaled even if I had to refinish my beds legs (in reality you would just clean them off or replace the temporary flypaper)