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Re:An In-Room Mosquito Tracking Device That Lets You Easily ... by Koshima on Friday May 16, 2025 @09:40AM (#44005417)
i really need this!
Re:An In-Room Mosquito Tracking Device That Lets You Easily ... by gus_massa on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:35PM (#44011847)
In the video, they use a Electric Fly Swatter. I vouch for it. It's incredible useful. Buy one asap.

From a comment:

> Rather than spotting them It should zap them directly using a powerful enough laser, and that I would buy.

Someone posted a project like that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28793660 but I'd be very nervous to use it.

Re:An In-Room Mosquito Tracking Device That Lets You Easily ... by eviks on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @02:42AM (#44038474)
Would that be fine if the laser is physically limited to tracking/shooting near the ceiling to avoid shooting humans?
Re:An In-Room Mosquito Tracking Device That Lets You Easily ... by vivzkestrel on Monday May 19, 2025 @11:41PM (#44037575)
I have been thinking about making a bee sized drone swarm that deals with mosquitoes but this would be a nice addition to it. A bunch of super small bee shaped drones wait passively, laser indicates mosquito position, bees go into hunt mode for the next 2 mins and then go back to charger
Re:An In-Room Mosquito Tracking Device That Lets You Easily ... by tra3 on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @01:22AM (#44038058)
I wonder how much it actually costs to build. Open source version would be amazing.