This mosquito vaporizing gadget takes pests down with LiDAR-guided lasers in up to 6-meter kill zone

Photon Matrix pictured on a table outside with an illustrated defense matrix around it.

This LiDAR-guided mosquito air defense system may seem like overkill, but with how annoying those little bloodsuckers can be during the summer, you won't catch me complaining.

That's the pitch behind the “World's First Portable Mosquito Air Defense,” dubbed the Photonmatrix, a crowdfunded gadget from Changzhou, China. It uses a LiDAR scanner to track any mosquito buzzing in a 6m (19.7 ft) radius and zaps them with a galvanometer-directed laser before they can bite. The Photonmatrix can be powered by a smartphone power bank for up to 16 hours and even works in the dark.