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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Autonomous devices |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Delaware, U.S. |
| Products | Consumer technology |
| Website | bzigo |
Bzigo is a technology startup company that develops autonomous devices for pest control.12 The company was founded by Nadav Benedek and Saar Wilf,3 who are both alumni of the Israel Defense Forces' intelligence Unit 8200.4
Technology
The Bzigo device scans a room for mosquitoes using specialized optics and computer vision algorithms to identify flight patterns.456 Once it detects that a mosquito has landed, the device marks its location with a pointer and sends a message to a phone application, allowing the recipient to locate the pest and kill it.78
References
References
- "Device hunts mosquitoes in your room and other news". bbc.com. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- "Bzigo at the CES: Mosquito? Exterminate!". elektormagazine.com. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- "Bzigo uses AI and a laser pointer to detect mosquitoes in your home". venturebeat.com. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- Wolman, Yisrael (2019-06-07). "The 'Iron Dome' for mosquitoes". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- Ravet, Hagar (2 June 2019). "Initiative Q Founder Launches Mosquito Tracking Startup". calcalistech.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- "Bzigo marks mosquitoes for death". news.yahoo.com. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- "В ИЗРАИЛЕ ИЗОБРЕЛИ УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ ВЫСЛЕЖИВАНИЯ КОМАРОВ (A company invented a mosquito monitoring device)". ntdtv.ru. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- "Este láser encuentra a los mosquitos de forma completamente autónoma (This laser finds mosquitoes completely autonomously)". computerhoy.com. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.