AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
Landmines, safety
COUNTRY
Netherlands
DESIGNED BY
Selene Biffi CEO Co-Founder, Francesco Perratone CTO and Lorenn Ruster Co-founder and COO - Bibak
WEBSITE
http://www.bibak.org/
Bibak
A pod of sensors which ensure the detection of metal, plastic and even wooden landmines
There's more than 110.000.000 landmines scattered across 70 countries which affect more than 1,5 billion people and their livelyhoods across the world.
CANNY is a modular pod of sensors made of a metal detector, a ground penetrating radar (GPR) and a sensor for vapors from explosives. This unique combination will ensure detection of metal, plastic and even wooden landmines.
It also contains: a cartridge to mark the location of detected landmines, a first aid kit and water to fight a top challenge of deminers – dehydration.
CANNY is designed to be attached on to a variety of different mediums depending on the context, like a stick, a shovel, or even a tractor.
The technology introduced is repurposed for economic development – once demining is done, communities learn to recycle CANNY to improve agriculture and, supported by a microcredit scheme, they get to drive development locally.