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Intellectual Ventures made it seem promising enough in 2010, the slow-motion shootdowns are pretty amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKm8FolQ7jw https://
by smiley1437 5y ago
Intellectual Ventures made it seem promising enough in 2010, the slow-motion shootdowns are pretty amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKm8FolQ7jw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKm8FolQ7jw
Guess there were some obstacles that couldn't be overcome
- coryrc 5y agoOr they don't intend to actually help anyone, just patent troll.
- suntuba 5y agoSupposedly the "Photonic Fence" underwent a big test in 2017: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/laser-shooting-mosquito-death-machine-nathan-myhrvold.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/laser-shooting-mosqu... "... The Photonic Fence will finally be tested later this summer in Florida, in a screened-in structure, against the Asian citrus psyllid, an invasive bug that is devastating the state’s orchards. So long as it manages to leave the bees alone — the last thing we need is more dead bees — it will then be tested in the open. ..."