In the future we kill Mosquito's with lasers

Alucard · 02-16-2010, 07:28 AM

I want one for my house damnit.

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. Using widely available and common electronics parts, Intellectual Ventures has made lasers which can kill mosquitoes mid-flight -- at a rate of about 50 to 100 per second. Myhrvold first publicly demonstrated this laser (which is made of parts of printers, digital cameras, and projectors) at the TED conference the other day, using hundreds of mosquitoes in a clear glass case to make his point. The laser's software determines the size and shape of the target before deciding whether or not to shoot, so, for instance -- it wouldn't take aim at a person or a bumblebee.

KingOfSentinels · 02-16-2010, 09:14 AM

I want a one that kills bees and wasps too.

Seraph · 02-16-2010, 09:18 AM

The concept scares me. Having a little turret that shoots lasers through the air is not something I want near me.

I can just see a mosquito flying in front of your face, PEW PEW PEW, no more retina.

Alucard · 02-16-2010, 09:49 AM

I doubt the mosquito would get a chance to come anywhere near your face. But either way I'm sure they've tested it and its not harmful. The laser is amazingly thin.

BlindMaphisto · 02-16-2010, 10:00 AM

This is the device that will fund there research into lasers that shoot people. Can't wait for the floating death obs to start wondering the streets.

Also I want one but could see it causing a forest fire with the flaming corpse of a thoroughly pwned Mosquito.

Seraph · 02-16-2010, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Alucard

I doubt the mosquito would get a chance to come anywhere near your face.

Lasers shooting near your face, consuming glass covered food, whats with you and your fascination with harmful products?

Zachalmighty · 02-16-2010, 01:35 PM

Nah its cool, its a healthy mix of blue and green lazerz.

MarionetteKazuk · 02-16-2010, 03:29 PM

I'd get a few of them and mount those bitches right near the corners of my patio during the summer.

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KingOfSentinels Kossy Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Engrand. Posts: 5,714	I want a one that kills bees and wasps too. __________________ Currently Playing 'Too lazy to keep updating'

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BlindMaphisto DANGER-HUMAN Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Kakalaka Posts: 3,756	This is the device that will fund there research into lasers that shoot people. Can't wait for the floating death obs to start wondering the streets. Also I want one but could see it causing a forest fire with the flaming corpse of a thoroughly pwned Mosquito. __________________ "I had a perfect nightmare on a starry torrid sea, I am cast in prison by a crippled demon's plea, The demon has three faces all are laughing down at me, The Banker with his filthy lucre sets the game astride, The General with raging might lets forth a battle cry, The Judge locks now the metal tomb where I am meant to die, But vengeance is a brutal beast not held by any cell, My wit is steeled my blade is wet so sound the reapers bell, Banker, Judge and General you all shall burn in hell."

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Zachalmighty Future Demon King Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA, NJ Posts: 3,727	Nah its cool, its a healthy mix of blue and green lazerz. __________________ An unavoidable war is called JUSTICE. When brutality is the only option left, it is HOLY.

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MarionetteKazuk Problem? Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,832	I'd get a few of them and mount those bitches right near the corners of my patio during the summer. __________________ Currently Playing: Team Fortress 2, Portal, Plain Sight, Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die STEAM Looking to make a Team Fortress 2 team. Pm me if interested.

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02-16-2010, 09:18 AM	#3
Seraph >:3 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Troy, MI Posts: 11,002	The concept scares me. Having a little turret that shoots lasers through the air is not something I want near me. I can just see a mosquito flying in front of your face, PEW PEW PEW, no more retina.

02-16-2010, 09:49 AM	#4
Alucard Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 32,641	I doubt the mosquito would get a chance to come anywhere near your face. But either way I'm sure they've tested it and its not harmful. The laser is amazingly thin.