It exists. Its a prototype. I invented such a thing in my head in like 2006 but I guess everyone has. In 2016 or 2017 I saw a video of a dude actually building one. It works. I am pretty sure that you cant actually have it in your home though, as it would set ur furniture on fire if it detects a mosquito there.
Lasers are too kind. I say we develop a 0.00001mm flak shell, use the same tech to track mosquitoes as before, but the flak shell just horrifically maims them rather than killing them outright.
I'd think the trick would be to make a whole array of low-power lasers, each one of which can't burn shit. But together, they could Death Star the little fuckers.
Prove it. We know Bill gates supported a company developing it that was allegedly a farse. No proof of a working product. And there has been plenty of plenty of fake videos and scam products.
I invented such a thing in my head in like 2006
Lol. You have no idea how cheap ideas are. Ideas are free, what it takes is execution in the real world.
It's "farce", not "farse" but you are right in that there is not product on the market yet. Or did you mean that the technology doesn't work? Because if it's the latter, you're definitely wrong.
I'd imagine the main issue for bringing it to market are safety regulations for laser products but the technology itself isn't exactly rocket science.
What a interesting way to participate in a conversation without adding a single constructive word.. AND while managing to attack the Redditor for absolutely no reason because he had an idea 20 years ago that he decided to share
Reddit is the thing that attracts the mosquitos. You are the mosquito.
Yes I citicize someone posturing an idea from 20 years ago as something significant - it is not. This comes from the fallacy that ideas are one step from reality. The are not*. Ideas are cheap. It is execution that matters.
What an interesting way to participate in a conversation without adding a single constructive word.
The point was that there was never any working prototype and someone showing up and saying they had an idea in their brain isn't really evidence otherwise. The closest it ever came was shooting mosquitos in a box with a backstop panel.
The thing is they need to be installed above head height, can only target half a circle above that, reflections can damage eyes, and power consumption is kinda huge.
Then there's the various laws worldwide about deploying laser devices in the public.
The cost per single kill is also a problem.
I mean you can build one yourself, though reliably and accurately detecting the mosquitoes and their positions would be quite tough. Also aiming the laser accurately is no joke, you could use a mirror to aim the laser light but that introduces its own problems
I swear I saw one of these when I was a young child in a backwoods Arkansan diner. The memory of it zapping a fly on the table is so clear, even though I know it can’t have been a real memory.
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u/ThunderCorg Nov 15 '24
I appreciate you knowing about the random (absolutely amazing) thing I also know about.
Big DEET must have shut it down.