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| "In demining research, finding out what deminers in the field really want has all too often become a token exercise; a good understanding of field conditions can only be gained from visiting mined areas at every opportunity. For example, the many ideas for equipment that use a color-display computer screen to warn the operator of mines are doomed to fail in some countries. Not only are these screens unreadable in bright tropical sunlight, they currently have a limited temperature range, are expensive and fragile, and mean that the deminers must focus their attention away from the ground and vegetation that they are clearing." |
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"[E]xchange of ideas between engineers, deminers and people who have experience of the problems of development."
Russell Gasser, Development Technology Unit (DTU), School of Engineering, University of Warwick and Terry Thomas, "Developing New Technology for Humanitarian Demining, JOURNAL OF MINE ACTION, "Landmines in Eastern Europe & the Caucasus," Spring 2000, Issue 4.1, p.64-65.
Russell Gasser
Development Technology Unit
School of Engineering
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4-7AL
England
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