Zendo, you must not have read the part where it said it could zap 50-100 per second? Thats freakin’ minigun speed. 50/sec = 3,000/minute 100/sec = 6,000/minute.
The mosquito Death Star. It would be so much better with sparks or flames, and it absolutely must play the Darth Vader theme from The Empire Strikes Back. If a Hallmark card can, why not this?
“That’s no moon.”
I don’t know if I really see this replacing a six pack and a bug zapper for Quality Family Entertainment Value in the deep South, though.
The mosquitoes’ rights organizations are going to freak.
“As Myrhvold noted at the conference, a child dies of malaria every 43 seconds.”
The ban on DDT has probably resulted in enough deaths from malaria to be called a genocide.
This is actually a pretty stupid Rube Goldberg gadget. I agree with Lyle. DDT is the best and there are other bug sprays out there, too, that will kill the mosquito larvae before they can fly. But God forbid we kill the harmless males instead of the females. Yeesh!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Anything to get rid of mosquitoes is fine by me. But zapping them one at a time doesn’t seem to efficient.
February 16th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Zendo, you must not have read the part where it said it could zap 50-100 per second? Thats freakin’ minigun speed. 50/sec = 3,000/minute 100/sec = 6,000/minute.
February 16th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
“Woo hoo, Jester’s dead!”
February 16th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
The mosquito Death Star. It would be so much better with sparks or flames, and it absolutely must play the Darth Vader theme from The Empire Strikes Back. If a Hallmark card can, why not this?
“That’s no moon.”
I don’t know if I really see this replacing a six pack and a bug zapper for Quality Family Entertainment Value in the deep South, though.
Regards,
Rabbit.
February 16th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Now with the appropriate theme music
February 16th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Is the name of the company skynet?
February 16th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
The mosquitoes’ rights organizations are going to freak.
“As Myrhvold noted at the conference, a child dies of malaria every 43 seconds.”
The ban on DDT has probably resulted in enough deaths from malaria to be called a genocide.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
This is actually a pretty stupid Rube Goldberg gadget. I agree with Lyle. DDT is the best and there are other bug sprays out there, too, that will kill the mosquito larvae before they can fly. But God forbid we kill the harmless males instead of the females. Yeesh!
February 17th, 2010 at 1:16 am
So, when do they adapt it for use on us uppity peons?