How do I feel now

             Since my trips to Asia I've always been afraid to step inside a jungle or unknown path, the reason why is because of the landmines. A couple years back many countries in South East Asia including mines have been participating in warfare. The aftermath of this are the infestations of landmines that still pose risk of detonating and killing anyone in contact. A child's innocent game of kick ball can turn into a factor of their death.

             From my initial knowledge I knew that this issue have been ongoing and that the deactivation of these mines were done by hand, but why not technology. Technology was used to create these weapons why not disarm them. Learning and looking in depth about this topic touches you right on the heart. To hear about the stories of families scarred by these mines. I was hoping that man would soon invent a new machine that can help turn the tables in this struggle for security, but To my disappointment though, I found out that technology isn't always the way to go.

           When I was looking and reading about what kind of methods can be optimized and used to improve the detection of landmines i had in mind like a thermal detector, or even a stronger large scaled metal detector that can pick up landmines frequencies. However the next big thing isn't a new machine, its all about rats. Rats that can sniff out bombs in the dirt is magnificent! But it does make me think twice about machines though. I though that only way to show progress would be via upgrades, or a whole new form of technology. But to the fight of clearing landmines it is the rats who are the tide turners in this war for security.