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Yet another idea I had when I was a kid, now wending its way towards the market.
I wanted a sprinkler system with lasers instead of water. Pop up, laser the grass in all directions, pop down. Just make sure nobody's in the yard, first. :) In practice this is probably a terrible idea - your beautiful green grass is constantly being burned on top.
This is a cool engineering project, but hardly seems like an efficient approach, at thousands (hundreds at best) of dollars a pop. Traditional chemical elimination methods (C02 traps, pesticides) seem much more effective, and biological approaches are probably the most promising (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_insect_technique ).
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I wanted a sprinkler system with lasers instead of water. Pop up, laser the grass in all directions, pop down. Just make sure nobody's in the yard, first. :) In practice this is probably a terrible idea - your beautiful green grass is constantly being burned on top.
Which is worse, cauterization or hacking with a mower blade?
If you have a short attention span, just scroll down and watch the video. Awesome. DIE, LITTLE BLOODSUCKERS!! :) On a side note, in Asia I got the chance to use a device that's like a tennis racket with a bug zapper sandwiched between finger-impermeable outer net layers. So it's hard to shock yourself, but swing it through a cloud of mosquitos, and they pop, burn and die in a very satisfying manner. It's hard to avoi…
Sometimes it is a lot of fun (and good exercise!) to dance around the house to Johann Strauss' The Blue Danube zapping the life outta the little pests.
This is a cool engineering project, but hardly seems like an efficient approach, at thousands (hundreds at best) of dollars a pop. Traditional chemical elimination methods (C02 traps, pesticides) seem much more effective, and biological approaches are probably the most promising (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_insect_technique ).
And in case you want a local, mechanical option - don't those electric fly killers with the blue light work for mosquitoes as well?
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Which is worse, cauterization or hacking with a mower blade?
I'd say cauterization. Wouldn't it prevent the grass from growing anymore, as well as looking terrible (burnt on top)?
If you have a short attention span, just scroll down and watch the video. Awesome. DIE, LITTLE BLOODSUCKERS!! :) On a side note, in Asia I got the chance to use a device that's like a tennis racket with a bug zapper sandwiched between finger-impermeable outer net layers. So it's hard to shock yourself, but swing it through a cloud of mosquitos, and they pop, burn and die in a very satisfying manner. It's hard to avoi…
This is a cool engineering project, but hardly seems like an efficient approach, at thousands (hundreds at best) of dollars a pop. Traditional chemical elimination methods (C02 traps, pesticides) seem much more effective, and biological approaches are probably the most promising (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_insect_technique ).
And in case you want a local, mechanical option - don't those electric fly killers with the blue light work for mosquitoes as well?
Mosquitoes are actually attracted to infrared light - the exact opposite of blue light. And CO2.
I had fun laughing at the audacity at the time, but I think using this system I'd actually have fun using the system instead of having fun at the expense of the users. =)