Inside The Magical Patch That Gives You A Powerful Anti-Mosquito Force Field | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

Inside The Magical Patch That Gives You A Powerful Anti-Mosquito Force Field | Co.Exist | ideas + impact:
The Kite, developed by scientists at University of California Riverside and commercialized by an impact investing group called ieCrowd, works by confusing the bugs' sense of smell. Usually, they hone in the CO2 we breathe out; the Kite keeps this from happening. As you can see in the video above, when an intrepid scientist sticks his hand into a cage full of mosquitoes, the Kite prevents them from finding him and sucking his blood.
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