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This Self-Made Millionaire Invented a 'Gun' That Shoots Salt at Flies

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday May 26 2019, @10:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the does-the-a-salt-require-a-battery? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

CNBC:

If you hate [flies], then Lorenzo Maggiore is your patron saint.

"I was a weird kid, I didn't like flies," says the 57-year-old from Los Angeles. "I used to put them in my Hot Wheels cars and send them down the track. They land on poo, and then they land on your food. Anything that does that, I'm not really interested in."

Maggiore is the artistic madman behind Bug-A-Salt, a $40 "gun" which uses table salt as buckshot to stun or kill bugs, especially flies. Salt makes the product safe to use around food, and it also doesn't blow the bug to bits. "That's another thing that's beautiful about it, it leaves them whole," he says. A lot of times, Bug-A-Salt doesn't actually kill the bug, it just gets it off your table.

I liked the Make magazine article on zapping mosquitos with lasers better, myself.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Sunday May 26 2019, @11:20AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday May 26 2019, @11:20AM (#847864) Journal

    I heard that the things break really easily, so I lost interest in buying one. Or was that just salty Amazon reviewers?

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday May 26 2019, @01:15PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday May 26 2019, @01:15PM (#847881) Homepage Journal

    Depends on how often you use them I guess. I haven't tried using up a whole pound of salt in a day. I get bored after like a teaspoon worth.

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by DaTrueDave on Sunday May 26 2019, @03:59PM

    by DaTrueDave (3144) on Sunday May 26 2019, @03:59PM (#847905)

    I've had mine since the original Indiegogo purchase in 2012 and it's still going strong.