The patch makes you 'invisible' to mosquitoes

A patch that is hailed as "the new anti-mosquito product" was invented in the United States, the Times of India reported.

Kite patch - (photo: Olfactor)

According to Michele Brown, head of product research, the patch, which can be printed on clothes or handbags, uses non-toxic compounds to prevent the mosquito from finding people through carbon dioxide. human beings radiate.

Olfactor Laboratories and the University of California at Riverside produce Kite patches with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

The patch is designed to last up to 48 hours and can be purchased anywhere.

Gray Frandsen, co-inventor of the Kite patch, said the product is made of flexible and lightweight materials.