These tiny missiles would sit in an array of hundreds on a platform the size of a dinner plate. At the push of a button a jolt of electricity would be delivered to one of them, which would travel toward anything vibrating between 250 and 600 hertz and upon arrival detonate in a tiny burst of shrapnel.-- Voice, Jul 21 2010 Using some of the same principles: Auto_20Fly_20SwatterShameless self promotion. [Twizz, Jul 21 2010] HB Search on "mosquito" http://www.halfbake...expression=mosquito130 matches to date... [csea, Jul 21 2010] Mosquito killing laser. http://www.popsci.c...r-zaps-pesky-skeetsI would set this up by a stream in the woods, then get a lawn chair and watch for a while. [DIYMatt, Jul 21 2010] Laughing, laughing, laughing. So much. +-- blissmiss, Jul 21 2010 Careful, [blissmiss]! Don't be laughing between 250-600Hz!-- csea, Jul 21 2010 It's the time of year for imaginative ways to kill insects. See link.-- Twizz, Jul 21 2010 See [links]. I did a bit of investigation after recalling the link referenced in my annotation to "Mosquitometer."
The .wav file of the female 'anophles stevensi' seems to have 3 predominant harmonics, at about 377, 754, and 1131 Hz, all modulated a few percent at about 11Hz.
So you may want to be more specific in your vibration description.-- csea, Jul 21 2010 I would rather have a mosquito killing laser beam [link].-- DIYMatt, Jul 21 2010 How about a lead hat with a wide brim and a big lump of Cobalt -60 on top ?-- 8th of 7, Jul 21 2010 Cobalt 60 wouldn't kill mosquitos, just everybody else around you.-- DIYMatt, Jul 22 2010 I like this idea. Just about to go to Finland for a holl and will be killing them manually in large numbers...-- saedi, Jul 22 2010 random, halfbakery