peristaltor | Zapping Mosquitos With Frickin' Lasers!

Scientific American shared this video of a new anti-mosquito zapping system. It can flash zap several mosquitoes per second, meaning people might be able in the future to set up this device around a campfire in mosquito-prone areas and roast their wieners in peace. And maybe avoid malaria in the process. Here's the developer's site.

Furthermore, since the system zeros in on its targets by triangulating on their wings sounds, it can be set to discriminate between skeeters that bite (the females) and those don't (those hunting packs of males), thus saving the battery life for zaps that matter.