So Lionheart and his team created an algorithm which meant the operator of the scanner could see the object in 3D in real time. The resulting machine, the RTT80 (Real time Tomography) 3D scanner won a prestigiousEngineer magazine prize and has been tested in the US and in Germany with a view to being put into production if it meets the necessary standards. The mathematics they’ve used for the scanner is also a starting point for other applications. Rapiscan also make metal detectors which made Professor Lionheart think that there are perhaps new ways of thinking about anti-personnel mines.