(This is my second Science Week Post)
Well this was an easy one for me as I have mentioned it in the past. Landmine Detection, or more specifically a tool to detect the absence of landmines. Absence is important because while the efforts of the miltary are devoted to finding a safe route through mine fields, the civilian population must establish that all their fields, paths, villages and workplaces are free from mines.
This device would have to be,
- Low cost
- Easy to manfacture locally (at all the locations where landmines exist)
- Capable of detecting and destroy plastic mines amongst others
The ultimate goal is of course a device that makes mining (especially anti-personnel mines) obsolete by making them completely ineffective.
Copacetic 
Dear Joe,
Link below is one of 7 videos on the subject – you’re right about one thing: the low cost of landmines and high cost of countermeasures. And no matter how much money is spent, the foot soldier or civilian mostly slog on without hi-tech wonders.
The method used in the clip is controversal, but I made them with the idea others might test the hypothesis. If it was one of my kids in the Iraq/Afghanistan War, I would hope and pray that any and all methods would be tested – especially low-cost cheap ones.
Low-tech answers, whatever they may be, are probably the only chance most foot soldiers and civilians have. DoD has spent hundreds of millions on high-technology devices that have yet to see the battlefield, here 6 years after invading Afghanistan and 4 1/2 in Iraq.
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