It's amazing. I remember when he was trying to eradicate mosquitos with an instantaneous detection laser beam mechanism claiming that malaria would be thwarted forever until someone pointed out the 'food web' to him and how important mosquitos are to the very function of being here.
I guess someone else read 'The Road Ahead' and saw he was an Autty and has ripped the piss with him on this one too.
That mechanic is more commonly referred to as a "photonic fence" and uses a 2 stage laser method of low powered identification scanning laser and higher power killing lasers. Comparatively the energy difference is minimal to almost everything except something as frail as a mosquito where even just a few degree of energy change can be significant, hence how and why some bees boil invading hornets alive by dog piling said hornets with numerous bee drones and vibrating in unison to create a localised increase in temperature that kills the invader.
Precisely what is scanned for varies on a species by species basis as it's precise enough to differentiate between male and female mosquitoes. Since only female mosquitoes feed on blood and other methods of mosquito control such as modified sterile males affect different targets integrated pest management [IPM] strategies would be unhampered by photonic fences engaging in active use.
It's never likely to be a perfect solution though hence why both direct eradication through methods such as the photonic fence and vector based strategies such as vaccines and are being looked at together.
It's amazing. I remember when he was trying to eradicate mosquitos with an instantaneous detection laser beam mechanism claiming that malaria would be thwarted forever until someone pointed out the 'food web' to him and how important mosquitos are to the very function of being here.
I guess someone else read 'The Road Ahead' and saw he was an Autty and has ripped the piss with him on this one too.
That mechanic is more commonly referred to as a "photonic fence" and uses a 2 stage laser method of low powered identification scanning laser and higher power killing lasers. Comparatively the energy difference is minimal to almost everything except something as frail as a mosquito where even just a few degree of energy change can be significant, hence how and why some bees boil invading hornets alive by dog piling said hornets with numerous bee drones and vibrating in unison to create a localised increase in temperature that kills the invader.
Precisely what is scanned for varies on a species by species basis as it's precise enough to differentiate between male and female mosquitoes. Since only female mosquitoes feed on blood and other methods of mosquito control such as modified sterile males affect different targets integrated pest management [IPM] strategies would be unhampered by photonic fences engaging in active use.
It's never likely to be a perfect solution though hence why both direct eradication through methods such as the photonic fence and vector based strategies such as vaccines and are being looked at together.