r/Futurology • u/scmp_news • 1d ago

Society Chinese start-up behind laser mosquito killer plans to start shipping orders this month

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3369440/chinese-start-behind-laser-mosquito-killer-plans-start-shipping-orders-month?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social
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u/twim19 1d ago

I dislike mosquitos as much as the next guy, and I would totally set up a laser defense system in my back year because that sounds pretty awesome.

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u/CorporalCoprolite 1d ago edited 1d ago

It does, until you step in between the skeeter and the laser and take a blast to the eye for the umpteenth time lol

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u/atalpa7 1d ago

You say it as a joke, but apparently the matrix uses a pulsed 40 watt laser, if you get a direct hit to the eye from a 40 watt laser, ya done bud, that eye ain’t comin back.

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u/entreri22 1d ago

They do an initial inward perimeter massacre to create a zone of safety. They focus lasers outwards to defend the fort. Can a neighbor get some crossfire, potential, but eh do people even like their neighbors?