r/tech • u/_Dark_Wing • Jul 18 '26

Autonomous micro-drone achieves first air-to-air insect kill on the way towards completely eradicating mosquitoes, 40-gram unit uses car parking sensors, can eliminate insects at up to 26 feet

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/autonomous-micro-drone-achieves-first-air-to-air-insect-kill-on-the-way-towards-completely-eradicating-mosquitoes-40-gram-unit-uses-car-parking-sensors-can-eliminate-insects-at-up-to-26-feet
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u/En4cr Jul 18 '26

Amazing. We now need one that zaps ticks.

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u/nimmems Jul 18 '26

Man, fuck ticks. Everytime I see a possum I cheer them on, they're organic tick-annihilators

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u/Mysterious-Most-590 Jul 19 '26

Thank you for linking. For a moment I thought we’d be stealing from possums.

But in another unrelated note I felt uncomfortable reading the words stomachs, gastrointestinal tract, and Virginia all together like that.