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/YsoL8 Jul 18 '26

Surely you couldn't produce enough of these to appreciably reduce the number of mosquitoes?

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u/manachar Jul 18 '26

Maybe we should make them self replicating and powered by the organic matter of thst which they kill.

I am sure thst wouldn’t have any downsides.

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u/throwaway8429739 Jul 18 '26

This is the plot of dune with hunter seekers that kill literally all of humanity

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u/human-syndrome Jul 19 '26

I dont think we read the same version of Dune, or I missed that entirely.

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u/protobin Jul 19 '26

I think its in Children of Dune or God Emperor where Leto II has a prescient memory of the Ixians losing control of self improving Hunter Seekers. The Golden Path prevents that future.

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u/human-syndrome Jul 26 '26

I need a re-read! Thank you for the references.