Hassani minesweeper flying drone

Afghan brothers’ mine-hunting drone could eradicate all mines within 10 years

12/30/2016

Hassani minesweeper flying drone

American children of the nineties are likely to remember an addictive video game that required the lone player to locate hidden “mines” without detonating them. Elsewhere in the real world, millions of children grew up in actual war zones, where hidden landmines posed a daily threat even years after the height of the violent conflicts. Two of those children—brothers <a href="http://inhabitat.com/massoud-hassanis-mine-kafon-detonates-landmines-in-war-torn-areas/" target="_blank">Massoud and Mahmud Hassani</a>—turned what they learned during their childhood in Kabul, Afghanistan into <a href="http://www.popsci.com/mine-sweeping-drone">a life-saving drone that can find and detonate stray land mines</a> while people watch from a safe distance. With some 110 million <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/landmines" target="_blank">land mines</a> scattered across the globe, an effective and affordable means of disposing of them could save tens of thousands of lives a year.

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Hassani minesweeper drone

Two brothers who grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan have invented a mine-hunting drone that maps an area, detects land mines, and detonates them safely.

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Hassani minesweeper flying drone

American children of the nineties are likely to remember an addictive video game that required the lone player to locate hidden “mines” without detonating them. Elsewhere in the real world, millions of children grew up in actual war zones, where hidden landmines posed a daily threat even years after the height of the violent conflicts. Two of those children—brothers Massoud and Mahmud Hassani—turned what they learned during their childhood in Kabul, Afghanistan into a life-saving drone that can find and detonate stray land mines while people watch from a safe distance. With some 110 million land mines scattered across the globe, an effective and affordable means of disposing of them could save tens of thousands of lives a year.

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