Bug-a-Salt

Bug-a-Salt is a plastic gun that sprays table salt like a shotgun, in a conical spread pattern.

Lorenzo Maggiore invented it to kill houseflies at a distance, without creating a mess.[1] Maggiore sold 21,400 guns for over US$577,000 on Indiegogo by September 2012.[2][1]

Michael Dickinson of the California Institute of Technology says flies cannot dodge the tiny salt particles but they will be protected by their arthropod exoskeleton and only be stunned.[1] However, the inventor demonstrates in his YouTube videos that flies are indeed penetrated by the salt which causes them to dehydrate and eventually die (leaving them whole for easy cleanup).

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Reagan, Brad (2012-10-14). "In Latest Bid to Lord Over Flies, One Man Tries Salting Them Away - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  2. ↑ Lorenzo, Maggiore. "BugASalt- The Final Push". indiegogo. indiegogo.com. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

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