Wilshire@lemmy.world to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agoA sapper of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade wearing Ukrainian-made mine-resistant boots.files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1imageA sapper of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade wearing Ukrainian-made mine-resistant boots.files.catbox.moeWilshire@lemmy.world to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWilshire@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThe boot “legs” are destroyed instead of your foot. Here’s a video about it. https://youtu.be/g9xj5GLzT8A
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoIt seems that the most expensive part of this boot is the snowboard bindings. If they release the file, maybe people can start printing BYOB (Bring Your Own Bindings) versions at home to donate to the troops.
minus-squareSeraph@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 year agoI head a small local 3D printing group for stuff like this! We were busy early COVID. Would love to help.
minus-squareLordOfTheChia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoSome articles about the 3d printing: Https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-engineers-3d-printing-anti-mine-boots/32541203.html https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/08/18/ukraine-3d-anti-mine-boots/ Igor Yefimenko is the engineer leading the effort in Ukraine. This might be him? https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-yefimenko-69732730 These are the boots they are duplicating: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Spider-Boot-tested-with-a-mechanical-surrogate-leg-at-DRDC-Suffield-Actual-and-simulated_fig3_265925569
minus-squareRet2libsanity@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI need to be honest - that video explained nothing lol
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoBut what about the rest of the body?
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoThe mines they are preventing are small, they will destroy your foot if you step on it, but not much else. These boots protect your foot.
The boot “legs” are destroyed instead of your foot.
Here’s a video about it.
https://youtu.be/g9xj5GLzT8A
It seems that the most expensive part of this boot is the snowboard bindings. If they release the file, maybe people can start printing BYOB (Bring Your Own Bindings) versions at home to donate to the troops.
I head a small local 3D printing group for stuff like this! We were busy early COVID. Would love to help.
Some articles about the 3d printing:
Https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-engineers-3d-printing-anti-mine-boots/32541203.html
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/08/18/ukraine-3d-anti-mine-boots/
Igor Yefimenko is the engineer leading the effort in Ukraine.
This might be him?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-yefimenko-69732730
These are the boots they are duplicating:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Spider-Boot-tested-with-a-mechanical-surrogate-leg-at-DRDC-Suffield-Actual-and-simulated_fig3_265925569
I need to be honest - that video explained nothing lol
But what about the rest of the body?
The mines they are preventing are small, they will destroy your foot if you step on it, but not much else. These boots protect your foot.