Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by limeblack on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:56PM
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Are you certain the robot removes females? That doesn't sound easy.
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Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by venning on Friday July 14, 2017 @07:32PM
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See "Step 3": https://debug.com/how/
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by sundvor on Sunday July 16, 2017 @05:32AM
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My first thoughts on seeing the URL: That's a fantastic, super geeky domain name.
I would love to see the complete eradication of these pest species; what a great effort by said Alphabet team.
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by 3131s on Friday July 14, 2017 @10:57PM
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It doesn't really explain though. Are the sensors detecting something chemically unique to males / females? Or are they taking images of each mosquito and differentiating between them with ML?
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by turbohedgehog on Friday July 14, 2017 @11:02PM
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I believe one way is to generate a frequency similar to female wingbeat frequency that attracts male mosquitoes and separate them that way. I am unsure if there is a difference in the frequency between genders.
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by diggernet on Saturday July 15, 2017 @01:18AM
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There absolutely is a difference in sound. If you hear a mosquito, it's female. Males are silent.
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by fujipadam on Saturday July 15, 2017 @03:50AM
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This is how the photo fence from intellectual ventures detects and destroys female mosquitoes.Unfortunately they never released that tech as open source
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by dalacv on Friday July 14, 2017 @11:08PM
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Lesbian mosquitos...hello?
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by kijin on Saturday July 15, 2017 @12:00AM
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As long as they're inclined to seek out females in the wild and spread the mosquito STD, they could be just as useful as males :)
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F...
by huac on Friday July 14, 2017 @07:34PM
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There's some margin of error, and it would be interesting to see what that is, tbh.