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11th August 2010, 07:26 PM
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Manu A B (http://mypage.rediff.com/profile/getprofile/Manu%20A%20B/14315703) in Mumbai
Malaria takes away the lives of thousands of people in India. Unfortunately, the number of victims is only increasing with each passing year.
However, this situation is likely to improve with a simple, yet effective, solar mosquito trapper-cum-destroyer called Hawker, invented by Mathews K Mathews. His mission is to create a mosquito-free environment in the most innovative and cost-effective manner (See the video of the Hawker in the last slide).
After five years of hard work, research and experiments at his village, Kalaketty (in Kottayam district) in Kerala, Mathews developed the first 'solar mosquito destroyer' in the year 2000.
Six years later he won the patent for the solar mosquito destroyer, Hawker. While this device is targetted at only mosquitoes, Mathews is set to launch a solar-cum-electric mosquito and housefly destroyer this month.
"This cost-effective and eco-friendly product can be installed anywhere; it does not use any chemical to destroy the mosquitoes and flies unlike other mosquito repellents which emit gases that could cause asthma and lung cancer," Mathews says.
However, he is disappointed at the pace of his company's development. An indoor version of the mosquito destroyer has also been developed and tested but lack of funds has crippled his project.
He himself uses these products to make his home a mosquito-free area.
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/aug/11/slide-show-1-innovation-the-inventor-of-the-solar-mosquito-trapper.htm
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Manu A B (http://mypage.rediff.com/profile/getprofile/Manu%20A%20B/14315703) in Mumbai
Malaria takes away the lives of thousands of people in India. Unfortunately, the number of victims is only increasing with each passing year.
However, this situation is likely to improve with a simple, yet effective, solar mosquito trapper-cum-destroyer called Hawker, invented by Mathews K Mathews. His mission is to create a mosquito-free environment in the most innovative and cost-effective manner (See the video of the Hawker in the last slide).
After five years of hard work, research and experiments at his village, Kalaketty (in Kottayam district) in Kerala, Mathews developed the first 'solar mosquito destroyer' in the year 2000.
Six years later he won the patent for the solar mosquito destroyer, Hawker. While this device is targetted at only mosquitoes, Mathews is set to launch a solar-cum-electric mosquito and housefly destroyer this month.
"This cost-effective and eco-friendly product can be installed anywhere; it does not use any chemical to destroy the mosquitoes and flies unlike other mosquito repellents which emit gases that could cause asthma and lung cancer," Mathews says.
However, he is disappointed at the pace of his company's development. An indoor version of the mosquito destroyer has also been developed and tested but lack of funds has crippled his project.
He himself uses these products to make his home a mosquito-free area.
http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/aug/11/slide-show-1-innovation-the-inventor-of-the-solar-mosquito-trapper.htm