“You can even do the whole security fence with laser-cut panels,” West says. “It depends if you’re trying to keep people from getting in, seeing in or both.

Security booths, guards and laser systems have become expected elements in the $40 million to $50 million homes developer Ramtin Ray Nosrati builds for buyers like the NBA’s DeAndre Jordan.

He says the fence has killed 10,000 mosquitoes in tests so far, and could be deployed at up to 100 meters across. Linked together, multiple laser fences could potentially protect a large area.