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Mosquito Shot Down By a Laser
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| 2010 Feb 12
Posted on 02/12/2010 8:41:24 AM PST by Wiz
You're looking at a mosquito who got taken down mid-flight by a laser gun designed by Nathan Myhrvold. The malaria-carrying pest never saw it coming, but you can watch everything happen over and over again in this video.
The idea behind the laser is that it could be used to control mosquito populations in developing countries in hopes of reducing the number of deaths due to malaria, a disease f More..requently carried by the flying insects. The device was shown off during the TED 2010 conference and does in fact appear to be capable of tracking and killing mosquitoes.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: laser; mosquito; napl; pestcontrol; science
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To: cripplecreek
Maybe they come attatched to a 300 foot windmill.Not so green, expensive, oh well. Still pretty cool watching her wings evaporate.
Wonder how they filmed it?
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:08:25 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
,i>Though the “10,000 as much $$$” is probably right.
Either way, I'm sure DDT is cheaper.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:11:06 AM PST
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes right)
To: Wiz
Hey, mosquitos have feeling too. That’s torture.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:11:19 AM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(demonicRATS ... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
To: All
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:12:03 AM PST
by
Wiz
To: stuartcr
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:12:44 AM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(demonicRATS ... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
To: cripplecreek
Very Green and Much Cheaper
To: Wiz
This method is much more impressive, Daniel-san....
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:15:02 AM PST
by
mwyounce
To: dfwgator
The mosquitos muslim is a clever little bastard. You can track him for days and days until you really get to know him like a friend. He knows youre there, and you know hes there. Its a game of wits. You hate him, then you respect him, then you kill him.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:15:37 AM PST
by
montyspython
("I don't believe in 'no win' scenarios." - James T. Kirk)
To: BigBlueJon
If the laser isnt attached to a frickin sharks head...Im not interested.
LOL....or a squirrel's head.....that would be cool too.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:15:50 AM PST
by
Eagle of Liberty
(This nation must not die on our watch.)
To: Wiz
Cute....BUT....
Even the July 2007, Nat Geo admitted there is nothing more effective AND SAFE than using DDT in these 3rd world environments.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:17:30 AM PST
by
G Larry
(DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
To: Wiz
That could replace skeet shooting!
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:26:25 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: stuartcr
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:28:26 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
That could replace skeet shooting! Call it skeeter shooting.
To: Wiz
The artistry of the video stirs two reactions in me: one is that the video brings up memories of filmed footage of B-17’s being shot down over Europe, and how sad that has always made me because you often don’t see any parachutes. Another reaction is that that mosquito is also going down smokin’, and I stood up and cheered.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:30:01 AM PST
by
righttackle44
(Is Obama an Italian or Japanese name?)
To: Wiz
This sux. Not enough of them still around in the first place!
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:30:10 AM PST
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Wiz
And to think I used to have to use a magnifying glass for the same results over 40 years ago.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:32:00 AM PST
by
cajuncow
To: Lockbar
That’s what I thought at first. But not even the Nazis were working on...lasers!
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:35:26 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(Ride to the sound of the Guns - I'll probably need help.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Everyone needs a radar array in their backyard for mosquito control. They have problems funding a truck here for control, I can’t imagine any local govt funding mosquito fire-control radar. Although, it does sound cool.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:37:26 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
To: Yo-Yo
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:37:39 AM PST
by
montyspython
("I don't believe in 'no win' scenarios." - James T. Kirk)
To: Yo-Yo
I saw this puppy fire! Just wow! High energy CO2 Laser.
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posted on
02/12/2010 9:37:42 AM PST
by
Eagle of Liberty
(This nation must not die on our watch.)
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