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It's an extra-lame counterpoint because male mosquitos don't bite, and they're only releasing males.
by mdturnerphys 6y ago
It's an extra-lame counterpoint because male mosquitos don't bite, and they're only releasing males.
- BurningFrog 6y agoHow do they separate the genders?
- Yeri 6y agoFor small scale production it's a manual process (size differences), for industrial scale it's using ML and blowing air in a certain direction. Basically the mosquitoes are brought under a camera in some form of tube, and depending on the gender they are blown into a certain direction separating male and female. I don't think this is part of Verily, and afaik Verily was one of the first that starting doing this.
- BurningFrog 6y agoAmazing. Thank you!
- Yeri 6y agoIt's lame but it's true that during the Verily release of mosquitoes from their carts [1] in HDB estates, they had a lot of people complain how since releasing they saw more mosquitoes and were bitten more often, while the mosquito traps showed a clear decline in population. [1] https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nea-alphabet-inc-s-verily-team-up-to-fight-dengue-with-ai-10731556 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nea-alphabet-...
- elfgoh 6y agoFwiw, I have had seen more mosquitoes in my room but not really gotten bitten. But they are definitely buzzing around my head at times