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Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home (techspot.com)
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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I will 100% kickstarter this.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

I'd just stick screens on one's windows and maybe use DEET if you're really at the height of mosquito season in a bad area.

Like, this has a DSLR camera, a GPU constantly churning away, a laser...

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I was actually thinking about it for population control because it could be running almost constantly. And energy wise, I'm not really concerned. I'm on solar+batteries, and anything I can do to prevent juice going to HECO is worth it to me.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

If you want population control, just get some buckets and put some water and a mosquito dunk in them. The mosquitos will be attracted to the stagnant water but all the eggs will get eaten by bacteria.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 4 points 12 hours ago

This is also how mosquito magnets work. Release CO~2~ and an attractant, catch the fuckers in a bag, and they dessicate. Unfortunately, it doesn't need lasers and can't shoot your eye out. I'm sure it's also more expensive, I mean profitable.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 4 points 14 hours ago

TIL about mosquito dunks

[–] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Oh you sweet summer child.

Getting DEET at a high enough concentration to be effective is difficult as hell, Zero, countem fuckin zero OTC bugsprays offer it higher than 15 percent, and 20-25 percent is where it actually starts to matter. Further, that's only a deterrent, and I have been in places where the swarm is so thick you kill bunches just by clapping.

We're not even getting into the midges, which are small enough to breeze through mosquito netting