The article probably also fails to mention that peer-reviewed scientific tests of this concept prove it to be useless.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2906666 cjl On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 1:34 AM, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > The speakers don't work very well at the frequency range specified by > that article for mosquito repelling; 45 Hz to 67 Hz. > > The article fails to mention how much sound is needed; e.g. in dBm. It > gives a subjective measure only. > > Other articles on the site mention secrets of ancient geometry and > crystal harmonizers. This really doesn't impress me. Is there any > evidence base for repelling mosquitos using low frequency sound? Is > there any evidence that enough of the population of mosquitos is > repelled? All it takes is for one strain to not be repelled and it will > breed up. > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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