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One can always hope that this leads to innovation in mosquito repellents and mosquito targeted insecticides. Either would also have the added benefit of helping
by nanidin 14y ago
One can always hope that this leads to innovation in mosquito repellents and mosquito targeted insecticides. Either would also have the added benefit of helping prevent the spread of malaria in other parts of the world.
I've been in SE Asia for around 6 months now and Dengue is one of the few things that truly frightens me.
- melling 14y agoWhatever happened to the mosquito laser? http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20120903/07334520256/forget-death-star-anti-mosquito-lasers-heres-how-nathan-myhrvold-can-help-tackle-malaria-improve-his-image.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20120903/07...
- ovi256 14y agoThat was a show trick, very impressive on paper (or Youtube, as it were). At most it could be commercialized as an expensive gadget for first-worlders, if even that. Maybe in twenty years, when Moore's law will make it dirt cheap.
- pretoriusB 14y ago>One can always hope that this leads to innovation in mosquito repellents and mosquito targeted insecticides. Right, because we need more repellent resistant mosquitos in the next generation...
- StavrosK 14y agoYeah, let's just do nothing and not even thin out this generation.
- yen223 14y agoMalaysian here. Dengue is an unfortunate fact of life for us - the tropical, wet climate here makes for a great breeding ground for mosquitoes. It's not unusual for a person to be sick for a month or so due to dengue. The fortunate thing about dengue is that it is rarely fatal. A combination of IV fluids and a lengthy hospital stay is usually enough. The unfortunate thing is that one of the most effective methods of reducing dengue occurrences is banned in the US - spraying DDT.