Battling Malaria
In 2007, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation challenged the inventors at Intellectual Ventures to create new technologies to fight malaria. IV developed innovative approaches that attack the parasite that causes the disease in addition to making it easier to diagnose. IV technologies also target the mosquitoes that spread malaria. One of IV’s inventions focuses on eradicating mosquitoes by using lasers. This high–speed video demonstrates its effectiveness.
Watch Nathan Myhrvold’s talk from TED2010 about Intellectual Venture’s latest inventions focused on tackling malaria through technology, featuring a live demo of a the mosquito-zapping photonic fence
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More on the Malaria Project
Mosquito Shootdown Sequence Video clips showing mosquitoes being killed by lasers. If played in real time, these segments would be roughly 1/10th of a second long.
Malaria Project Information
If you would like to send Intellectual Ventures comments, questions or information pertaining to our malaria projects, please e-mail: malariaprojects@intven.com or visit the IV lab blog for more information on the malaria projects: www.intellectualventureslab.com.