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Umqambi uRobert Hockaday unethemba lokuba i-BugBling ingasetyenziswa njengesixhobo sokuthintela iZika.URobert Hockaday

Amashumi amawaka abantu, kubandakanya uninzi lwabasetyhini abakhulelweyo, eUnited States nakwimimandla yayo baye bahlaselwa yintsholongwane yeZika kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo. Kwaye ngaphandle kophando oluthembisayo, uluntu lwempilo yoluntu lusasokola ukufumana unyango okanye ukwenza iyeza.

Kodwa kuthekani ukuba isitshixo sokumisa ukusasazeka kweZika sidibanisa isayensi yezonyango kunye netekhnoloji yokunxiba?

Nantso ingcamango ngasemva BugBling , Isacholo esilawula iingcongconi, esiye saboniswa kwizifundo zokuqala zokunciphisa ukubetha kweengcongconi ngama-95 eepesenti.

I-BugBling yingqondo kaRobert Hockaday, umongameli we Izixhobo eziNxulumene naMandla , Uphando olutsha nophuhliso olusekwe eMexico ikakhulu lujolise kweminye imithombo yamandla-ezinye iiprojekthi zibandakanya iphaneli yelanga esebenza ngakumbi ehlala ixesha elide kuneemodeli zesiko. Ukubambelela kunyaka ozayo.Umzekeliso kaKaitlyn Flannagan woMjongi

Ngelixa i-BugBling inokubonakala ngathi inexesha elifanelekileyo lokujongana nokuqhambuka kweZika kutsha nje, eneneni ibikukukhula phantse iminyaka elishumi. U-Hockaday waphawula ukuba uninzi lweengcongconi ezigxotha iingcongconi zi-gooey kwaye ziyahlaba, ngenxa yoko uyilo lwakhe lwalingisa iseli yamafutha Itekhnoloji, ukugcina kunye nokusabalalisa izinto zokugxotha iingcongconi njengomphunga. Wachaza ngomphunga, ufumana zonke izibonelelo ngaphandle kokuba ulusu lwakho.

Umphunga ophindayo we-BugBling, indibaniselwano ye-citronella, i-eucalyptus yelamuni kunye ne-DEET, igcinwe kumbhobho werabha yesilicone, ozinzisayo kwaye usebenze njengendawo yokugcina amanzi. Nje ukuba umntu onxibileyo enze ibhanti yeplastiki (eza ngemibala eyahlukeneyo), zigutyungelwe ngesixhobo sevumba eliza kukhusela iingcongconi ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezingama-800 (ziintsuku ezingama-33), ithembisa iwebhusayithi yenkampani.

Ukusukela ukuba umntu onxibayo ulawula i-BugBling, banokucima isixhobo xa sele beshiye imeko enzima yengcongconi, emva koko bayigcine kwisingxobo esinokuphinda sithengiswe.

U-Hockaday uthe eyona ntengiso ibaluleke kakhulu kwi-BugBling ngabafazi abakhulelweyo, abo abantwana babo banokuba nesifo se-microcephaly, isiphene sokuzalwa ngamanye amaxesha esinokubangela ukukhula kwengqondo kwimveku kunye neentsana.

Uvavanyo olwenziwe kwiilebhu kwiYunivesithi yaseNew Mexico State lwafumanisa ukuba i-BugBling iyasebenza ngepesenti ye-95 yexesha, ngelixa ikhupha iwaka elinye kuphela leekhemikhali zokugxotha ngokwesiko (nangona iingcali ezininzi ziyavuma ukuba i-DEET ayinabungozi kubafazi abakhulelweyo).

I-BugBling… ibonakalise ukuba iphezulu xa ithelekiswa nezinye izixhobo esizivavanyileyo, u-Immo Hansen, unjingalwazi onxulumene ne-biology kwi-NMSU, uxele ngoJanuwari ophelileyo.

Kukhuselekile ngokumangalisayo, kwaye kubonelela ngokuhanjiswa ngokuchanekileyo okuqhubekayo, kongezwe uHockaday.

Ihlabathi lokwenyani linesiphithiphithi, ngenxa yoko siye savavanya indlela abantu abayisebenzisa ngayo ngaphandle. - URobert Hockaday

Abanye kwezenzululwazi bavakalise ukuthandabuza ngale mveliso. UPeter Armbruster, uprofesa webhayoloji kwiYunivesithi yaseGeorgetown, uxelele i-Braganca ukuba i-BugBling, ngokoluvo lwakhe, ikhuthaze intuthuzelo ekusebenzeni ngempumelelo, iyenza ukuba ibe sisixhobo sokulwa iZika. Kungenxa yokuba into enqwenelekayo ukuyisebenzisa ayenzi ukuba isebenze, utshilo.

U-Armbruster ukwathe kwimveliso efana ne-BugBling, izilingo kwimimandla ye-buggy zibonakalisa ukuba zibaluleke ngaphezu kovavanyo lwelebhu: Ukubonisa ukungavisisani nevumba kwahluke kakhulu ekubonakaliseni ukuphinda usebenze phantsi kweemeko zendalo, utshilo.

Ngokuka-Hockaday, nangona kunjalo, i-BugBling iyazenza zombini. Uthe uyakholelwa kuzo zombini iimvavanyo zasendle kunye novavanyo lwelabhoratri-enyanisweni, xa uMbonisi wayethetha naye wayeseHawaii elungiselela ulingelo lwamva nje lwe-BugBling.

Umhlaba wokwenyani unesiphithiphithi, ngenxa yoko siye savavanya indlela abantu abayisebenzisa ngayo ngaphandle, utshilo uHockaday.

Lonke uvavanyo lwangaphandle luqinisekisile inani leepesenti ezingama-95, ngokukaHockaday.

I-BugBling nganye ngoku iqokelelwe ngesandla, nangona uHockaday ethe enokunxitywa nayo inokuveliswa ngobuninzi. Yena neqela lakhe basamisela ixabiso lentengiso yesixhobo.

I-Hockaday yenze amawaka e-BugBling prototypes, ngoku aphantsi kovavanyo yi-Arhente yoKhuseleko lwezeNdalo ukuqinisekisa ukuba izacholo ziyahlangabezana nemigangatho yolawulo. Unethemba lokuba isixhobo esiza kuvunywa ukuba sisetyenziswe ukuphela kuka-2017.

Ikwenza ukuba ungathandeki, utshilo uHockaday, unqumame ukuze usebenze. Kwiingcongconi.

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