GPU Powering Mosquito Death Star

Monday, February 15, 2010 at 6:04AM

I'm sure you've all seen the TED videos of mosquitoes being tracked and zapped with friggin' lasers. If not, then Engadget has a nice summary here.

So what wasn't noted is that the mosquito acquisition and analysis steps are being computed on a GPU.

You can jump to 1:20 to hear the three-letter word:

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