American Biophysics is the Rhode Island company that invented the Mosquito Magnet, propane powered mosquito trap.  This is the story of the company's beginnings, the early research and discoveries that led to the product development.  From this experience you can discover what entrepreneuring is all about and learn some valuable lessons that can be applied to your own developing ideas.  The story at American Biophysics is particularly compelling because the behavior mysteries revolve around a creature that is familiar to us all and the solution has evaded discovery for centuries.

 

 

The Presenter

 

Bruce Wigton is the Founder of American Biophysics and the Inventor of the Mosquito Magnet technology.  He is a graduate of Oakland University in Pontiac, Michigan and also did undergraduate studies at GMI (now Kettering University) and graduate studies in Ocean Engineering at URI.  His primary background is electrical engineering.  He spent several years with ITT Grinnell in the R&D Division and as the Engineering Manager of Goldline Controls in East Greenwich.  He has five children of which two are presently URI students.