Deccan Chronicle 26.08.2013
Girls invent device to fight mosquitoes
Chennai: Three Chennai students of Class 11 have invented a state-of-the-art device with which to electrocute mosquitoes.
I. Abirami, T. Opeeleaya and V. Thenmozhi, students of a private school in Chennai, are the young inventors, taking time to think out of the box where most others their age would perhaps routinely drop in at a shop to pick up coils and mosquito repellents to ensure they got a good night’s sleep.
The device that the three students have created raises a vapour that smells similar to the human body, deceiving the mosquitoes into alighting on a charged wire.
“This will be the first device to kill mosquitoes while all the other products available in the market only repel them. The liquid used lasts two months and can be replaced once over,” said Alphonse, who guided the students in the project.