Mosquito Lasers

If played in real time, these pests would be getting gunned down in less than a tenth of a second. Just like most anything, though, its much cooler in slow motion. For anyone squeamish about smacking a pest on their arm when its biting you, you might want to skip to the next post. The device has been developed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help fight malaria. As PhysOrg notes,

"The new version could cost as little as $50 to manufacture, depending on volume. During his demonstration, Myhrvold released hundreds of mosquitoes into a glass tank. A laser tracked their movements and shot them down one by one, leaving their carcasses on the bottom of the tank. Myhrvold said that the lasers could shoot between 50 and 100 mosquitoes per second."

My Dad is going to want one of these for the ditch in front of our house in VA.