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MNByChoice@midwest.social 5 days ago
The Gates Foundation has something like this 20 years ago. It used the sounds of wing beats to find and identify gender and species.
It is unclear why nothing came of it. I look it up every few years…
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Probably haven’t solved the issue of friendly fire, i.e. potentially blinding users.
cynar@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It used a microphone of IR laser. Your eye couldn’t see it, nor focus it properly. However, it had just enough power to overheat and damage the mosquito wings.
I believe the issue was with the targeting. It could don’t, but not cheap enough for the mass deployment they intended. Mosquito nets were far more effective, once cost was accounted for.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
See the linked article elsewhere in this post, they had to wear safety goggles around it when it was in use.