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• Autores: Paul Marks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2924, 2013, pág. 18
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Marks talks about demining using 3D-printed electronic dummy mines. Christopher Natt, a design engineer at the RCA and nearby Imperial College has developed a novel way to train deminers, using a clutch of intelligent, 3D-printed landmine facsimiles. Landmines remain an enduring problem in 80 countries, according to the Mines Advisory Group in the UK. Once laid, they can stay active for decades. Using a 3D printer, Natt has built precise plastic replicas of four of the most common weapons left after conflicts: three models of anti-personnel mines and a cluster bomblet. Each one has an Arduino circuit board that controls a suite of pressure sensors, accelerometers, LEDs and a Bluetooth link. Natt has also 3D-printed a tough polycarbonate shield that he hopes will help make demining safer in another way.