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Morning Edition · Wednesday, August 12, 2026Published at 2:11 AM EDT · New York
Singapore Runs Computer Vision at Industrial Scale to Suppress Its Dengue Mosquitoes
Google's Debug unit expanded its Singapore site in May to automate sex-sorting and release, supporting a national programme the environment agency credits with 80% to 90% suppression of Aedes aegypti.
Singapore's Project Wolbachia, running since 2016, breeds and releases male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia bacteria, which renders the eggs of the wild females they mate with unviable. Only males are released, since females bit…
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