Before IS retreated from the historic city of Palmyra, the extremist group left the area littered with landmines. The dangers of such an act are obvious, which is why Massoud Hassani of Afghanistan created the Mine Kafon Drone. The drone flies low to the ground over mined areas to locate mines while drawing up a map of all the mine sites. Once it has discovered all the mines, the drone comes back with small balls of explosives and drops them on the mines. Hassani hopes it will cut the cost of de-mining and speed up the process, all while taking humans out of the dangerous process.
Drones save lives and limbs by detecting and detonating landmines
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