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Safety Blast
Growing up in Afghanistan, Massoud Hassani and his friends used to build their own small toys – but every once in a while the wind would carry a toy off to where it couldn’t be retrieved, due to the 10 million landmines spread across the country. Hassani fled Afghanistan at 14, and via Pakistan and Russia reached the Netherlands, where he later started his graduate studies at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Reflecting on his childhood experiences, he invented the Mine Kafon. This beautiful lightweight device is made of 70 bamboo sticks with biodegradable plastic feet that trigger hidden landmines when it rolls over them. It can be rolled around by the wind, and it can also be controlled remotely with the aid of an integrated GPS chip. The project is currently looking for partners to start production.
Photo and video: Massoud Hassani.
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