Mosquitoes

Warding Off Mosquitos Is Easy. Just Start With an Orange…

Unplggd offers a great little how-to for anyone hates mosquitoes (read: everyone) and is sick of buying new candles and cans of spray. All you need is some orange peel and a spent plug-in repellent you might have lying around. Just cut an orange rind to about the size of a refill, stick it inside…

Tech News Kwame Opam Aug 17

Watch a mosquito drain human blood, in horrifying HD

Some things are just more terrifying in high definition. Watch as a pack of mosquitoes gorge themselves on human blood, then go vomit in your trashcan. [via Geekologie]

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 11

Smelly Socks Are Fighting Off Malaria-Ridden Mosquitoes Like a Footballer Does the Supermodels

Just you wait until the world’s governments are putting out the call for smelly socks—suddenly that bulging gym bag hidden in your dormitory’s wardrobe seems a lot more valuable. To Tanzania anyway, where they’re fighting malaria with stenches. The three villages that are taking part in the experiment have proven to be particularly prone to…

Health Kat Hannaford Jul 13

How to destroy mosquitoes by giving them superpowers

Mosquitoes track down their blood meals by sniffing out human breath, skin, and sweat. But the main thing they zoom in on is the smell of carbon dioxide found in exhaled air. But what if we could mess with these bugs’ sense of smell? In a study published in the most recent issue of Nature,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 7

Mosquitoes Bite Because of Your Smelly Feet

According to the research of one Remco Suer, mosquitoes might somehow be attracted to the bacteria in your sweat-soaked feet. That means finding a way to isolate these odors could reduce their nuisance and even slow the spread of disease. Suer worked with the African mosquito Anopheles gambiae, one of the primary vectors for the…

Health Kwame Opam May 28

Why Are Millions of Spiders Invading Thousands of Trees and Why Is It Good News?

These huge trees are fully covered with thousands of spiderwebs, something never before seen in Sindh, Pakistan, where this photo was taken. Yes, it’s a eewrifying image, but it has had a surprisingly positive effect on the population of this heavily punished part of the world. How, you scream? These spiders usually crawl on the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 28

Can 6,000 Mutant Mosquitoes Kill Off Dengue Fever?

Dengue fever. It causes pain, nausea, and can be deadly. Worst of all, there’s no known cure or vaccine. Which is why 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes are being deployed in Malaysia to kill of dengue at the root. Dengue gets passed around by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, commonly found in Southeast Asia. The 6,000…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 28

Biologists reveal why mosquito repellent DEET is doomed to fail

Everyone’s favorite mosquito repellent, DEET, works by making a smell that mosquitoes can’t stand, or by blocking their ability to smell humans, depending on who you ask. But even the greatest repellents won’t stop all mosquitoes. New evidence suggests why. It turns out that the Anopheles gambiae have a second family of olfactory sensors, previously…

io9 Tim Barribeau Sep 2

Japanese Gizmo Plays Mosquito Buzzing Noise To Determine the Age Of Your Blind Date

Train stations in the UK sometimes broadcast mosquito noises that are so high-pitched they can only be heard by those under 25 years of age, but Japan’s taken it one step too far with this age prediction gadget. Designed to be used on blind dates to determine their age, the Age Prediction Machine plays a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 24

This Is a Mosquito Getting Killed By a Laser

You’re looking at a mosquito who got taken down mid-flight by a “Death Star” laser gun designed by Nathan Myhrvold. The malaria-carrying pest never saw it coming, but you can watch everything happen over and over again in this video. The idea behind the “Death Star” laser is that it could be used to control…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 11

USB Mosquito Stick Claims You’ll Be Malaria-Free On a Laptop Safari

Using an ultrasonic force field, this USB stick vows to protect you from mosquitoes during all those times when you find yourself using a laptop in outdoor situations. It probably doesn’t work, like most sound based repellents. This is what OFF spray is for people. [Uxsight via Crunchgear via Everything USB]

Tech News Sean Fallon Sep 9

Heated Mosquito Bite Itch Relief Gadget Makes Scratching Obsolete

If mosquitoes find you delicious, this gadget can help you find relief. Apparently, holding its heat source over the bite “helps neutralize the insect-injected proteins that cause itching and swelling.” Something tells me that good old scratching is still the best medicine—that and avoiding bananas. I seem to recall Mr. Wizard saying something about how…

Gadgets Sean Fallon May 29

Provector ‘Flower’ Is the Pesky Mosquito’s Deadly Siren Song

With warmer weather comes mosquitoes. Mosquitoes suck, no pun intended. In underdeveloped countries mosquitoes also kill by carrying malaria. This is why I love the Provector “flower.” Everything about it is designed to kill. But why a flower, and not a juicy pseudo-human arm? Well, fun fact: Mosquitoes love sucking blood, but they love sucking…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 22

Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses

In what is probably the coolest conference-talk attention grab I’ve ever heard of, Bill Gates apparently just released a swarm of mosquitoes into the crowd at TED, the geniuses-only mind meld. Holy shit. http://valleywag.gawker.com/5146508/bill-gates-unleashes-mosquito-swarm “Not only poor people should experience this,” the Tweetosphere has Gates saying as he released the swarm into the audience. Malaria…

Tech News John Mahoney Feb 4

SATY Mosquito-Repelling MP3 Player Has Built-In Breathalyzer Just Because

At CES, there’s the good stuff, and there’s just the plain old weird stuff: SATY, a Chinese company, has made an MP3 player that has a built-in breathalyzer and mosquito repellent. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-preview-simply-amazing-5126702 In addition to the breathalyzer and mosquito repellent (which just really eeks out a high-pitched tone to annoy everyone around you), it has…

Tech News Erica Ho Jan 9

Mosquitoes Have the Most Annoying Mating Habits in the Animal Kingdom

In this video of mosquitoes on the verge of mating, scientists reveal something that laypeople might already have known. Even in the act of love, mosquitoes are really annoying. Though scientists have known for a long time that the mosquito whine is a mating call, a group of Cornell researchers has revealed that there’s more…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 8

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could Help Fight Malaria

Malaria isn’t a pretty disease, and it’s one that’s difficult to control because it’s spread widely by mosquitoes. Researchers may have come up with a way to help stop its spread, however, using special genetically modified mosquitoes that are malaria-resistant and therefore better equipped to survive. By making bugs that are both unable to carry…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Mar 20

Itch Soother Might Just Scratch an Itch of One Kind or Another

This $17.98 Itch Soother looks like it’s able to scratch an itch, but not necessarily one caused by a mosquito bite. But that’s just what it’s supposed to do, using heat to allegedly stop itching and swelling from those flying, biting vermin. Yeah, it’s an Itch Soother. Just try explaining that to the guys when…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 16

Mosquito Repellant Cellphone In Action

Here’s the comely Miss Katie from Shiny Shiny demonstrating an odd mosquito- (and perhaps human)-repelling feature on a cellphone. Be sure to turn your sound down before you watch this video, because this thing makes some of the most obnoxious noises we’ve heard all week. It’s called "ultrasonic," but methinks some of that racket is…

Tech News Charlie White Oct 20

Mosquito Jihad: Mega-Catch Ultra Trap

We’re looking for a way to put the hurt on clouds of bloodthirsty mosquitoes, something a mosquito-repelling T-shirt or necklace probably can’t do very well. Enter the Mega-Catch Ultra Trap, a serious-looking contraption that lures in the little buggers with a combination of flashing LEDs, an ultraviolet light and a strip of octenol. After attracting…

Gadgets Charlie White Jun 2

Warding Off Mosquitos Is Easy. Just Start With an Orange…

Watch a mosquito drain human blood, in horrifying HD

Smelly Socks Are Fighting Off Malaria-Ridden Mosquitoes Like a Footballer Does the Supermodels

How to destroy mosquitoes by giving them superpowers

Mosquitoes Bite Because of Your Smelly Feet

Why Are Millions of Spiders Invading Thousands of Trees and Why Is It Good News?

Can 6,000 Mutant Mosquitoes Kill Off Dengue Fever?

Biologists reveal why mosquito repellent DEET is doomed to fail

Japanese Gizmo Plays Mosquito Buzzing Noise To Determine the Age Of Your Blind Date

This Is a Mosquito Getting Killed By a Laser

USB Mosquito Stick Claims You’ll Be Malaria-Free On a Laptop Safari

Heated Mosquito Bite Itch Relief Gadget Makes Scratching Obsolete

Provector ‘Flower’ Is the Pesky Mosquito’s Deadly Siren Song

Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses

SATY Mosquito-Repelling MP3 Player Has Built-In Breathalyzer Just Because

Mosquitoes Have the Most Annoying Mating Habits in the Animal Kingdom

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could Help Fight Malaria

Itch Soother Might Just Scratch an Itch of One Kind or Another

Mosquito Repellant Cellphone In Action

Mosquito Jihad: Mega-Catch Ultra Trap

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