I have been known to grumble that
mosquitoes are a creature I would not be too worried about if they appeared on
the endangered species list. Mosquitoes and gnats are more than just a pest.
They spread diseases such as dengue fever, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, malaria,
West Nile virus, and yellow fever.
Understandably I have high hopes that
this invention becomes widespread.
The comment about power supply is rather
daft. This technology could easily be combined with solar power. Mosquitoes are
a problem in urban areas too. I recall the unpleasant sight of a whole ferry
bulkhead covered in mosquitoes in Venice. Hopefully mosquito lasers will become
a common item of street furniture in tropical towns and cities. They would be a
welcome feature of hotel rooms and bedrooms. And if they could also be
programmed to zap ugly buzzing house flies too, so much the better!
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