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Ukrainian Teenager Invents Landmine-Detecting Drone

Ukrainian Teenager Invents Landmine-Detecting Drone
In February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, 17-year-old Igor Klymenko was forced to flee his home in Kyiv. He and his family moved to the countryside, sheltering in a basement. After three weeks, the young engineer decided to revisit a past passion project: a prototype of a drone that could detect unexploded land mines and send their exact coordinates remotely to a user. The problem is global: as many as 110 million land mines may...

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