Brothers' Sweeper
Brothers Massoud (on the right) and Mahmud (on the left) Hassani test out a Mine Kafon Drone. Courtesy of the Hassani brothers
Popular Science: These Brothers Built A Mine-Sweeping Drone To Clear Land Mines Without Casualties
Brothers Massoud and Mahmud Hassani grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan, knowing that one wrong step could end their lives. “When we walked to school, we had a special path to follow—otherwise we would end up in a minefield,” Massoud says. Mines are cheap to manufacture and deploy, but slow and expensive to remove. An estimated 110 million land mines litter the globe, killing 15,000 to 20,000 people a year. Living among them “becomes like a mental disorder,” Massoud says. “The fear is on your mind all the time.”
After the Hassani family relocated to the Netherlands, the brothers created an anti-mine device based on a wind-powered tumbleweed toy they’d built as children. The Mine Kafon (kafon means “explode” in Dari) could roll through a minefield, detonating any mines it crossed and thus marking out a safe path. Though more conceptual than practical, it became a hit; New York’s Museum of Modern Art even bought one in 2012.
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WNU Editor: A video showing how it works is below:
2 comments:
Man why did we think of that! It's one of those million dollar ideas lol
*Didn't
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