coffees-and-cats:delcat:unexplained-events:Mine Kafon by Massoud HassaniHassani, a product designer
coffees-and-cats:delcat:unexplained-events:Mine Kafon by Massoud HassaniHassani, a product designer from Afganistan, build (by hand) a wind-powered device that trips land mines as it rolls across the ground. It is made using bamboo and biodegradable products.Many of these mines are active and near populated areas in countries like Afganistan and are hard to remove. The UN says that one mine clearance specialist is killed, and two injured, for every 5,000 mines cleared.Hassani’s cheap and easy to make method has been achieving great results.SOURCEIn a world of overcomplicated solutions, we need more people who think “Wait, why don’t we just roll a giant freaking ball over it?”this guy made a katamari for landmines -- source link