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branko_d
on March 3, 2018
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U.S. Navy awards Lockheed Martin a $150M contract ...
Now, if they could downsize it and kill mosquitoes in mid-air (while keeping other insects alive), I'd definitely buy that!
(Sorry, just a residual reaction to a mosquito-ridden vacation last summer.)
bclemens
on March 3, 2018
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It exists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_laser
MagnumOpus
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Except it doesn’t, because an ex-Microsoft patent troll - N. Myhrvold - got hold of the patents for it. And he baldly stated that his firm has no intention of ever making and selling it.
So now nobody can.
didgeoridoo
on March 3, 2018
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Not even close to true:
https://www.geekwire.com/2015/intellectual-ventures-laser-mo...
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(Sorry, just a residual reaction to a mosquito-ridden vacation last summer.)