HugeNerd comments on In Norway, laser weapons are being used to remove sea lice from farmed salmon. The Stingray Laser System uses cameras to scan the fish, identify lice, and then deliver a laser pulse to kill them.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's an antiquated reality. It should be a mRNA vaccine or perhaps some kind of nanobot that kills these parasites.

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

That’s not cyberpunk though, more solar punk imo.

Cyberpunk is all about unideal but pretty optimal solutions.

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[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That would be just good old plain sci-fi, no punk in that.

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[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago

I was thinking of Sterling's Shaper/Mechanist universe, with the conflict being between genetic tinkerers and techno-upgraders.

You could blast the parasites with lasers on drones. Or engineer better fish immune systems.

Bio punk?

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