有个工程师把导弹制导技术用在无人机上，专门打蚊子，40克重，说10架能管一平方公里，目前只杀了飞蛾，挺有意思。
一名前导弹工程师创办公司，研发了一款重40克、比高尔夫球还轻的自主猎蚊无人机。无人机通过发射超声波脉冲并利用麦克风阵列读取昆虫翅膀的多普勒信号，区分蚊子和蜜蜂后在空中用螺旋桨将其击落。该公司获Y Combinator支持，宣称10架无人机可覆盖一平方公里，将控蚊成本降低100倍。目前公开演示仅成功击杀室内飞蛾，野外实战效果仍是未知数。
A missile engineer got tired of mosquitoes... so he built an autonomous drone that hunts them Malar...
A missile engineer got tired of mosquitoes... so he built an autonomous drone that hunts them Malaria kills over 600,000 people every year, most of them children under 5, so this could save millions of lives Here's how it works: > Each drone weighs 40 grams (lighter than a golf ball) > It fires ultrasonic pulses and listens through an array of tiny microphones, reading the Doppler signature of an insect's wings > That signal lets it tell a mosquito apart from a bee, then chase the target down and intercept it mid-air with propellers The company is backed by YC, and the founder previously engineered guidance and navigation systems for missiles. It's a legitimate project. They believe 10 drones could clear an entire square kilometre, cutting the cost of mosquito control by 100x So far though, the only public demo (below) was killing a moth in an enclosed room. Whether it works on a mosquito in the wild is the real test ahead Your browser does not support the video tag. 🔗 View on Twitter 💬 11 🔄 3 ❤️ 46 👀 8311 📊 17 ⚡