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chaosmage comments on [LINK] Author's Note 119: Shameless Begging - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: chaosmage 11 March 2015 12:25:31PM 6 points [-]

Wiki says the idea has been suggested in earnest as one of the forms a mosquito laser could take, and was rejected in favor of a better one.

I don't think there is any quadcopter that can fly for more than 30 minutes on one battery charge - and that's without mosquito recognition and zapping systems drawing on that same battery.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 March 2015 01:37:03PM 2 points [-]

Also, having quadcopters flying around zapping insects is at least going to be visually distracting.

Comment author: Bugmaster 14 March 2015 12:39:51AM 0 points [-]

Not to mention, the leading cause of propeller-induced face laceration syndrome...

Comment author: ciphergoth 12 March 2015 07:41:00AM 0 points [-]

Right, this sort of thing is only practical given fully automated battery replacement.