Get rid of flies, in style: the electronic Venus Flytrap

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Get rid of flies, in style: the electronic Venus Flytrap

I don’t think there’s anyone that can stand the incessant buzzing of flies, whether we’re trying to sleep or doing any other activity. There’s an assortment of ways of getting rid of them. The most popular is the bug spray: toxic, smelly stuff.
There are also various electric devices, but they all look like boring bluish lamps.

Here’s an electronic device that will add style to the fly killer. It’s an electric version of the Venus Flytrap, the best known carnivorous plant.

Of course, it would have been too boring to just have a snapping plastic plant around, so it’s been heavily personified. Looking like it has teeth and eyes, it seems to rather be a jaw with 4 supporting leaves than a plant.

Down in the ‘mouth’ there’s a bait for the nasty buggers. As they enter the mouth, sensors recognize the best time to snap the jaws closed.

Of course, since it’s been so heavily personified, after ‘eating’ the bug it will release a loud and satisfied ‘burp’. This adds to its ‘fun’ factor.

It runs on 3 (not included) AAA batteries located in its ‘flowerpot’. Of course, there’s extra bait available for purchase.

Here’s the product page, where you’ll also find a cool video of it in action. Thanks to Nerd Approved.

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June 25th, 2007 at 4:09 am

Electronic Venus Flytrap devours pesky flies

The buzzing of the bees sounds cool in the Disney cartoons but the noise is sure annoying when a housefly tries to nest in your ears or better still try feasting on your food. A handy albeit “frivolous” gadget is The Fly Catcher. Borrowing the concep…

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June 25th, 2007 at 5:08 am

[...] The buzzing of the bees sounds cool in the Disney cartoons but the noise is sure annoying when a housefly tries to nest in your ears or better still try feasting on your food. A handy albeit “frivolous” gadget is The Fly Catcher. Borrowing the concept from the Venus flytrap, the unit comes with a non-toxic bait (hidden inside the mouth of the trap) to attract the bug. The unsuspecting bug ventures to the mouth of the trap and triggers off the sensor, which in turn snaps the jaws shut to kill it. But what’s really funny in the whole exercise is that after its tasty meal, the flytrap reopens its mouth for the next bug after letting out a satisfying burp. 3 AAA batteries power the Fly Catcher and extra non-toxic bait can be purchased separately. The device sells for $39.70. Source [...]