Local governments are turning to automated vehicles to take out dangerous, disease-spreading bugs.
In some parts of the country , humanity’s relationship with the friendly insect known as the mosquito can be quite contentious. Not only do these wonderful little pests swarm you, suck your blood, and leave unattractive splotches all over your skin, but they’re also known to transport many of the viruses that routinely kill loads of people. Now, some local governments are deploying drones to help fight the insect scourge.
Now, Broward officials can send out drones to get the job done without any need for human suffering, the Sentinel reports: Until now, crews could spend days covering a single territory that’s inaccessible by truck, wading in mud, armed with a machete to get past bushy trees. “These poor guys who have to go in there,” lamented Anh Ton, director of Broward’s Highway & Bridge Maintenance Division, a division of the county’s Public Works Department, which oversees its Mosquito Control Division.
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