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A mosquito laser is a proposed device that would use lasers to kill mosquitoes. The primary goal would be to reduce malaria infection rates. In 2007, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation asked Intellectual Ventures to find a way to fight and eventually end malaria. [ 1 ]
The PHASR rifle, a low-intensity laser, is not prohibited under this regulation, as the blinding effect is intended to be temporary. It also uses a two-wavelength laser. [ 24 ] The PHASR was tested at Kirtland Air Force Base , part of the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate in New Mexico .
PHASR Rifle. The personnel halting and stimulation response rifle (PHASR) is a prototype non-lethal laser dazzler developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, U.S. Department of Defense. [1] Its purpose is to temporarily disorient and blind a target.
The Bzigo device scans a room for mosquitoes using specialized optics and computer vision algorithms to identify flight patterns. [4] [5] [6] Once it detects that a mosquito has landed, the device marks its location with a pointer and sends a message to a phone application, allowing the recipient to locate the pest and kill it.
The Silent Hunter uses an electrically powered fiber optic laser and according to one Poly official, has a maximum power that is between 30 and 100 kilowatts and a maximum range of four kilometers. [1]
The adults look a bit like mosquitoes, though plumper, with antennae that are longer than their heads. They grow to 1/16- to 1/8-inch long and have light gray to clear wings.
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This electronic bug zapper can be used indoors or outdoors and uses blue-violet light to attract and zap mosquitoes, gnats, moths, and most other insects. $40 at Amazon. Boundery.