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minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-27 days agoNot this again https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/laser-shooting-mosquito-death-machine-nathan-myhrvold.html tl;dr this idea was pitched in 2010, this article from 2017 says the demo was faked. 15 years later and the cycle repeats.
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoThis was mentioned in the article, although not the fact that it was faked. I can believe that the tech has improved enough to not need faking this time around.
Not this again https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/laser-shooting-mosquito-death-machine-nathan-myhrvold.html
tl;dr this idea was pitched in 2010, this article from 2017 says the demo was faked. 15 years later and the cycle repeats.
This was mentioned in the article, although not the fact that it was faked.
I can believe that the tech has improved enough to not need faking this time around.