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Mosquito-Hunting Drone Pitches Active Air Defense Against Disease Vectors
Key Takeaways
- Tornyol has presented a 40-gram autonomous drone designed to hunt mosquitoes.
- The LeSonar2 uses 32 ultrasonic emitters, 380 smartphone microphones, and an Artix-7 FPGA.
- The company says the drone patrols a set area, returns to charge automatically, and kills insects with its propellers.
- The concept offers an active alternative to traps and insecticides, but the supplied source does not provide broad field-validation data.
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DT Editorial Team··via newatlas.com