[JonnoB]

Originally Posted by Brad Adrian

I think the best way to use a PDA to repel bugs is to squash them with a Palm device!

Or to leak a few small drops of blood and let the huge mosquitos carry that old palm away.

[JonnoB]

Originally Posted by Brad Adrian

I think the best way to use a PDA to repel bugs is to squash them with a Palm device!

Or to leak a few small drops of blood and let the huge mosquitos carry that old palm away.

[Howard2k]

How long before someone sells a Mosquito Repellent MP3?

[Jacob]

Originally Posted by Howard2k

How long before someone sells a Mosquito Repellent MP3?

He he.. and how long after that will we see the "Techno remix" of it.

[Stillwater]

Originally Posted by Howard2k

How long before someone sells a Mosquito Repellent MP3?

Can't happen. MP3 is designed to filter out frequencies that the human ear can not hear. So it would have to be a .wav file or another format that keeps those frequencies intact. That is if the technology actually repells the insects.

And what if your speakers on the device that is playing the file doesn't play the required frequency? Who puts top of the line speakers in a Pocket PC or a cell phone for that matter?

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by StillWater

Can't happen. MP3 is designed to filter out frequencies that the human ear can not hear. So it would have to be a .wav file or another format that keeps those frequencies intact. That is if the technology actually repells the insects.

I think it was intended to be a joke. :mrgreen:

--janak

[delfuhd]

Actually, being a Boy Scout, I frequently go on camp outs, and of course, here in CT, mosquitos can be annoying. Sprays were used so much at Scout camps as well, until one year a friend of mine brought two of those little "Mosquito watch repellers" that emit a sound of a dragonfly or something that scares away mosquitos. I'm not exactley sure how it works. But quite honestly, it worked nonetheless. I didn't have to use mostuito netting when i slept anymore, I'd just pop one of the watches on, lay it next to my cot, and sleep. It really works, it's actually kind of cool, so I'm interested in what is coming out with this product.

[jefferl]

Actually, they do have pocket PC software that has done this (or at least attempted). It's called Mosquito Prevent.

http://www.pocketkai.de/en/

[droppedd]

I'm kind of curious if the speaker in most Pocket PCs is even capable of producing notes that high at a reasonable volume. That said, how do you tell if the software's working on your unit? This sounds like the kind of vaporware that that guy who's selling the "universal PPC 2003 upgrade" on handango would be creating :roll:. And yes, studies have shown the ineffectiveness of ultrasonic mosquito repellents. Here's a lovely quote:

"Gorham was able to calculate that had he been stripped naked and tied to a post at Sagwon, he would have died from loss of blood in two and a half hours. Then he turned on the whining device, and found that with its help, he'd die more quickly. The number of mosquitoes biting within five minutes actually increased slightly. "

(from http://www.ipmofalaska.com/files/mos...tml#ultrasound).

Also, Bug Zappers are useless (you know, the blue buzzing things), although the new propane-gas bug frier vacuum machines supposedly do work. Now integrate that into a Pocket PC... imagine the possibilities :twisted:.

[ctmagnus]

Originally Posted by Crystal Eitle

We need this feature in Minnesota! The mosquito venom has been especially vile this year. I'm usually not very sensitive to mosquitoes, but for some reason all the bites I've gotten this year have left huge nasty red welts that lasted for days.

Welcome to the Columbia Wetlands. :wink: The buggers always leave me covered in welts every warm season.

fwiw, in my experience those ultrasonic mosquito repellers neither repel mosquitoes nor are ultrasonic.

[Will T Smith]

I've heard that snake oil is equally effective as this method for repelling mosquitos ;-)


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