A mosquito-hunting killer drone is available for preorder – and I have questions
- Tornyol's drone tracks mosquitoes by their wingbeat and takes them down mid-flight
- Can autonomously patrol areas of up to 5 acres
- Preorders are open with a refundable $100 deposit, ahead of a targeted 2027 US launch
Tornyol, a San Francisco-based startup backed by Y Combinator, has built an autonomous micro-drone whose sole purpose is finding mosquitoes and flying straight into them. Forget spray, swatters and stinky citronella candles that go out halfway through your al fresco dinner — this propellered assassin can keep your yard bug-free all on its own.
Or at least, that's what its makers claim. Tornyol's drones use ultrasonic phased-array sonar — the same basic principle behind a car's parking sensors — paired with smartphone-grade microphones and custom signal-processing software. The system listens for the specific wingbeat frequency of a mosquito, distinguishes it from harmless insects like bees, and then closes in for a mid-air kill,...
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