Bug-a-Salt

Bug-a-Salt is a plastic gun that sprays table salt like a shotgun, in a conical spread pattern. Lorenzo Maggiore invented it to kill houseflies at a distance, without creating a mess.[1] Maggiore sold 21,400 guns for over $577,000 on Indiegogo by September 2012.[1][2] Michael Dickinson of the California Institute of Technology says flies can't dodge the tiny salt particles but they will be protected by their arthropod exoskeleton and only be stunned.[1] However, the inventor clearly demonstrates in his YouTube videos that flies are indeed penetrated by the salt which causes them to dehydrate and eventually die (leaving them whole for easy cleanup).


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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reagan, Brad (2012-10-14). "In Latest Bid to Lord Over Flies, One Man Tries Salting Them Away - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Amateur Inventor Creates “BugASalt” Gun to Kill Flies Using Shotgun Blast of Salt - Yahoo! Voices". voices.yahoo.com. 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2013-02-26.

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