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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Everyone wants to be able to just zap a bug and have it go away. But now, thanks to a recent development from Ildar Rakhmatulin, a research associate at Heriot-Watt University interested in machine learning and engineering, this dream is now a re.
In an article published in Oriental Insects, researchers developed a novel laser insect control device that was automated with machine vision for influencing and neutralizing insect pests. The system eliminates the use of environmentally damaging pesticides.