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mischievious · 17-03-2009, 21:18

There are a few nuances here that I can't help noticing.

The mosquitoe killing laser is a tracking device to track the mosquitoe audibly, a computer will then fire the laser in order to destroy the source of that sound.

Sounds a lot like a prototype weapons program to me?

Can good be gotten out of it in the process, maybe? Since Bill Gates charity is funding the development and worried about the poor getting malaria, why is it that this kind of technology sounds well beyond any but the richest of persons price-band?

17-03-2009, 21:18	#8
mischievious Inactive Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Somewhere in the UK Services: Sky Posts: 255	Re: Star Wars scientists use laser gun to kill mosquitoes in fight against malaria There are a few nuances here that I can't help noticing. The mosquitoe killing laser is a tracking device to track the mosquitoe audibly, a computer will then fire the laser in order to destroy the source of that sound. Sounds a lot like a prototype weapons program to me? Can good be gotten out of it in the process, maybe? Since Bill Gates charity is funding the development and worried about the poor getting malaria, why is it that this kind of technology sounds well beyond any but the richest of persons price-band?