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Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser

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Re: Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser

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Post by maxerickson »

tpmx wrote: post #33
helsinkiandrew wrote: post #12

This work (I think) worked with the mosquitos 30cm away with a servo scanning Pi Camera (1080p) and a 1W laser. To work in the real world - cover a whole room or terrace - presumably a much higher resolution camera (or much faster scanning system) would be required. Even a 1W laser is dangerous to eyesight, if it was being fired at targets mingling with people. The system could be mounted on small drones that would p…

I started thinking about something similar last summer to deal with aggressive flies from a nearby farm. Perhaps it's possible to make something that's kinda safe for eyesight if you make it track and light up the fly/mosquito for e.g. 50 seconds instead of 0.5 seconds.

Did you try a fly trap jar yet?

You hang it out behind a shed or garage, the lid has a little maze that they crawl into and then they can't find their way out.

My parents always used https://www.bigstinkyflytrap.com/ . It definitely caught a lot of flies, which can be different than catching enough flies of course.

Re: Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser

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Post by ben_w »

momirlan wrote: post #64
clort wrote: post #63

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I think the problem with that would be, that there would be a huge damp patch on the ground where a million mosquitoes would lay their eggs..

Omg, people take these comments seriously ?

On Hacker News? Someone has probably already tried it. Possibly even more than one person — I mean, the linked paper isn’t even the first time I’ve seen research into the idea of anti-mosquito lasers, so anti-mosquito water cannons have probably been tried too.

Re: Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser

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Post by OneLeggedCat »

momirlan wrote: post #27
k_sze wrote: post #24

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I can think of an alternative, not sure whether that would be practical, but it's possibly safer than laser: instead of shooting laser, make a turret that shoots (biodegradable, edible) soap water at the mosquitoes, in the smallest dose necessary to make the mosquito's wings stick. It would require some fluid-aerodynamics and projectile motion calculation, however.

Use a garden hose, cover the whole area

Even better, a fire hose. It's the only way to be sure.

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Post by cma »

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #12

This work (I think) worked with the mosquitos 30cm away with a servo scanning Pi Camera (1080p) and a 1W laser. To work in the real world - cover a whole room or terrace - presumably a much higher resolution camera (or much faster scanning system) would be required. Even a 1W laser is dangerous to eyesight, if it was being fired at targets mingling with people. The system could be mounted on small drones that would p…

Is there a wavelength that could blind mosquitos and not humans? Mosquitos aren't party to any blinding laser weapons convention, and while it wouldn't kill them they might not survive too long after being blinded.

Re: Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser

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Post by jimmar »

MobileVet wrote: post #62

Not automated but one of my all time favorite methods of taking out flies and wasps was the Bug-a-Salt. Guy had a fun idea, spent a ton to make it a reality and appears to still be making it many years on. Kudos to him. https://www.bugasalt.com/

I have one of these for killing black flies that wander into my house. It's not the most efficient way to kill flies I've found, but it's definitely the most satisfying.

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Post by dkubb »

spoonjim wrote: post #61
Eric_WVGG wrote: post #29

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not a bad idea… something manually controlled but otherwise similar already exists, the "bug-a-salt" gun. https://www.bugasalt.com

Where are you supposed to use this? Indoors it will corrode your plumbing and outdoors it will kill your plants.

If one could be made to shoot fine sand, it could be used outside I bet.

Re: Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser

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Post by tpmx »

maxerickson wrote: post #71
tpmx wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I started thinking about something similar last summer to deal with aggressive flies from a nearby farm. Perhaps it's possible to make something that's kinda safe for eyesight if you make it track and light up the fly/mosquito for e.g. 50 seconds instead of 0.5 seconds.

Did you try a fly trap jar yet? You hang it out behind a shed or garage, the lid has a little maze that they crawl into and then they can't find their way out. My parents always used https://www.bigstinkyflytrap.com/ . It definitely caught a lot of flies, which can be different than catching enough flies of course.

I'm in Sweden. That one doesn't seem to be sold in the EU. Interesting...
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