Light Barrier Repels Mosquitoes

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Pigeon
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Light Barrier Repels Mosquitoes

Post by Pigeon » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:20 pm

Dr. Szabolcs Marka has received one of five $1M grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue his experiments with using light beams to create mosquito barriers. This is the second grant he has received from the foundation and proves to be a deviation from the previous and more dangerous use of lasers to control mosquitoes. A video of the light barrier in action can be seen here.

Links to article with links to background material.

Giving up on going 'Star Wars' on the skitters...

Wonder how much of that $1M actually goes to research.

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Re: Light Barrier Repels Mosquitoes

Post by Dr Exile » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:42 pm

Apparently the frequency of the excited photons transmogrify the atmospheric molecules into dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane.

Fascinating.
Credo quia absurdum.

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Re: Light Barrier Repels Mosquitoes

Post by Pigeon » Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:13 am

And they said alchemy was dead.

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