The dread
of mosquitoes can be put to an end with a recent innovation of a former student
of the University of Minho. Already being produced, the scented bracelet fools
mosquitoes, leading them to see humans as plants, and thus preventing bites
associated with diseases, such as dengue, malaria or zika. The technology in
question, X-OCR, has been tested with 98% effectiveness on 300 people in
Brazil, and incorporated into a bracelet format with an action radius of 60
centimetres and a duration of 30 days. Available in six colours, it is already
on sale online.
