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Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home
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this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2026
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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.
Nooooo! No my feet!
Huh? That's news to me. Any source?
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
Thanks for checking
Yeah why do the mosquitos go for feet >:(
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.
So sneaky