{"id":24243,"date":"2018-09-13T06:42:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T20:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=24243"},"modified":"2018-09-13T06:42:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T20:12:45","slug":"solar-mosquito-zapper-mb0744","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-mosquito-zapper-mb0744\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Mosquito Zapper Recieves James Dyson Award Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24244\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24244\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mosquito-zapper-solar.jpg\" alt=\"Mosquito zapper\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mosquito-zapper-solar.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mosquito-zapper-solar-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mosquito-zapper-solar-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/mosquito-biting-female-parasite-542156\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">skeeze<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>A hand cranked, wind and solar powered mosquito zapper designed in Australia is a national runner-up in the 2018 James Dyson Award.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mosquitoes have brought much misery and death to humanity &#8211; some of the diseases they transmit include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dengue fever<\/li>\n<li>Ross River virus<\/li>\n<li>Barmah Forest virus<\/li>\n<li>Japanese encephalitis<\/li>\n<li>Murray Valley encephalitis<\/li>\n<li>Chikungunya virus<\/li>\n<li>Malaria<\/li>\n<li>West Nile virus<\/li>\n<li>Yellow fever<\/li>\n<li>Zika virus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever alone are collectively responsible for several million deaths each year.<\/p>\n<p>In the Indian state of Gujarat, the government embarked on a campaign last year to make the state malaria-free by 2022. It&#8217;s even using drones to check for mosquito breeding sites in urban areas. Dengue fever is also a major issue in the state, with 2,818 cases between August and September 2015. Street vendors are particularly at risk.<\/p>\n<p>An Australian designed device for deployment in the fight against mosquitoes in places such as Gujurat is the Indra Mosquito Zapper, created by Paul Eterovich.<\/p>\n<p>The device features a solar panel and mini-vertical axis wind turbine for charging. When the wind isn&#8217;t blowing and the sun isn&#8217;t shining, the Indra Mosquito Zapper can be charged by removing the turbine blades and plugging in the hand-crank module. Made with recycled materials, the device can also provide light and small devices can be powered via a USB port.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24245\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24245\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/indra-mosquito-zapper.jpg\" alt=\"Indra Mosquito Zapper\" width=\"800\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/indra-mosquito-zapper.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/indra-mosquito-zapper-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/indra-mosquito-zapper-768x791.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Paul Eterovich<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Indra Mosquito Zapper uses UV light to attract mosquitoes into the kill chamber where they are zapped by an electrified grid. The capacity of the internal battery isn&#8217;t mentioned, nor how long it can run for on a fully charged battery.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Eterovich was named one of two Australian runners-up in this year&#8217;s James Dyson Awards for his invention.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I feel a sense of accomplishment to have my design acknowledged,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swinburne.edu.au\/news\/latest-news\/2018\/09\/mosquito-zapper-recognised-by-james-dyson-awards.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> Mr Eterovich. \u201cThere have been many challenges along the way, but my hard work and passion for creating have enabled me to overcome them.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Eterovich&#8217;s intention is for the device to be manufactured locally in countries where it is deployed,\u00a0 making use of recycled materials sourced from e-waste and providing local jobs.<\/p>\n<p>There are other commercially available solar powered bug zappers around that are quite cheap to purchase, but those don&#8217;t also offer the additional feature of charging other devices; nor the hand-crank\/wind power options.<\/p>\n<p>The Dyson Awards page for the Indra Mosquito Zapper is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdysonaward.org\/en-MY\/2018\/project\/indra-mosquito-zapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and other information regarding the device <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coroflot.com\/paule\/Indra-Mosquito-Zapper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other solar related devices entered in this year&#8217;s awards from around the world (some of which scored a guernsey) included:<\/p>\n<h2>SENSLAR<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdysonaward.org\/en-AU\/2018\/project\/senslar-smart-sensitive-solar-floating-platform\/\">SENSLAR<\/a> is\u00a0a floating solar platform system that angles panels according to the sun\u2019s position &#8211; basically a solar tracker for aquatic applications. It&#8217;s claimed it provides more than 40% improvement in energy harvesting.<\/p>\n<h2>LAZAR<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdysonaward.org\/en-AU\/2018\/project\/lazar\/\">LAZAR<\/a> is a\u00a0 compact, user-friendly solar cell laser cutting machine that may also be used to fix defective solar cells.<\/p>\n<h2>3S-CB<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdysonaward.org\/en-AU\/2018\/project\/3s-cb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3S-CB<\/a> maintains temperature at optimum conditions for chicks, reducing energy bills for breeders.<\/p>\n<h2>Violet<\/h2>\n<p>Violet was another Australian entrant and is the UNSW Solar Racing Team Sunswift\u2019s sixth solar-electric vehicle. Violet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunswift-violet-solar-car-mb0233\/\">was an entrant<\/a> in last year&#8217;s World Solar Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdysonaward.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> James Dyson Award<\/a> provides an opportunity for budding inventors to make a name for themselves by designing something that solves a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Now the national awards judging is over, Dyson engineers are whittling down the remaining competitors to a shortlist of 20 for the international award, which will be announced on September 21. The overall international winner will be announced on November 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hand cranked, wind and solar powered mosquito zapper designed in Australia is a national runner-up in the 2018 James Dyson Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":24244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australian Mosquito Zapper Recieves James Dyson Award Recognition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A hand cranked, wind and solar powered mosquito zapper designed in Australia is a national runner-up in the 2018 James Dyson Award.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-mosquito-zapper-mb0744\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian Mosquito Zapper Recieves James Dyson Award Recognition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A hand cranked, wind and solar powered mosquito zapper designed in Australia is a national runner-up in the 2018 James Dyson Award.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-mosquito-zapper-mb0744\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-12T20:12:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/mosquito-zapper-solar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"529\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-mosquito-zapper-mb0744\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-mosquito-zapper-mb0744\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Australian Mosquito Zapper Recieves James Dyson Award Recognition\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-12T20:12:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-mosquito-zapper-mb0744\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":611,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solar-mosquito-zapper-mb0744\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/mosquito-zapper-solar.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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