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A mosquito laser is a proposed device that would use lasers to kill mosquitoes. The primary goal would be to reduce malaria infection rates.
In 2007, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation asked Intellectual Ventures to find a way to fight and eventually end malaria.[1] There, astrophysicist Lowell Wood had the idea to use lasers.[1] Their project received considerable media attention around 2010,[2] but the device was still under development as of 2017.[2]
- ^ a b Guth, Robert A (2009). "Rocket Scientists Shoot Down Mosquitoes With Lasers". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-03-10.
- ^ a b Swanson, Carl (2017-07-26). "Where's Our Laser-Shooting Mosquito Death Machine?". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2021-04-21.