The Ultimate Bug Zapper
At TED 2010, Nathan Myhrvold of Intellectual Ventures Laboratory showed off its Photonic Fence proof of concept. Basically, this is a very capable mosquito killer, which uses lasers to shoot the wee monsters out of the sky at up to 100 times a second. The concept is targetted (sorry) for malarial regions, potentially hospitals or schools, and the technology is able to tell the