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<blockquote data-quote="vlad411" data-source="post: 2086637" data-attributes="member: 1256">Believe or not, I once thought a few years ago that a mosquito-killing laser would be cool—way before Intellectual Ventures publicized proposals to eliminate malaria by directly targeting the carrier insects. And believe me, my desire for a laser-based system was hardly benevolent; mosquitoes feasting on my delicate skin kept me from sleeping.I eventually dropped my mosquito-killing daydream, because I realized there was a potential drawback. Just as insects develop resistance to chemicals meant to kill them (survival of the fittest), who’s to say they can’t become hardened enough against lasers? Yes, the fragile structure of a mosquito is no [...]Post from: <a href="http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog" target="_blank">The Gadget Blog</a><a href="http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/the-danger-with-mosquito-zapping-lasers/" target="_blank">More...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="vlad411, post: 2086637, member: 1256"] Believe or not, I once thought a few years ago that a mosquito-killing laser would be cool—way before Intellectual Ventures publicized proposals to eliminate malaria by directly targeting the carrier insects. And believe me, my desire for a laser-based system was hardly benevolent; mosquitoes feasting on my delicate skin kept me from sleeping.I eventually dropped my mosquito-killing daydream, because I realized there was a potential drawback. Just as insects develop resistance to chemicals meant to kill them (survival of the fittest), who’s to say they can’t become hardened enough against lasers? Yes, the fragile structure of a mosquito is no [...]Post from: [URL="http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog"]The Gadget Blog[/URL] [url=http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/the-danger-with-mosquito-zapping-lasers/]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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