Ukranian teen wins $100,000 prize inventing land mine detector...

[TreasonousBastard]

Landmines in former war zones kill thousands of people a year, and they're not much good in current war zones, either.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a-ukrainian-teenager-invents-a-drone-that-can-detect-land-mines-180980826/

[chowder66]

1. Way to go young man, way to go!!

[sakabatou]

2. It'll still take sappers to remove mines, depending on the terrain

[ColinC]

3. National hero right there

[liberalla]

4. WOW! Congratulations to him!

Brilliant!

[Bev54]

5. Great start and good to know he is also looking at ability of the drones to either

spray paint the spot immediately and then onto a drone that can explode the devices when located. I hope they can get a working model soon.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Uses an Arduino board

He can be forgiven for programming it in C++.