LG Sells Mosquito-Repelling TV In India (technobuffalo.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Friday June 17, 2016 @09:20AM from the bug-spray dept.

An anonymous reader writes: In effort to fight Zika, dengue and malaria, LG has released the "LG 32LG52D" TV with "Mosquito Away Technology." According to Reuters, the TV uses ultrasonic waves that are inaudible to humans but cause mosquitoes to fly away. The TV has been released in India Thursday, and will go on sale next month in the Philippines and Sri Lanka, with no plans to market it elsewhere. It is available in two models, priced at 26,500 rupees and 47,500 rupees ($394 and $706). LG says the same technology used in its new TV has been used in some of its air conditioners and washing machines.

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Re:the mosquitos fly by rubycodez · 2016-06-17 09:40 · Score: 4, Interesting

they won't even fly from the TV, mosquitoes are insensitive to sound even including the ones their predators make; look up what scientist have to say about repelling mosquitoes with *any* frequency including dragonfly generated frequencies, bird generated, etc. bottom line: they aren't repelled by any known sound