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Stories is the company blog at blog.verily.com, writing about health and science. Since 2016, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Update on Our Smart Lens Program with Alcon”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Verily's blog for updates on its Debug Fresno mosquito project and other Verily work, citing its announcements and results. One commenter calls a post on the smart lens project more informative than the press coverage.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- /2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-field-study.html5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2017-07-14
- Update on Our Smart Lens Program with Alcon2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-11-17
- Update on our Smart Lens program with Alcon2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-11-17
- Introducing Verily Study Watch2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-04-14
What Hacker News says?
> Where is the quote from? Coincidentally, Google isn't just in the business of releasing mosquitoes, but has other useful functions. https://blog.verily.com/2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-fi...
Comment linking /2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-field-study.html
on “Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Fresno”Submitted Update on our Smart Lens program with Alcon as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe article links to the project's announcement, https://blog.verily.com/2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-fi... , which says > "Debug Fresno will target the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can transmit diseases like Zika, dengue, and chikungunya. Aedes aegypti first appeared in the central valley of California in 2013, and since then has become pervasive in Fresno County. This study will be the largest U.S.…
Comment linking /2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-field-study.html
on “Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Fresno”Submitted Introducing Verily Study Watch as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe Fresno result was a 68% reduction, also promising. https://blog.verily.com/2017/11/wrapping-up-debug-fresno-201... Better than the Chinese results on a more massive scale in Guangshou with about 50% reduction. I'd also like to see the Brazil and Vietnam results. https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/ Wonder why Australia had 12% better results? The sheer size of the experiment there? Australia was much bigger tha…
Comment linking /2017/11/wrapping-up-debug-fresno-2017.html
on “Trial wipes out over 80% of Australian disease-spreading mosquito”Submitted Verily will launch pilot to expand access to Covid-19 screening and testing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionIt's arrogant to assume that these species are "natural". Aedes aegypti did not exist at all in Fresno, for example, until 2013. These species of insects were introduced to these ecosystems. By humans. The diseases (for example, Zika) being spread now are the consequences of us introducing these mosquitoes in the first place. https://blog.verily.com/2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-fi... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go…
Comment linking /2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-field-study.html
on “Trial wipes out over 80% of Australian disease-spreading mosquito”Submitted Verily Study Watch Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for ECG as a story · 1 points
HN discussionVerily has also been releasing these sterile mosquitoes in Fresno since 2016: https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/18/heres-the-real-buzz-g... https://blog.verily.com/2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-fi...
Comment linking /2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-field-study.html
on “Trial wipes out over 80% of Australian disease-spreading mosquito”Submitted Designing a wearable for clinical research as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHonestly, it's cute but this is somewhat like what you'd expect to come out of a student project at a university, in which case -- the student is getting valuable research experience, student and advisors are advancing their careers, and any IP produced becomes owned by student and advisor. In this case, Google has spent shareholder resources on a project that really, could be done at any university, on a product th…
Comment linking /2017/04/introducing-verily-study-watch.html
on “Teaching Machines to Draw”Submitted Update on Our Smart Lens Program with Alcon as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe actual blog post is much more informative: https://blog.verily.com/2018/11/update-on-our-smart-lens-pro... Sounds like they couldn’t, with today’s technology, measure glucose levels to the accuracy required for medical devices. But will continue work on measuring other things with those lenses. I don’t know why the negative tone of the article. Sounds like they tried something and demonstrated their specific sol…
Comment linking /2018/11/update-on-our-smart-lens-program-with.html?m=1
on “Alphabet unit halts glucose-detecting contact lens project”Submitted FDA Commissioner Joins Verily as a story · 1 points
HN discussionVerily (Google) tried contact lenses, but couldn't get it to work: https://blog.verily.com/2018/11/update-on-our-smart-lens-pro...
Comment linking /2018/11/update-on-our-smart-lens-program-with.html
on “Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple Watch”Submitted Parkinson’s Awareness Month with Michael J. Fox at Verily as a story · 1 points
HN discussionWhile Google (and Verily) are getting a lot of the credit here, the underlying technology was developed by entomological researchers at the University of Kentucky [0] and the resulting company, MosquitoMate [1] partnered with Verily [2] to automate and scale the breeding of the sterilized male mosquitoes. [0] - https://uknow.uky.edu/research/uk-research-spinoff-company-m... [1] - https://mosquitomate.com/about-us/ […
Comment linking /2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-field-study.html
on “Google Has a Plan to Eliminate Mosquitoes”Submitted Verily Life Science Blog as a story · 1 points
HN discussionYou are correct. MosquitoMate (mentioned in TFA) is working with Verily's Debug: https://blog.verily.com/2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-fi... .
Comment linking /2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-field-study.html
on “US government approves 'killer' mosquitoes to fight disease”
