Take my money!
Oh, I have seen this one, its great…
Bug screen on windows, you’re welcome
Yikes. Some people really should stay indoors. “Ohh no, the outside has insects, I literally can’t!!”
I wonder if this could be scaled up to target protesters
There are already a bunch of scaled up ones that are designed to target military drones. Targeting humans with them is technically a war crime (well blinding people with lasers is a war crime, you are probably aloud to kill people with them because that doesn’t create handicap people that burden the state, war crimes are defined by the billionaire class) so expect that to be widely done too.
Easily.
the Photon Matrix has passed stringent certifications to ensure that it will not harm people, pets, and even birds that happen to fly across the device’s target range.
Who’s certifying it?
Looks fake. Surprised that tomshardware wrote an article when all we have is a few seconds of marketing video.
Wait until these are in the hands of actual users.
The video I saw had a disclaimer at the end saying that no device has been built yet.
Reminds me of this one, that made rounds some years ago and turned out to be fake as well.
Does it work for flock cameras?
So you just pray there are no mosquitos at eye level, or does everybody in the vicinity of this machine have to wear ‘anti laser glasses’?
On the other hand, free vasectomy.
Seems insanely overengineered and potentially dangerous but cool I guess.
We’ve had regular mosquito zappers for decades now. Is this better somehow?
The previous system was a more defensive affair and thus required the mosquito to fly into the trap. This is an offensive system.
So it’s like instead of deploying an anti-tank mine, you are instead utilizing a Javelin.
Plus Nazie’s ruined tiki torches so now we gotta use lazers. Everyone likes lazers.
Mosquitoes aren’t attracted to UV light, so any that get zapped are purely by luck.
The ones for mosquitos use a chemical attractant.
If this becomes popular we’ll see natural selection at play soon enough
Hadn’t realised those were a thing!
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We’re in the midst of a mass exstinction that’s crippling insect populations which are a vital part of the foodchain.
Anything that reduces the biomass of insects is probably a bad idea. A $1000 party toy that also reduces the biomass of insects is definitely a bad idea.
I was just reading to see how it’s able to only target mosquitoes 😞. I’ll pay the 1k if it could guarantee that, but just bug genocide is not ok with me.
While it uses a laser beam to strike down mosquitoes, it uses LiDAR, mmWave radar, and an AI vision module to detect targets between 2mm and 20 mm in size moving at or below 3.3 feet per second (1 meter per second).
I remember reading about research on this topic, the noise mosquitoes make is very distinctive, and systems for targeting them exclusively can work by identifying it and triangulating its origin, but it sounds like this product does not work that way. Not sure whether the lidar/AI vision method is able to discriminate as well.
I agree, but this is replacing a propane mosquito trap, so less CO2
These evil propane systems also attract many bugs from a wiiiide area, whereas the laser thing only kills bugs that happen to come by.
I still feel… very mixed about this thing. I’m not necessarily defending it, but if it actually works then it would be harm reduction.
Does it distinguish mosquitos from other insects would be my second question. First one is safety, of course. I mean I’d be willing to walk in polarized glasses at home if necessary if this thing works.
YouTube recommended me Why I’m Skeptical of the Photon Matrix Indiegogo, which is also interesting. It’s an appealing idea and no doubt will continue to get better as technology improves but, for now, I too am skeptical.
Futuristic dolphin-exploding nuclear missile now available to buy
“Take my money!”
Was a thing back in 2007,research paid for by Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, then patent was shelved. I thought it would be an indefinitely shelving, but maybe they think they can make more money from it now? Back then it was conceived for aid in poor countries. Maybe climate change has made other countries hot enough for mosquitoes to be a problem in countries with money.
There’s been millionaires in Florida and Brazil for decades
Yes, great market size.
I’ll just stick with my Bug Assault salt gun. Much more fun when it takes your own skill to hit the bastards.
That works for you? It never managed to take down a single bug in one hit for us. It just sits in the corner collecting dust
Load it with a coarser salt. Its also really easy to beef up the firing spring.
It has incredibly coarse salt in it. I mean I could try maldon, but I don’t want to waste all my maldon sea salt on bugs.
Would an ontos spring fit? It’s all I’ve got.
It’s also relatively easy to fit the barrel and hooper in existing airsoft guns, honestly I’m surprised no one makes a knockoff semi or full auto one
That would be awesome. Somebody should kickstarter that asap.
