On: Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquito...

[limeblack]

Are you certain the robot removes females? That doesn't sound easy.

[venning → limeblack]

See "Step 3": https://debug.com/how/

[sundvor → venning]

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.

[3131s → venning]

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?

[turbohedgehog → 3131s]

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.

[diggernet → turbohedgehog]

There absolutely is a difference in sound. If you hear a mosquito, it's female. Males are silent.

[fujipadam → turbohedgehog]

This is how the photo fence from intellectual ventures detects and destroys female mosquitoes.Unfortunately they never released that tech as open source

[dalacv → turbohedgehog]

Lesbian mosquitos...hello?

[kijin → dalacv]

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 :)

[huac → limeblack]

There's some margin of error, and it would be interesting to see what that is, tbh.

[_jtrig → limeblack]

Does no one remember Jurassic Park?

[known → _jtrig]

Yes; Scary movie.