Photon Matrix Markets $1,000 AI Laser Mosquito Zapper in China
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 30
Photon Matrix Markets $1,000 AI Laser Mosquito Zapper in China
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 30
Summary
$1,000 is the price of Photon Matrix's new device, which the Chinese company has begun marketing to track mosquitoes in flight and burn off their wings with a laser.
Self-driving-car sensing technology helps pinpoint the insects, while an AI system decides when it is safe to fire.
A demonstration at the company's Changzhou office showed the brick-size machine repeatedly zapping mosquitoes, which burst briefly into green or blue flame with a small pop.
Wings were destroyed while bodies and legs largely remained intact, and the disabled mosquitoes could no longer fly even though they can take hours or days to die.