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Laser-wielding device is like an anti-aircraft system for mosquitoes

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Re: Laser-wielding device is like an anti-aircraft system for mosquitoes

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post #39

The eye safety issue with laser mosquito zapping could be addressed with multiple beams. Say you need to deliver at least M joules of energy at the wavelength of the laser to the mosquito over at most T seconds in order to kill it, and suppose and eyes must receive less than E joules of energy at the wavelength over that same timeframe to not be damaged. Encircle the area you want to protect with at least M/E lasers…

> each with low enough output power to not damage an eye if they hit is directly

40 watts / 5 milliwatts (safety threshold) = 8000 lasers needed in the system you propose

Re: Laser-wielding device is like an anti-aircraft system for mosquitoes

#52
post #35

“the device additionally uses millimeter-wave radar to scan its field of view for larger objects such as people and pets. If any of these are detected, its mosquito-zapping laser will not fire” I’d want to see some third-party testing around eye safety before putting this in my home.

If there are no people around I wonder what is the utility of killing the mosquitos?

"Why should I kill all the mosquitos in this store 5 minutes before we open if there's nobody around right now?"
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