Name: Juwin Thomas
Guide: Prof. R Sandesh
Course: Industrial Design
Redesign of insect killer
Insects like house fly, mosquito and moths are often attracted to food ,human/animal presence and light. These are the commonly found pests in public areas and if remained unchecked they rapidly spread diseases and cause considerable damage to environment. It is thus necessary to implement pest control measures to ensure healthy living conditions. Pest control equipments and insect traps are getting increasingly popular these days. They play a key role in trapping/killing insects in public and indoor spaces that help minimize pest population of surrounding areas. In this project I have looked into possibilities of redesigning insect killers adopting newer technologies that are safer and effective with reduced health hazards.
The objective of the project is to adopt superior technology and innovative solutions in trapping and killing insects like house fly and mosquitoes. Further effort was make to facilitate easy maintenance without compromising safety of the device. The regular bug zappers have several limitations like inability to attract mosquitoes as UV light only attracts photo-tactic insects. More over the UV bulb needs to emit a particular wavelength of light (315nm-400nm) which might deviate after long hours of working even though the bulb lights up.
