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Landmine detection using lasers and engineered glow bacteria

Glow bacteria are engineered and activated to sniff out nitrogen oxide, a gas emitted from old landmines

October 22, 2020Green Tech and Gadgets Read more
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SaveOneLife boot sole detects land mines within a 6.5 foot radius

Colombia and Egypt share at least one unfortunate plague: land mines. Nearly 20 percent of the world’s land mines are strewn throughout Egypt’s western desert and the Sinai peninsula, while in Colombia, they have killed 2,000 people over the last two decades. Lemur Studio designed a life-saving solution – SaveOneLife.

January 30, 2014Design Read more
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Egyptian Bedouins Maimed by Land Mines in Achingly Beautiful Portraits

We have often written about the land mines that riddle Egypt’s desert. Originally planted during World War II by both Axis and Allied forces, these insidious weapons of war have since drifted from their original location, posing tremendous risk to local people. Egyptian researchers strive to find safe methods to clear explosive mine fields and […]

August 1, 2012Travel Read more
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Egyptian Researchers Aim to Clear Landmines Using Bacteria and Plants

Egyptians researchers believe that sugar beets like those pictured above can help to clear the country’s stockpile of land mines. 20% of the world’s land mines are planted in Egypt, where they have killed or maimed a total of more than 7,000 people in the last 25 years. They are scattered in the western desert […]

March 6, 2012Green Tech and Gadgets Read more

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