The NTU Mine Shoe detects and avoids landmines

You'd be hard pressed to sign most people up for land mine detection duty with this or any other kind of device
(except maybe the mine detecting robot), but with untold millions of undetonated live mines buried just beneath the surface (and thousands of civilian fatalities and maimings yearly), the Nanyang Technological University-developed NTU Mine Shoe design represents a promising development in mine clearing technology. The six legs of the shoe detect mines and kick up before triggering the detonation mechanism.
Granted, citizens of most poorer nations that suffer the worst from leftover mines probably probably won't be able to afford the expected $800 for each pair, but we have a feeling this is more intended for mine sweeping teams to do their job a little more safely, but on the cheap.

[Via seihin-world, thanks Tom]