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How To Get Rid Of Bugs

Posted by on Jul 23, 2007 | One Comment

Bugs – those little creepy-crawlies that might be hanging around your computer – can be very annoying. They’re especially bothersome when you’re outside on your laptop in the middle of summer: spiders, bugs, flies, ants, and other insects can really bother you during your computer time.

Ultrafobos is a program you can run on your computer that helps you keep those bugs – real insects – at bay by emitting a high-frequency sound that should scare them off.

We have not yet used this software, so we’re interested if you have any experience with this – and software like it. Let us know! Leave a comment!

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[tags]bug, insect, pest[/tags]

  • marc klink

    Because most computer speakers are designed with limited high frequency response, this could be dangerous for a few reasons.

    The most important one is that, since the speakers have difficulty reproducing sound in the top octave humans hear, they will be extremely inefficient at reproducing ultrasonics.

    On the other hand, if you are able to hear the sounds it is going to be ineffective, and will possibly cause the speaker coils to burn or seize due to the high power needed at high frequencies [because of falling response and mass of the diaphragms or cones].