Anti-landmine rolling ball design : theCHIVE

An anti-landmine contraption that could save lives (8 Photos)

: There are 110 million active landmines strewn across 64 countries around the world, according to the United Nations. Afghanistan-born designer Massoud grew up making miniature models to be blown by the wind. Sometimes they would end up in a minefield, from where he could not retrieve them. This childhood memory was the inspiration for his graduation project ‘Mine Kafon’. The ‘Mine Kafon’ functions as an anti-landmine device and will roll about detonating any mines in its path, creating safe paths to walk on.

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Ifitaintbroke

There is actually a Bee guy here in our home town that has trained bees to sense the explosives that eventually leak out of the mines. An army test done gave him a 99% effectiveness to detect land mines. I have seen it first hand and am totally blown away, no pun intended, that he can train the bees in such a way. But props to the third world countries for this device.

Fred Flintstone

trololololol

DReese

If he put springs on the poles then it would bounce when it hit a mine.
BAMF

Can't wait for the IED rolling ball design that's coming out next week!
tabs

Its a good idea, but most of the mines mentioned above don't lay in the desert of vast open places. They are in the jungle, or areas of thick vegetation. So it isn't going to solve the problem at all.

However, yeah its a good idea as i said, but maybe of limited use….

i would still like to watch one detonating a land mine though haha
Marc

Your going to need 110 million of these plunger wheels to make this a viable solution. Nice try tho
Todthebod

Ok I have an idea that may suck or may not. Remote control car/jeep/vehicle whatever with GPS locator and metal detector. Have it roll over a field and save exact location of metal detection. Have another remote control drone/copter/whatever that can shoot or drop something on the exact location to destroy the mine. That why you don't lose any equipment in the process. I don't know what a lightweight drone could carry that could detonate it. I don't know how much force is needed to detonate a mine.
Jeff

Only need about…..1 billion more of them and the world will be safe
huskercub

Great concept, but how many will you need to find your way across a minefield? 10, 20, 100?
Matt C

BRAVO! I think we've just found next year's Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Matt C

BRAVO! I think we've just found next year's Nobel Peace Prize winner. Seriously.
Kevin

109,999,999 to go!
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lol

thats the dumbest shit ever. what are they planning to do, roll it over every field and then build a new one? and how the fuck does it roll anyway???
Trevor

This seems like it would only be good for 1 land mine.. seems kind of inefficient and cost ineffective.
Canucks_Rule

#4 – so sad there are so many active landmines all over the world.
Phreaky

How about just a very heavy remote controlled car?
lols

it is a fantastic idea. this man deserves the nobel peace price and the EU can kiss my lily white ass

lols

lol prize*
the EU can still kiss my ass

Otter

Couldn't they just toss a stick of dynamite into the field? The shockwave would trigger all the surrounding mines, I would think.

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