New technology prevents mosquito bites – No more itching for me


“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room.” With this quote, the Dalai Lama not only argues that everyone is capable of change, but also that he knows just how annoying mosquitoes can be.

The interplay between action and reaction is something we learn as children. A mosquito bite is an example of an action. The reaction is an uncomfortable itch and then scratching. This is where many remedies designed to alleviate the itchiness are applied. nopixgo does things differently. By using a wristband that prevents the action – in this case a mosquito bite – from occurring in the first place.

The core component of the nopixgo wristband is the module containing biopulse technology. It operates using low-power electromagnetic pulses and waves that influence the biting behaviour of mosquitoes. The insects perceive these impulses through their hair-like sensory organs. An instinct embedded in their DNA immediately triggers a protective reaction that inhibits the mosquitoes’ biting behaviour or causes them to flee. In this way, the wristband drastically reduces the risk of a mosquito bite within a radius of two meters.

Effective without chemicals and hocus pocus

Compared with other mosquito repellents, the nopixgo wristband offers further advantages: Although mosquitoes are able to acclimatise to chemical substances, this is not the case with the electronic stimuli emitted by the wristband. That is because the stimuli trigger an instinctive protective behaviour in the mosquitoes. What’s more, the effect is not based on chemical solutions that are used in creams and sprays and sometimes raise health concerns. Unpleasant films on the skin and odours are eliminated.

Hazards of electromagnetic radiation

Nevertheless, there are many reservations about the electromagnetic impulses of the type used in the wristband. Generally speaking, these reservations are not without merit. For instance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognised electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) as in illness in June 2018 and included it in the classifications of environmental illnesses. And certainly, since the auction for 5G frequencies, debates about the hazards of radiation have once again reached fever pitch.

While this has been happening, scientists have conducted further research into the sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation. For instance, biologist Prof. Dr. Alexander Lerchl and his team at Jacobs University in Bremen used mice to demonstrate that carcinogenic substances produce more tumours in animals with lifelong exposure to electromagnetic fields of the type generated by mobile telephones. The result is particularly astonishing because Prof. Dr. Lerchl previously believed that mobile phone radiation did not in principle pose any health risks.

How radio waves affect mosquitoes

Investigations conducted at the University of Zaragoza in Spain in May 2019 provided a completely new insight into electromagnetic sensitivity. There, researchers exposed female Aedes albopictus – a species of mosquito in which the females suck blood – to a sub-GHz ISM carrier frequency and a species-specific wideband modulation in the kHz range. The result? The radio waves suppressed the biting behaviour of the mosquitoes.

Kurt Stoll, a Swiss electronics and high-frequency scientist, discovered this behaviour long ago and has been continuously improving the modulation of the frequencies since then. In cooperation with insectologists at the University of Tübingen in Germany, he adapted this modulation to other mosquito species. He was never in any doubt that the Spanish researchers would confirm his own work. In the meantime, the frequency patterns are patented and available as biopulse technology in a radio module. The module’s first application is in the nopixgo wristband. After field tests involving small numbers of devices, continuous optimisation of the firmware and with the support of Rutronik, which provided logistics solutions among other things, the device became available to end customers just in time for the mosquito season in 2019. You can purchase nopixgo from numerous sales partners worldwide.


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