Bright, but no bite.

• Position: What's New? - The Amazing Lantern repels mosquitoes by sound waves - Brief Article

* Camping out may be fun and adventurous, but your tent, while providing shelter for you, may also be a snack bar for Mother Nature's arguably most annoying of creatures--the mosquito. The light that provides comfort to you is like the neon sign outside a diner to that pesky critter, beckoning her--the female mosquito is the more-ravenous one--to a bloody smorgasbord. The Westminster Division of Zelco Industries, Inc., Mt. Vernon, N.Y., has a welcome solution to this situation.

The Amazing Lantern--how's that for commercial bragging?--is hand-held and ultrabright thanks its LED bulb powered by four AA batteries, has a foldaway handle for hanging or easy carrying, and collapses to a mere 4 1/2" when not being used. All well and good, but the key ingredient is its ability to broadcast the sounds of a biting mosquito's natural enemies. An audible hum makes the insect think there are dragonflies around, while ultrasonic waves reproduce the sound of male...