A better link:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/17/mosquito_laser/
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Today it seems that the mosquito-blaster is considerably more advanced. Using parts apparently purchased on eBay, the boffins have assembled a Heath Robinson contraption of mirrors, Mag-lite illuminators, camera lenses and so on, and placed this fearful engine of insectoid genocide under the control of a Dell PC. Placed across the room from an empty fishtank filled with mosquitoes, the machine reaps a deadly harvest. The WSJ notes:
A mosquito hovers into view. Suddenly, it bursts into flame. A thin plume of smoke rises as the mosquito falls. At the bottom of the screen, the carcass smolders.
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Myhrvold says the gear can already tell nice insects like butterflies from pestilential bloodsuckers
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Still can't help thinking, make it bigger then:
"A person walks into view. Suddenly, they burst into flame. A thin plume of smoke rises as the person falls. At the bottom of the screen, the carcass smolders"