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Mine Action at the Royal College of Art, London, Defence Photography

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Mine Action at the Royal College of Art, London

We attended the recent "SustainRCA" exhibition in London and photographed the work of Chris Natt and his Mine Action technology. Chris is a recent graduate from the Innovation Design Engineering Masters at the Royal College of Art and for this exhibition he has developed a project called "Blastproof" which he describes as "A collection of simple tools for manual mine clearance that have been developed with a focus on robustness and scalability, The project is based upon insights that were gained through the personal stories of individuals from the UN and the Mine Advisory Group who have worked over decades to offer solutions collectively referred to as Mine Action".

For this project Chris was awarded the 2013 SustainRCA Inspired Product Award.

From Chris' website www.chrisnatt.com/blastproof The new 'blastproof' tools have been designed to mitigate the effects of the most powerful blast mines,  particularly with respect to how the effects of landmine blasts decrease rapidly within the first couple of feet of the detonating device, The tools currently in development are simple but robust, and designed to offer the deminers a high level of control in their work whilst putting distance and a shield between themselves and the hazard.