Electronic Dragonflies

May 19, 2009 4 Replies

It's dumb... It's useless... but some may find it pretty.... It's the fake flapping bug to put in your house..

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$44.95 for an electronic dragonfly!! Too expensive if the cat gets to it...



Glow in the dark flapping butterflies.

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Huh.. An electronic bug business. I didn't see that coming..


D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design


But do they actually fly?

And I'd be +10dB more impressed if they also caught and ate mosquitos while flying, like the real ones!

Tim

house..

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butterflies.http://www.entomon.net/glow-butterfly-moth-and-giant-firefly.htm

If that company made fake meganeura, I'm guessing it would be too scary and lead to low sales.

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2.5ft wingspan!

D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design

Might look good on your back woods shack though. Scare away tresspassers while removing any rodents.

Somewhere in the annals of rec.crafts.metalworking there are pictures of a gigantic housefly someone built. Very simple construction, some wires, sheetmetal and paint. A couple feet across, it made a striking impression on the garage it was perched upon -- much bigger and you'd think it's going to fly away with it!

Ohh- not as hard to find as I thought it would be. Here it is:

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Tim

house..

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butterflies.http://www.entomon.net/glow-butterfly-moth-and-giant-firefly.htm

Ha..

D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design

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