
There’s an extremely popular new crowdfunding campaign that promises an all-in-one portable laser-driven mosquito killing machine for as little as $498. Jim Wong has set up an IndieGogo page for the “World's First Portable Mosquito Air Defense,” dubbed the Photonmatrix.
Key attractions of the Photonmatrix are its LiDAR scanner combined with a galvanometer-directed laser that can seek and destroy mosquitoes at a rate of up to 30 pests per second. Moreover, this miniature Star Wars mosquito defense works in the dark, has a radius of up to 6m (19.7 ft), and can be smartphone power bank powered for up to 16 hours.