Boot insoles can turn a pair of really uncomfortable brogues into podiatric clouds that can take a long hike and remove the foot ache. Now, Lemur Studio Design based in Bogota, Colombia, has come up with a concept for insoles that won’t just save your instep, but could save your life. A submission to the World Design Impact Prize 2013-2014 competition, SaveOneLife is a wearable mine detector that fits in a shoe and warns the wearer if and where a potentially deadly landmine might lurk nearby... Continue Reading Lemur Studio Design develops mine detector in a shoe
Section: Military
Tags: Detector, Electromagnetic, Footwear, Land Mines, Landmine Detection,Nanotechnology
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