Anouk Lorie reported for CNN that scientists in the US are close to finishing developing a laser gun that could kill millions of mosquitoes in minutes. Mosquitoes are putting many at risks because of malaria. It is estimated that there are 300 million acute cases of malaria each year globally, resulting in more than one million deaths, according to the WHO.
The laser, which has been dubbed a "weapon of mosquito destruction" fires at mosquitoes once it detects the audio frequency created by the beating of its wings. The laser beam then destroys the mosquito, burning it on the spot.
Developed by some of the astrophysicists involved in what was known as the "Star Wars" anti-missile programs during the Cold War, the project is meant to prevent the spread of malaria since it can kills millions in just a few minutes. These lasers could be mounted on lamp post-type poles and put around the circumference of villages, to create a kind of "fence" against mosquitoes.
I think this is a great idea since I don’t like mosquitoes. The scientists are working on how to enable the laser to distinguish between good and bad mosquitoes, not sure there are good mosquitoes in this world.
Technology continues to change our everyday life, this is only one small example. Imagine what’s next is Taser equipped security camera that scan for faces that have a match in the criminal database and automatically activate those Taser guns targeted at those “identified” criminals while triggering a dispatch of armed police to the location. I hate to think what happen if you happen to be misidentified.
A Wii Military Camp has started operations training the next generation of soldiers using Wii remote in the battlefield. The secret camp is funded by Pentagon with Nintendo technologies and they have spent the last 12 months performing advanced modified systems design and human factor studies to allow the remote to control battlefield-ready laser equipped military robots.
The robot is the advanced version of the current PackBot – a tactical robot first used by the US military 6years ago in Afghanistan which still remain in operation in Afghanistan and Iraq. The advanced robot will be equipped with advanced weaponry. This machine-gun equipped robotic sentry carries two cameras, one for day-time and one for infrared night vision, zooming capabilities, sophisticated pattern recognition to detect the difference between humans and trees or different types of uniforms, and a 5.5mm rapid firing machine-gun. The robot operates in two modes, one is autopilot so it can be used to secure an area or manual mode which the human operate remotely within a distance of 300meters. This way, the robots will act as front line infantry. Here's picture of an early prototype. Top secrets.
