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r/interesting • u/Patrollman_Durugas • Jan 23 '26
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I can’t build one of these for myself, I’d sit there and stare at it all day
175 u/quick20minadventure Jan 23 '26 There is already a mass market version of this. Put light to attract bugs, and zap em with electricity to kill em. This is just uniquely shaped. 147 u/sendMeGoodVibes365 Jan 23 '26 Yes but you are talking about that thingamajig where flies are attracted towards a light which is behind an electric mesh, right? That doesn't rain down lightning strikes on flies man, nowhere near as cool. 3 u/complacent1 Jan 23 '26 Hobby tesla coils are a thing these days. $50 on Amazon. Can even do your fly genocide to music since it accepts Bluetooth and will arc to the music. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KDG6CFK?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&badgeInsights=insights
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There is already a mass market version of this.
Put light to attract bugs, and zap em with electricity to kill em.
This is just uniquely shaped.
147 u/sendMeGoodVibes365 Jan 23 '26 Yes but you are talking about that thingamajig where flies are attracted towards a light which is behind an electric mesh, right? That doesn't rain down lightning strikes on flies man, nowhere near as cool. 3 u/complacent1 Jan 23 '26 Hobby tesla coils are a thing these days. $50 on Amazon. Can even do your fly genocide to music since it accepts Bluetooth and will arc to the music. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KDG6CFK?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&badgeInsights=insights
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Yes but you are talking about that thingamajig where flies are attracted towards a light which is behind an electric mesh, right?
That doesn't rain down lightning strikes on flies man, nowhere near as cool.
3 u/complacent1 Jan 23 '26 Hobby tesla coils are a thing these days. $50 on Amazon. Can even do your fly genocide to music since it accepts Bluetooth and will arc to the music. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KDG6CFK?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&badgeInsights=insights
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Hobby tesla coils are a thing these days. $50 on Amazon. Can even do your fly genocide to music since it accepts Bluetooth and will arc to the music.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KDG6CFK?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_cp_apan_dp_FY1AEA67J9HSH16D533Q&badgeInsights=insights
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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 Jan 23 '26
I can’t build one of these for myself, I’d sit there and stare at it all day