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Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home
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this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2026
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I think it's the smell. I remember some scientist did a experiment where he sat in a room full of mosquitoes and counted the bites to different parts of the body. He got most bites in the feet but when he washed them and tried the mosquitoes stopped attacking feet more than other body parts.