re: #368 Racer X

Mosquito Shot Down By a Laser

[Video]You’re looking at a mosquito who got taken down mid-flight by a laser gun designed by Nathan Myhrvold. The malaria-carrying pest never saw it coming, but you can watch everything happen over and over again in this video.

The idea behind the laser is that it could be used to control mosquito populations in developing countries in hopes of reducing the number of deaths due to malaria.

I dunno if that’s a good idea. The mosquitos might evolve some sort of super hard laser proof insect armor and then what would we do. Might make hand held swatters quite useless.