CASE STUDY: Unmanned Aircraft Systems to Seek and Destroy Mosquito Populations
SUMMARY: Unmanned aircraft systems have incredible potential toward combating the world-wide nuisance and potential health epidemic posed by mosquito populations. Drones offer the ability to detect and eliminate mosquito breeding pools more rapidly and cost effectively than traditional mosquito control methods. PROBLEM: Throughout recorded history, mosquitos have been the cause of substantial human misery, disease, and death. The number of emerging infectious diseases that