Autonomous Mosquito-Killing Drones (yc25)
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A YC-backed startup is developing autonomous drones to kill mosquitoes, sparking interest and skepticism about their effectiveness and potential applications.
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rdl
about 2 months ago
I'm definitely interested in these if they work -- both because mosquito elimination (the world's most dangerous animal...) is interesting, and because it's an obvious demo for inexpensive autonomous drones for various terminal effects.
doterobcn
about 2 months ago
Would love to see a real video instead of 3d predictions. Also, what would happpen on a "swarmed" environment and not a place with a lonely bug...
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