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SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) – The South Korean mosquito project, launched last year by the Internet sector dinosaur, has dramatically reduced the number of mosquito species in a California county , according to Bloomberg.
According to Bloomberg, Berylli, the life sciences division of Google's parent company, Alphabet, has reduced its mosquito population by 95% this year in Fresno, California.
The county government ordered the settlement of the Egyptian forest mosquito in 2016 by the company of scientist Stephen Dobson, "Mosquito mate".
Mosquito Mate is a company that invented a technique for infecting male Bacillus bacteria with Egyptian mosquitoes.
This bacterium is an ordinary natural bacterium, but eggs produced by infected male mosquitoes and female mosquitoes mating become sterile and prevent their hatching.
Google, which joined the project last year, is using advanced technology to grow male mosquitoes infested with bacteria. Bloomberg said that if the eggs hatched, the robots would feed the mosquitoes and keep them warm until they reach adulthood.
Another robot clbadified the mosquitoes by bad and badigned unique numeric identifiers to the mosquitoes, allowing them to accurately track the GPS coordinates issued.
"As a result, the mosquito extermination trials resulted in a two-thirds reduction in the number of female mosquito bites that killed humans last year," Bloomberg said.
The second test, which took place this year, reduced the number of mosquito species to 95% by releasing more than 15 million mosquitoes in 6 months.
"It's to eradicate the diseases that spread mosquitoes around the world," said Bloomberg. "It's the first battle of Google, not a computer company."
But the cost is too high, and Google researchers say that it's a key part of the project.
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