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> Back on topic: how does Gates want to address animal vectors for malaria? Nothing in the blog post. This is only a guess, but Gates has been funding several
by thaumaturgy 12y ago
> Back on topic: how does Gates want to address animal vectors for malaria? Nothing in the blog post.
This is only a guess, but Gates has been funding several different efforts to combat the mosquitoes themselves. One of them was something the HN crowd might appreciate: a "laser fence", an automated sentry that was remarkably able to detect mosquitoes in the air and cook them to death.
- bglazer 12y agoAssuming that you're referring to the "Photonic Fence" by Intellectual Ventures[1], you're actually going to get a pretty cold reception from many on HN. Intellectual Ventures and their founder, Nathan Myrhvold, are considered to be patent trolls by many HN'ers. [2][3] [1] http://www.intellectualventures.com/inventions-patents http://www.intellectualventures.com/inventions-patents /our-inventions/photonic-fence/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1134762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1134762 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7090524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7090524
- DanBC 12y agoNot just detect mosquitos, but discriminate between the female of the particular species that spreads malaria and all other bugs. Sadly, myhrvold. https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Photonic+fence#!/comment/forever/0/Photonic%20fence https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Photonic+fence#!/comment/forever/0...