W.M.D
Fry the lot of ‘em, with the Weapon of Mosquito Destruction.
A quarter-century ago, American rocket scientists proposed the “Star Wars” defense system to knock Cold War Soviet missiles from the skies with laser beams. Some of the same scientists are now aiming their lasers at another airborne threat: the mosquito.
Lead scientist Jordin Kare says that the laser will be able to sweep an area and "toast millions of mosquitoes in a few minutes." Responding to questions about any potential harm the laser could pose to the eco-system, Kare said: “There is no such thing as a good mosquito, there’s nothing that feeds exclusively on them. No one would miss mosquitoes.”
It fires at mosquitoes once it detects the audio frequency created by the beating of its wings (very cool). The laser then burns them on the spot. This is not a sci-fi fantasy, the project aims to prevent the spread of malaria.
Categories General Tags Technology Science
By on 1/4/09
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There's nothing that feeds exclusively on humans either but we'd probably argue that doesn't justify wiping us out!
Posted By Ben on 15/4/09
I was about to argue that we don't spread disease like mosquitoes do, then I realised what a cretinous comment that would have been..
Posted By Moscow on 16/4/09
I'm impressed! You've managed the amoslt impossible.
Posted By Queenie on 4/5/11
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