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ThatGoodLock
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with Lasers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYXPqrXZ1eU&feature=player_embedded#

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"Malaria is a huge problem worldwide, so it's no surprise to anyone that plenty of people spend lots of time trying to think of ways to rid the world of mosquitoes, prime movers of the disease. Nathan Myhrvold's company Intellectual Ventures Labs (and former chief technology officer at Microsoft) is focusing on just that. Using widely available and common electronics parts, Intellectual Ventures has made lasers which can kill mosquitoes mid-flight -- at a rate of about 50 to 100 per second. Myhrvold first publicly demonstrated this laser (which is made of parts of printers, digital cameras, and projectors) at the TED conference the other day, using hundreds of mosquitoes in a clear glass case to make his point. The laser's software determines the size and shape of the target before deciding whether or not to shoot, so, for instance -- it wouldn't take aim at a person or a bumblebee."

2/14/2010 3:55:34 PM

merbig
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Maybe they can use that laser to squash the bugs in Windows!

2/14/2010 4:05:49 PM

BIGcementpon
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KILL IT WITH FIRE LASERS!

2/14/2010 4:44:27 PM

ScubaSteve
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hahaha nice

2/14/2010 4:46:51 PM

jcs1283
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In the future, there was a nuclear war.
And because of all the radiation, mosquitoes developed the ability to shoot lasers out of their mouths.
Some will use the mosquitoes for good, others for evil.
Who will win a world of ...

LASER MOSQUITOES!

2/14/2010 6:07:42 PM

wwwebsurfer
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I saw this earlier... let me locate that video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYXPqrXZ1eU

[Edited on February 14, 2010 at 6:22 PM. Reason : vid]

2/14/2010 6:19:53 PM

0EPII1
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you can locate it in the OP

2/14/2010 6:32:19 PM

ncsuftw1
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sharks with fricken laser beams?

2/14/2010 6:34:05 PM

paerabol
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^^^ badass

2/14/2010 7:15:14 PM

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