Creative Thinking

Here's a good starting point, http://www.ted.com/talks/bart_knols_cheese_dogs_and_pills_to_end_malaria.html
Bart Knols describes his creative ideas in battling the Malaria mosquito. For example
1. His team investigated what part of the body the malaria mosquito was attracted to, the answer was feet. What do feet smell like? Stinky cheese. They tested that and discovered that Limburger cheese was an excellent bait for mosquito traps.
2. The best time to stop mosquitoes is as larva before they hatch. But how do you find mosquito breeding pools? With trained dogs to sniff them out.
3. Turning the tables: Bart demonstrates a pill that makes human blood poisonous to mosquitoes. If they bite, they die and will never lay eggs.
Labels: Mosquitoes, TED
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