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An insect-zapping 'photon fence' has been developed that instantly fries unwanted pests within a 30-metre range (100ft).
The fence generates a 30-Watt wall of near-infrared light that can target specific species of insect and cook up to 20 bugs a second.
The laser system, which kills its target in less than 25 milliseconds, is now beginning its first field trials on a US Department of Agriculture site in Florida.
The trial system will target an insect invader called the Asian citrus psyllid, which has driven orange production in the state to under half of 2005 levels by spreading a disease that prevents fruit ripening.
If it passes initial tests, the technology could be rolled out around the world and has been tipped as a new way to tackle malaria and the Zika virus.
Produced by Seattle-based Intellectual Ventures Lab, the technology will also go on sale to farmers around the US looking to protect their crops.
The company says that the photon fence is a more targeted weapon than pesticides, which can easily leak and damage the local ecosystem.
The fence uses cameras and other optics to scan for insects within a 100-metre radius.
It analyses each bug's 'form, velocity, acceleration and wing-beat frequency' to pick out species from a designated 'kill list'.
The fence can even tell the difference between male and female mosquitoes by reading the way they fly.
'We're looking to tell it to kill only mosquitos, fruit flies or sand flies,' Arty Makagon, technical lead for the project, told Wired.
The fence generates a 30-Watt wall of near-infrared light that can target specific species of insect and cook up to 20 bugs a second.
The laser system, which kills its target in less than 25 milliseconds, is now beginning its first field trials on a US Department of Agriculture site in Florida.
The trial system will target an insect invader called the Asian citrus psyllid, which has driven orange production in the state to under half of 2005 levels by spreading a disease that prevents fruit ripening.
If it passes initial tests, the technology could be rolled out around the world and has been tipped as a new way to tackle malaria and the Zika virus.
Produced by Seattle-based Intellectual Ventures Lab, the technology will also go on sale to farmers around the US looking to protect their crops.
The company says that the photon fence is a more targeted weapon than pesticides, which can easily leak and damage the local ecosystem.
The fence uses cameras and other optics to scan for insects within a 100-metre radius.
It analyses each bug's 'form, velocity, acceleration and wing-beat frequency' to pick out species from a designated 'kill list'.
The fence can even tell the difference between male and female mosquitoes by reading the way they fly.
'We're looking to tell it to kill only mosquitos, fruit flies or sand flies,' Arty Makagon, technical lead for the project, told Wired.
