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.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @09:35PM (4 children)
That zap a fly with electricity when it passes between two charged wire grids are quite common overseas. Wonder why they never caught on in the USA
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @09:57PM
Pickaninnies were sticking their fingers in and getting electrocuted. Too many lawsuits.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by martyb on Sunday May 26 2019, @10:38PM
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @11:20PM
They have caught on in certain areas. I bought one at a local WalMart and all the dollar stores have them. It's pretty satisfying to hear them sizzle when you get one.
(Score: 2) by Taibhsear on Wednesday May 29 2019, @08:59PM
I used to work at a science store that sold these. They were also pretty popular with the S&M crowd that would come in for "supplies."