Descrição
Development of electronic and mechanical systems that separate mosquito larvae.
Integration with the insect classification system.
System building, error repair, production improvement.
Qualifications
Engineering (mechanical or electronic)
English
We are a biotechnology company developing a sustainable solution to combat the most harmful invasive species of mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and albopictus, which cause diseases such as Zika, dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, among others.
We are a multidisciplinary team of salespeople, biologists, mechanical engineers, electronic engineers, and mainly, entrepreneurs.
Our technology is based on the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) which is based on the following facts:
- female mosquitoes only reproduce 1 time in their lives;
- male mosquitoes do not bite;
- Aedes mosquitoes (aegypti and albopictus) occupy a small territory of 10-30 meters in all directions.
Taking these facts into account: we divide the larvae by sex, sterilize the males and release them. They will naturally seek out females, they will lay non-viable eggs and a 95% population reduction will be achieved.