Photon Matrix is a device that detects flying mosquitoes and other small insects and knocks them out of the air with a laser. It scans a six-meter-radius, 90-degree sector with LiDAR 50,000 times per second and is described as detecting flying objects 2–20 mm long moving at up to 1 m/s. After AI vision confirms a target, the laser fires within 0.003 seconds.
A millimeter-wave radar stops the laser when larger objects such as people or pets approach. Its companion app also includes a mosquito kill-count ranking. The system was developed by Changzhou Photon Matrix Intelligent Technology in China.
Mosquito control has escalated into scanning, target confirmation and laser interception, followed by a kill-count leaderboard. The opponent is tiny; the defense system is not.
Motion Mosquito Swatting Game is a motion-controlled game in which the player swings a StickS3 like a flyswatter to hit mosquitoes flying around a PC screen.
The StickS3's gyroscope tracks hand orientation and swinging motion, using them both to aim the on-screen reticle and detect the swatting action. The project was created by Hujunfeng.
Instead of mapping mosquito swatting to a button, the game makes you do the real motion. The interface has looped all the way back to actual life.
A team including researchers at McGill University developed '3D necroprinting,' which repurposes the proboscis of a female mosquito as a high-resolution 3D-printing nozzle, and the work received the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize in Technology. The proboscis has an inner diameter of roughly 20–30 µm, and the system produced printed lines about 20 µm wide.
The researchers compared several biological dispensing structures, including stingers and fangs, before choosing the mosquito proboscis for its narrow, straight geometry and ability to support continuous flow. Demonstrations included honeycomb structures, a maple leaf, and bioscaffolds containing cells.
Instead of machining a finer nozzle, the researchers looked at a mosquito and realized nature had already attached one. It even won a prize.
Mosquito control has escalated into scanning, target confirmation and laser interception, followed by a kill-count leaderboard. The opponent is tiny; the defense system is not.