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blueonblack
11-06-2009, 11:14 PM
Here's a quote from this month's Popular Mechanics, on a new system designed to prevent the spread of Malaria:

'The "photonic fence" combats malaria by surrounding houses or villages with a perimeter guarded by lasers that shoot mosquitoes from the air. The computer-guided laser can track the flight of individual mosquitoes, and distinguish harmless males from biting females by measuring the frequency of their wingbeats.'

I kid you not, verbatim. It has been "successfully tested in the lab".

Drum Thumper
11-06-2009, 11:26 PM
I've got the perfect name for it: Skynet!

blueonblack
11-06-2009, 11:47 PM
:facepalm:

d_stilgar
11-07-2009, 12:28 AM
Haha. That's funny. Let's develop a complicated expensive system for killing mosquitoes for people who cannot afford a $4 net.

billygoat333
11-07-2009, 01:39 AM
I want one.