Project Pinecone

GoVentures | Project Pinecone

Engineering an End to Explosive Remnants of War

When a barefoot child accidentally steps on a pinecone, it hurts—yet it is a harmless teachable moment. A misstep when there are landmines or other explosive remnants of war (ERW) abandoned after armed conflict can be catastrophic.
Millions of square kilometers around the world are contaminated with ERW. People die every day, and vast expanses of land are too hazardous to use for crops or industry.

Project Pinecone is a research venture launched by GoVentures to develop an automated system using innovative sensors with existing technology to locate and characterize buried explosives so they can be safely removed.

Named the GoVentures Remote Sensing System Technology (GoRSSTech), it will work over large as well as small areas. GoRSSTech is being developed to solve a problem that began during World War I and continues to grow worldwide, threatening lives and livelihoods.

Project Pinecone | A child working in a field near ERW-AI image

Our Approach

THINK BIG

Project Pinecone exists to make a groundbreaking contribution to eliminating the scourge of hidden explosives left behind after armed conflict worldwide.

Its purpose is to advance GoRSSTech, an engineered system created by GoVentures, to find and describe objects below the earth’s surface, from concept to deployment.

GO FAST

We are actively seeking funding to develop GoRSSTech. It is a system of systems that includes innovative detector technology and artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics. We have:

  • Intellectual Property ownership secured
  • Project Plans in place
  • Specific research needs defined
  • Teammates with needed skills

SUCCEED

Project Pinecone will achieve its goal when GoRSSTech enters service and begins saving lives and returning land to productivity. There will also be financial returns.

We believe the benefits will grow as GoRSSTech’s journey continues. There are many potential applications in fields such as construction, energy, hazardous waste removal, archeology, space exploration, and more.