• sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    the one from 13 years was about killing flying mosquito and it was later turned out to be fraud (sorry original project wasn’t a fraud but it never went into production see replies to this comment).

    This uses equipment worth thousands of dollars to kill stationary mosquitos (standing on a white wall).

    Maybe it works but it will not “wipe out” his mosquito problem. most mosquitos would be hanging out under your desk where your feet are.

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      9 hours ago

      […] it was later turned out to be fraud.

      Huh? That’s news to me. Any source?

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        8 hours ago

        i double checked after I saw your comment:

        The original project “Photonic Fence” is real and theoretically work however it never turned into a product because it requires very expensive components to identify and kill a mosquito in the fraction of a second it passes in front of the device not to mention the risk of that laser reflecting on something and blinding a passing person.

        However other products with same concept are for sale currently and those are the fraud.

        I apologize for the misinformation in my original comment

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        27 minutes ago

        I think it’s the smell. I remember some scientist did a experiment where he sat in a room full of mosquitoes and counted the bites to different parts of the body. He got most bites in the feet but when he washed them and tried the mosquitoes stopped attacking feet more than other body parts.

      • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works
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        10 hours ago
        1. Much harder for you to kill
        2. under your desk is a safe dark place.
        3. Mosquito could wait there for you to come the next day