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Re:Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 07, 2021 @11:28AM (#26377174)
The system designed and built by Intellectual Ventures uses lasers for ranging and discrimination.

https://photonicsentry.com/

https://www.wired.com/2010/02/death-star-laser-zaps-mosqitoe...

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Re:Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser by justaj on Sunday March 07, 2021 @05:55PM (#26380600)
IIRC Intellectual Ventures was / is also a notorious patent troll. AFAIK this was the main barrier that companies that wanted to head into similar spaces had to face. So I'm glad something open source is being developed.
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