[martey]

The Wall Street Journal article ( http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123680870885500701.html ) that the physorg article is based on makes it clearer that the technology is still in the lab phase and not near commercial release. It explicitly states that the scientists involved are not sure how strong the laser needs to be to kill mosquitoes without harming anything else, and describes the laser in their lab as being focused on mosquitoes flying around a aquarium - not the same as the hypothetical laser barriers discussed in both articles.