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stevespang on April 26, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Farming robot kills 100k weeds per hour with laser...

Bill Gates was already involved in a startup to radar identify and kill mosquitos with lasers . . . guess it did not go well.

joshuaissac on April 26, 2021 [–]

It resulted in a prototype that apparently cost $50 per unit, but no retail product yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_laser

atat7024 on April 26, 2021 | [–]

Are there massive amounts of retail products in, say, Africa?

joshuaissac on April 27, 2021 | | [–]

Yes, Africa's retail market was worth US$1.4tn in 2015.[1]

1. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/africas...

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