A Tokyo-based venture has played a key role in creating a new device to detect land mines that will soon be used on the Thai-Cambodia border.
Geo Search Co. has spearheaded production of a portable radar, Mine Eye, which will enable mine clearance workers to know the shape of underground objects and how deep they are buried.
The main body of Mine Eye is carried on the back of the worker, who sees the data in a liquid-crystal display.