An amazing tumbleweed-inspired product that will no doubt save lives:
He starts talking about the product at 1:45.
Wow… even sustainable components such as bamboo are used in his design and those rubber shocks look like basic toilet plungers.
A TED talk by the designer:
The designer says it costs around €40 ($52 USD) to create a single one of his tumblers, which is way less expensive than current removal methods he says cost roughly $1200 per mine.
You can visit the designer Massoud Hassani‘s website for more information.
What a fantastic idea! One of those “why didn’t I think of that?” ideas.