UPDATE:
Mine Kafon have reached their extended funding goal of €130,000!
They’re now trying to raise another €60,000 to improve their detection methods to cover a wider range of mine types.
To support the project and see the Mine Kafon Drone in action via the website
The Hassani brothers Massoud and Mahmud grew up in a rocky, windswept part of Afghanistan, where landmines were a constant threat. Having few toys, they devised their own wind-powered playthings.
Some of our readers may remember having read a Memorandum article in May 2012 about the wind-powered Landmine Kafon, whose design by Massoud Hassani resembled a giant ‘dandelion clock’ seed-head. It was awarded Design of the Year 2012 by the Design Museum of London, Icon Design of the Year 2012, and Breakthrough Talent of the Year 2012. A Kickstarter campaign followed, and in 2013 the Mine Kafon Foundation was established in the Netherlands.
Their latest design is an unmanned airborne demining system, and after 3 years of work they are raising funds via another Kickstarter campaign to finish development and begin testing their Mine Kafon Drone in the field.
