WWW Links (Humanitarian Demining) - ExtendedRef

DISCLAIMER: Although this list has been completely revised on the 20/8/2004, it does not pretend to be complete, and some of the material might be outdated. In a number of cases of particular interest the original comments have been left, even if the link did not seem to be active any more.

This is a large list of links related to the landmine problem, with emphasis on technical aspects. It has been completely revised on the 7/10/1998, hopefully making it (even) more useful. Whenever possible comments on each site have been added, but needless to say, this is a moving target.

Web Sites containing LISTS of CONFERENCES, FORUMS/NEWSGROUPS, LINKS, ORGANIZATIONS/ADDRESSES, PHOTOGRAPHS, and PUBLICATIONS are listed at the very beginning, followed by sites which focus on the Ordnance issue and those more Landmine related (sites which deal with both are usually listed under Landmines). A broad separation has been implemented where possible, dividing the sites dealing with "GENERAL" aspects from those focused on more "TECHNICAL" ones. For a shorter list please click on the QuickRef item.

Additional sections have been added with some information on metal detectors and on tracking/orientation systems (which might be important to know where your sensor is). In any case we dare to suggest that you make extensive use of the "Find" utility of your Internet browser to find a specific site/topic. Input from a number of external sources is gratefully acknowledged!

One important remark, maybe obvious: such lists can rarely pretend to be comprehensive, and Internet is tricky - a huge difference can exist between the description of an organization you find on its Web Site, and what is really going on. For good and for bad. Nevertheless, for many topics you should be able to find good starting points and sometimes more detailed references too.

LISTS

CONFERENCES

ARIS Action for Research and Information Support in Civilian Demining

(Recommended!) List on the home page and "Events" (http://demining.jrc.it/aris/index.htm)

GICHD - Conference Calendar

MAIC Conferences and Proceedings, and Conference Calendar

Proceedings of MAIC organised conferences.

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DeTeC - International Meetings

Former International Meetings on Demining Technologies (mostly of technical nature; links given when possible) (http://diwww.epfl.ch/lami/detec/meetings.html).

FORUMS/NEWSGROUPS

Stiftung Menschen gegen Minen (MgM) - Homepage

(Recommended!) Currently (2002) THE online forum on humanitarian demining, especially on more technical matters. Gossip included; between 0 and a lot (10-20?) of mails per day (select NETWORK from the home page, then subscribe and in case post) (http://www.mgm.org/).

LINKS

DeTeC - ExtendedRef Links (Landmine Issue, Humanitarian Demining)

(Recommended!) Large list of classified links started in 1996, with emphasis on technical aspects. Sites containing LISTS of CONFERENCES, LINKS, ORGANIZATIONS/ADDRESSES, and PUBLICATIONS are listed at the very beginning. A broad separation has been implemented where possible, dividing the sites dealing with "GENERAL" aspects from those focused on more "TECHNICAL" ones (http://diwww.epfl.ch/lami/detec/minelinks.html).

EUDEM Database

(Recommended!) Open Web based database. Browsing is free. Individuals or associations featuring products/services/research topics related to humanitarian demining, or which stand a serious chance of being it, are strongly invited to enter their profile and coordinates! (http://www.eudem.vub.ac.be/).

ICBL Landmine Websites

(http://www.icbl.org/links/)

Links to Conventional Arms Trade and Other Relevant Sites

Many links also to Land Mine Sites (http://www.cdi.org/atp/atdblink.html).

MAG - Links

Interesting commented lists, divided by topic (http://www.mag.org.uk/magtest/links/link1.htm).

FURTHER REFERENCES

Land mine www references (the GINIE project)

Especially landmine awareness and mine clearance training, and lots of references to articles (http://www.pitt.edu/~ginie/lm/mine_www_link.html).

Peace & Security

Large list of links on the "Peace & Security" issue, landmines is one of the subtopics (http://www.spfo.unibo.it/spolfo/PEACE.htm).

ORGANIZATIONS/ADDRESSES

EUDEM Database

(Recommended!) Open Web based database. Browsing is free. Individuals or associations featuring products/services/research topics related to humanitarian demining, or which stand a serious chance of being it, are strongly invited to enter their profile and coordinates! (http://www.eudem.vub.ac.be/).

Humanitarian Land Mine Programs Around the World

(Last updated Oct. 1998) Organizations working in the field of humanitarian mine awareness and demining (brief characterization of their activities and areas of activity) (http://www.care.org/info_center/land_mines/ngoland.asp).

Landmine Who's Who from Lawrence Livermore National Lab

A huge numbers of addresses in the demining field (http://www.llnl.gov/landmine/landmine_whos_who.html).

MAIC Global Mine Action Registry

PHOTOGRAPHS

Clusterbomb Photos

Stiftung Menschen gegen Minen (MgM) - Homepage

(Recommended!) Currently (2002) THE online forum on humanitarian demining, especially on more technical matters. Gossip included; between 0 and a lot (10-20?) of mails per day (select NETWORK from the home page, then subscribe and in case post) (http://www.mgm.org/).

Mines and Minefields - Defining the Problem (Univ. of Western Australia)

Concise and interesting (recommended!) review of the landmine problem. How many mines are really around, which is the actual magnitude of the problem? Puts it into perspective, certainly an interesting one. Large collection of minefield PHOTOGRAPHS (Afghanistan, Cambodia, Croatia, Bosnia, Sarajevo, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Northern Iraq) (http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/jpt/demining/countries/minefields.html).

PUBLICATIONS

DeTeC - Landmine Issue

(Outdated) A list of Publications, either of GENERAL nature or of more TECHNICAL content (sensors), on the landmine problem (http://diwww.epfl.ch/lami/detec/docmine.html).

Final Reports on Humanitarian Demining Research Activity

Reports on Humanitarian Demining Research Activities carried out by the JRC (http://humanitarian-security.jrc.it/demining/final_reports/gallery.htm)

IBCL Index on Landmines

(http://www.icbl.org/index/)

Land Mines & Demining in the 20th Century: A Bibliography

Very extensive list of books, periodicals, Technical Reports (with abstract), on various aspects of the landmine problem. But not straightforward to find your way, unless you know well what you are looking for (http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/bibs/land20thtoc.htm).

Landmine Bibliography from Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Large alphabetical list of "key print and electronic publications concerning the global landmine problem" (http://www.llnl.gov/landmine/landmine_bibliography.html).

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GRstudy (UXO characterization)

IED (Improvised Explosive Devices)

IEDD - Improvised Explosive Device Disposal

http://www.pwallen.co.uk/iedd/index.html

Equipment Manufacturers and Distributors

http://www.bombsecurity.com/eqmflist.html

Bombsecurity.com: The Internet's Largest Source for Information on Bomb Related Protection Issues

http://www.bombsecurity.com/index.html

X-RAY Systems (esp. portable)

Golden Engineering

http://www.goldenengineering.com/

MinXRay, Inc.

http://www.minxray.com/

SAIC: Products: Safety & Security

PELAN IV manufacturated by SAIC.

Vidisco Ltd.

http://www.vidisco.com/

OTHER X-RAY Systems

PerkinElmer Instruments / Detection Systems

Formerly EG&G Astrophysics, formerly Vivid Technologies, Inc (http://perkinelmer.com/)

BULK Explosive Detection/ELECTROMAGNETIC

NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)

SwRI Patent: NMR Discrimination Apparatus and Method Therefor

http://www.swri.org/PatentsDB/ViewPatent.asp?PatentID=457

SwRI Patent: Baggage Inspection Apparatus and Method for Determining Presences of Explosives

http://www.swri.org/PatentsDB/ViewPatent.asp?PatentID=406

BULK Explosive Detection/NUCLEAR

Landmine Detection: The Problem and the Challenge

http://www.unb.ca/ME/LTMD/LANDMINE.htm

LTMD Homepage (Laboratory for Threat Material Detection)

http://www.unb.ca/ME/LTMD/

API (Associated Particle Imaging)

DOE/NV - Capabilities: Associated Particle Imaging

http://www.nv.doe.gov/business/capabilities/FieldableProto/AssocPartImg.htm

HiEnergy Technologies, Inc.

http://www.hienergyinc.com/

ANL / APSTNG (Argonne National Labs)

Argonne - Law Enforcement Capabilities

http://www.techtransfer.anl.gov/techtour/lawenforce.html

APSTNG System

http://www.re.anl.gov/apstng.html

Gamma backscatter (esp. portable)

John Caunt Scientific Limited

http://www.johncaunt.com/

SAIC: Products: CDS-2002i(tm) Contraband Detector: Overview

[Broken link. Probably moved elsewhere on SAIC Website.] http://www.saic.com/products/security/contraband_detector/cds.html

Background info

2 Background

http://ifp.uni-muenster.de/~balla/thesis/background.html

Bicron: Organic Products

[Broken link] http://www.bicron.com/notegauging.htm

NIGAS (Neutron Induced Gamma Spectrometer)

Bruker Daltonik GmbH

http://www.bruker-daltonik.de/

ORNL (Oak Ridge Nat. Labs)

WEAF Research and Development

[Broken link. See also: http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-2/text/tecmain.html]

PELAN (Pulsed Elemental Analysis with Neutrons)

Detection of Explosives (WKU Applied Physics Institute)

http://www.wku.edu/API/research/explo.htm

Publications (WKU Applied Physics Institute)

http://www.wku.edu/API/research/public.htm

SAIC: Products: Safety & Security

PELAN IV manufacturated by SAIC.

PINS (Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy)

ORTEC PINS Chemical Weapons Assay

[Broken link. Information possibly available in other parts of the Website. http://www.ortec-online.com/pins.htm]

Securing the Future at INEEL

http://www.inel.gov/featurestories/4-99secure.shtml

PINS technology identifies chemical weapons

http://tech.inel.gov/documents/PINS/html/pins1.html

PNCAS (Pulse Neutron Chemical Analysis Sensor )

EPPRA:European Pulsed Power Research

http://www.eppra.com/

SODERN

Sodern neutronic, neutron generator, online analyser

http://www.sodern.fr/

OTHER BULK/NUCLEAR

SNUPA (Slow Neutron Universal Parcel Analyser)

The University of Melbourne - School of Physics - Photonuclear Research Group

http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/photo/

CONFERENCES

2000 GRC (Gordon Research Conferences) on Illicit Substance Detection

http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2000/illicit.htm

8th Int'l. Conf. on Applications of Nuclear Techniques -- Conference Site

OVERVIEW RESOURCES

Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable

http://www.frtr.gov/

Justice Information Center (NCJRS) Virtual Library

Look for "explosives" (->"Guide for the Selection of Commercial Explosives Detection Systems for Law Enforcement Applications") (http://FullTextPubs.ncjrs.org/content/FullTextPubs.html). See also http://virlib.ncjrs.org/LawEnforcement.asp

Sandia National Laboratories Technical Library Homepage

http://infoserve.sandia.gov/index.html

UXOCOE (UXO Center of Excellence) TechReports

http://www.uxocoe.brtrc.com/TecReports.htm

UXOCOE (UXO Center of Excellence) Workshop Notes

-> NVESD/JUXOCO Explosive Detection Workshop (25-27 Aug 99) (http://www.uxocoe.brtrc.com/workshp.htm)

Explosive Detection Equipment Program / US Navy

[Broken link.] See "Tech Info Library" and "EDE Catalog -> Catalog, Survey, Vendor List" (http://www.explosivedetection.nfesc.navy.mil/)

Chemical & Engineering News

Detecting Illegal Substances

http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/970929/detect.html

(Review) C&EN 970310 - LAND MINES: Horrors Begging for Solutions

http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/970310/land.html

C&EN, Government, Industry Efforts Yield Array Of Tools To Combat Terrorism, July 24, 1995

http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/950724/art02.html

Nat'l Academy Press

Nat'l Acad Press Catalog: Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security:

Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security: First Report, 1999 (http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9726.html)

Black and Smokeless Powders

Black and Smokeless Powders - Technologies for Finding Bombs and the Bomb Makers, 1998 (http://books.nap.edu/html/smokeless/ ; also: http://stills.nap.edu/html/smokeless/)

Nat'l Academy Press, Containing the Threat from Illegal Bombings: (1998), Front Matter

Containing the Threat from Illegal Bombings: An Integrated National Strategy for Marking, Tagging, Rendering Inert, and Licensing Explosives and Their Precursors (1998) (http://books.nap.edu/books/0309061261/html/R1.html)

OTHER literature

Startseite Büro für Altlastenerkundung und Umweltforschung Dr. Rainer Haas

Reference documents on explosives (in German) (http://www.r-haas.de/start.html).

TRACE Explosive Detection

Barringer Technologies Inc.

http://www.barringer.com/

Electronic Sensor Technology Intro Page

http://www.znose.com/

Explorer 2000 / NUSS

http://www.via.at/explorer2000/

Graseby Dynamics Limited - A Member of Smiths Industries Aerospace Group

http://www.smithsdetection.com/

IDS Analytical + Security Division

http://www.tracedetection.com/

Ion Track Instruments

http://www.iontrack.com/

I.U.T. GmbH

http://www.iut-berlin.com/

MSA Instrument Division - Permanent Instruments - FIS Project

[Broken link. Reference to "Field Ion Spectrometer" (FIS) project.] http://www.msanet.com/instruments/ps/permanent/fis/index.htm

Nomadics, Inc. - Portable sensors and wireless solutions for the future

http://www.nomadics.com/

Thermo Electron Corporation

[EGIS system, and others.]

OTHER TRACE

INFICON HAPSITE Field Portable GC/MS - Test VOCs On-Site

http://www.hapsite.com/

Syagen Technology, Inc.: High-Throughput Molecular Analysis

http://www.syagen.com/

TDC - Bringing explosives to light - An innovative laser detection system

http://www.tc.gc.ca/TDC/r&d/v9n1.htm

SWISS Institutions

Gruppe Rüstung Internet (Swiss Defence Procurement Agency)

http://www.gr.admin.ch/

Bundesamt für Polizei (Swiss Federal Office for Police)

http://www.bap.admin.ch/

Institut de Police Scientifique et Criminologie (ipsc)

http://www2.unil.ch/ips/

Le corps des gardes-frontière en bref

http://www.zoll.admin.ch/f/wer/kuerze/kuerze.php

Police Cantonale Genevoise

http://www.geneve.ch/police/welcome.html

Wissenschaftlicher Forschungsdienst (Scientific Research Service)

http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/kap05/stadtpolizei/wissenschaftlicher_dienst/index.htm

COMPANIES (see also under LANDMINES)

BACTEC

Explosive Ordnance Survey, Clearance & Disposal (EOD) and Landmine Clearance Company (http://www.bactec.com/)

Bombs Away UXO/Geophysical Consultants

Founded in 1994 to provide Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) technical expertise within Micronesia and Southeast Asia as principle areas of operation (based in Guam) (http://www.bombsaway.net/).

Terra Aerospace Corp.

Threat countermeasure equipment, counterrorism. Bomb disposal robots, EOD tools, mine detection equipment, etc. (http://www.smarteod.com/).

UXB International, Inc.

"First ordnance, explosives and demining services company in the US." (http://www.uxb.com/).

GENERAL

Clusterbomb Photos

Drop Today, Kill Tomorrow (Cluster Munitions)

Excellent account on the nature and consequences of the use of cluster weapons (http://www.mennonitecc.ca/clusterbomb/drop_today/index.html).

ESTCP (DoD Environmental Security Technology Certification Program)

Description of several DoD projects to address environmental needs: Remediation, Site Characterization, UXO Technologies (http://www.estcp.org/).

SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal (UXO in Laos)

(1999?) Interesting report on the UXO problem in Laos (http://www.salon1999.com/news/news960605.html).

(UXOINFO) Index Page

TECHNICAL

Ordnance and Explosives Center of Expertise - US Army Huntsville

US Army Engineering and Support Center, efforts at defense sites (http://www.hnd.usace.army.mil/oew/index.asp).

SENSYS Sensorik & Systemtechnologie

SWEDEC (EOD IS) - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Information System (EOD IS)

"Provide military units, organisations and authorities with information regarding ammunition and render safe procedures." (http://www.eodis.mil.se/index.php?lang=eng).

USAEC (US Army Environmental Center) Home Page

Look for the interesting Jefferson Proving Ground Reports (UXO detection trials) under "Technology" -> "Unexploded Ordnance" (or "files available for download") (http://aec.army.mil).

UXOCOE / Home Page

(Recommended!) Aims: to build a cooperative multinational effort to share expertise, data and test sites; to build and maintain a UXO detection and clearance database; to standardize target UXO (including land mines); establish benchmarks, metrics, milestones and deliverables. Work your way especially towards the huge SIGNATURE DATABASE and a number of interesting documents (http://www.uxocoe.brtrc.com/).

SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Applied Geophysics and the Detection of Buried Munitions

Interesting overview of detection techniques (http://www.hnd.usace.army.mil/oew/tech/rogppr1.html).

Geosoft Products & Services - UXO Detection

Geosoft's UXO Detection applications (http://www.geosoft.com/pinfo/industry/uxo/index.asp)

MTADS (Multi-sensor Towed Array System)

By the Chemical Dynamics and Diagnostics Branch, Naval Research Lab (NRL), an environmental R&D project - interesting UXO detection system (magnetometer, gradiometer, EM sensor, platform) (http://mtads.nrl.navy.mil/).

UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE DETECTION USING IMAGING GMR SENSOR ARRAYS

MTADS papers

[Broken links. See MTADS main page.]

MTADS/SAGEEP'96 abstract

(1996)

MTADS/SAGEEP'96 conf.

(1996)

MTADS/UxoForum'96

(1996)

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NGOs

Handicap International

Index page (NPA Angola)

Swiss Mine Action

The Halo Trust - detonation of mines, battle area clearance, War Zones

The Mines Advisory Group

One of the leading NGOs in Humanitarian Demining, with activities in North Iraq, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Angola, Azerbaijan, southern Sudan and southern Lebanon (beg. 2002) (http://www.mag.org.uk/).

Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation

Addressing the causes, conduct and consequences of war. See info on the international campaign to ban landmines (http://www.vvaf.org/).

COMPANIES

abc - Appalti Bonifiche Costruzioni

ArmorGroup Mine Action Division

Mechem (South Africa)

(Mechanised) Demining operations, mine protected vehicles, MEDDS detection system. Usually quite innovative. (http://www.denel.co.za/ordnance.htm#MECHEM). See also: http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/4.2/Profiles/mechem.htm

Mechem Demining

RONCO Consulting Corporation

Private company specialized in landmine and UXO clearance extensively using mine detection dogs (http://www.demining.com/).

Specialist Gurkha Services UK Ltd

METAL DETECTORS, MAGNETOMETERS

CEIA-SpA Web Site

Ebinger

Ebinger (Germany) - Metal Detectors, Magnetometers, etc. (security and industrial applications). Large product range (http://www.ebingergmbh.com/)

FOERSTER - Metal Detectors, Magnetometers

Foerster (Germany) - Metal Detectors, Magnetometers and Vehicular Systems (http://www.foerstergroup.de/).

Guartel Metal Detectors

Guartel (UK), specialized in metal detectors (especially pulse induction) (http://www.guartel.com/).

Minelab - Countermine Division

Minelab (Australia), metal detectors (esp. for strongly mineralized soils) (http://www.countermine.minelab.com/)

Schiebel Land Mine Detection and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Metal detectors: esp. the popular AN-19/2, also ATMID, mini (MIMID) and the VAMIDS array, bomb locator, unmanned aerial vehicles (Camcopter) (http://www.schiebel.net/).

Schonstedt Instrument Company

Magnetic Field Detecting and Measurement Instruments (http://www.schonstedt.com/).

VALLON

Vallon (Germany) - Metal Detectors (especially pulse) and Magnetometers (http://www.vallon.de/).

PRODUCTS & PROTOTYPES (other than metal detectors, magnetometers)

Systems which look close to commercialization or which are already

Cyterra Corporation

Wide band stepped frequency GPR and Minelab MD, being developed for the US Army (HSTAMIDS system) (http://www.cyterracorp.com/)

DEW Engineering and Development

(Featured information on the) The Smart Probe, an intelligent prodder to distinguish between buried rocks and metal and plastic objects (http://www.dew.ca/).

ELTA Electronics Industries L.T.D.- PRODUCT CATALOG

Check for the ELTA (vehicular) mine detection Ground Penetrating Radar (http://www.elta-iai.com/.

GEO-CENTERS | GROUND PENETRATING RADAR FOR LANDMINE DETECTION

JAYCOR - Standoff Mine Detection Radar System

Proof of principle standoff mine detection system. Can detect and identify mine types up to 100 ft with a low (<1%) false detection rate, buried and non. Uses a stepped continuos wave signal (http://www.jaycor.com/eme/smdr.htm).

Siemens R&I/A Mind for Mines

Trevor Davies Engineering - Pookie

The legendary Pookie mine detection vehicle! Has been really employed in the field, check its history (http://www.tde.co.za/Pookie.asp).

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Med-Eng Systems Inc. - Products : Mine Clearance

Tactical Medical Developments

Armadillo Demining Suit, Field Medical Support Unit, (Mini) Trauma Kit etc. (http://www.icon.co.za/~tacmed/).

GENERAL

PUBLICATIONS

Hidden Killers 1998: The Global Landmine Crisis

US State Dept., 1998 version (http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/rpt_9809_demine_toc.html).

Journal of Mine Action (MAIC@JMU): Index

(http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/index/index.htm)

LM - Landmine Monitor

E-MINE: The Electronic Mine Information Network

(Recommended!) Focal point for Mine Action related information, not only UN (http://www.mineaction.org/).

Guides | Landmines (Oneworld)

Excellent source of information on the landmine problem (latest news, background, children, UN conferences, action, etc.) (http://www.oneworld.net/guides/landmines/index.html).

ICBL - International Campaign to Ban Landmines

Instituto Nacional de Desminagem, Mozambique

Mozambique's National Demining Commission website (http://www.ind.gov.mz/).

JMU Mine Action Information Center Pages

MAIC at James Madison University: Center of Excellence in information collection, analysis, processing and dissemination (links, journal, conference list, info exchange etc.) .

Land Mine Information Center (CARE NGO)

Articles, news, audio, photo exhibits, on the landmine problem - by CARE (international development and relief organization) (http://www.careusa.org/newsroom/specialreports/land_mines/index.asp).

Mines and Minefields - Defining the Problem (Univ. of Western Australia)

Concise and interesting (recommended!) review of the landmine problem. How many mines are really around, which is the actual magnitude of the problem? Puts it into perspective, certainly an interesting one. Large collection of minefield PHOTOGRAPHS (Afghanistan, Cambodia, Croatia, Bosnia, Sarajevo, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Northern Iraq) (http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/jpt/demining/countries/minefields.html).

Norwegian People's Aid: Mines: The Silent Killers

The Landmine Problem and NPA's humanitarian concept/activity. One of the leading NGOs in humanitarian demining (www.npaid.org/mines/).

ORDATA Online: International Deminer's Guide to UXO Identification, Recovery, and Disposal

Mine Database

Oxfam GB Home Page

Relief and development agency, fight also against the landmine plague (http://www.oxfam.org.uk/).

Stiftung Menschen gegen Minen (MgM) - Homepage

(Recommended!) Currently (2002) THE online forum on humanitarian demining, especially on more technical matters. Gossip included; between 0 and a lot (10-20?) of mails per day (select NETWORK from the home page, then subscribe and in case post) (http://www.mgm.org/).

The European Commission

Welcome to ICRC / Red Cross Web Site

(Recommended!) ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) homepage (http://www.icrc.org/) (also http://www.icrc.ch/).

FURTHER REFERENCES

Common Antipersonnel Landmines

Technical details of some of the most diffused APs (http://www.fourmilab.ch/minerats/figures/mines.html).

Landmines in Eritrea - about it

Just what it says! (http://www.uib.no/People/mfakh/LM/LMreport.html).

OneWorld.net

(Huge) A meeting place for the international community. See the link to the Landmines Special Report (http://www.oneworld.net/).

Welcome to UNICEF

(Look for) Children and the landmine problem (http://www.unicef.org/).

TECHNICAL

PUBLICATIONS

DTIF Journals

Journal of Mine Action (MAIC@JMU): Index

(http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/index/index.htm)

Mechanical Demining Equipment Catalogue 2004

Kluwer Academic Publishers - Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications

Association de Recherches de Techniques Innovantes en Déminage

CCMAT-CCTD

Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies.

DARPA DogsNose (Chemical Signatures, Trace Explosives)

[Unfortunately not working anymore.] DARPA's 3 year, 25 M$ program, on the detection of landmines via their chemical signatures, inspired by the dogs' remarkable capabilities. See also the impressive Knowledge Warehouse (bibliography on the vapor detection of landmines) (http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/uxo/).

E-MINE: The Electronic Mine Information Network

(Recommended!) Focal point for Mine Action related information, not only UN (http://www.mineaction.org/).

EFNDT WG 5 - APMD Home Page

Esprit and Humanitarian Demining (European Community)

European Community activities in Humanitarian Demining R&D (http://www.cordis.lu/esprit/src/hphdhome.htm).

EUDEM Database

(Recommended!) Open Web based database. Browsing is free. Individuals or associations featuring products/services/research topics related to humanitarian demining, or which stand a serious chance of being it, are strongly invited to enter their profile and coordinates! (http://www.eudem.vub.ac.be/).

(European Community, JRC) Humanitarian Security Unit

(Recommended!) The Joint Research Centre (at Ispra, I) support to European Humanitarian Demining R&D: Workshops, Studies, Support Activities, EC projects (http://hsu.jrc.it/).

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

(Recommended!) Est. 1998 to support the mine action effort of the int. community and the UN in particular. Three main areas: Research work; Operational Assistance; Support for the Mine Ban Treaty. Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA); annual meetings for mine action managers and other stake-holders; Intnl.Standards (IMAS); Technical studies (staff: 20+ in 2002) (http://www.gichd.ch/).

Humanitarian Demining Website: Raising Awareness to the Problems, Solutions, Effects, and Training Concerning Landmines and Humanitarian Demining- Sponsored by the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command, Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Countermine Division

(Recommended!) Website of the US Army Humanitarian Demining effort. Overview of several projects. A 23-45 M$ (!) program planned from FY97 through FY99. (http://www.humanitariandemining.org/).

(ITEP) Int' Test and Evaluation Program for Humanitarian Demining

Jane's Mines & Mine Clearance

Jane's Mines & Mine Clearance is one of the most complete publications of its kind (available as paper or CD-ROM). (http://www.janes.com/company/catalog/jmmc.shtml).

JMU Mine Action Information Center Pages

MAIC at James Madison University: Center of Excellence in information collection, analysis, processing and dissemination (links, journal, conference list, info exchange etc.) .

Landmine Detection Main page - CSIR aerotek, South Africa

Former content: Project focussing on (minimum metal) APs and the Southern African region using a multi-sensor system based on GPR, Infrared, and Metal Detectors. Contains also a long list of interesting technical references and a technology audit (review) document (2.5 MB in pdf format)! (http://www.csir.co.za/plsql/ptl0002/PTL0002_PGE057_RESEARCH?DIVISION_NO=1000024&PROGRAM_NO=7101543).

Mines Action Canada Technology Competition

Operation Landmine (from the Operation USA NGO)

"Operation Landmine: Using Sophisticated Technology to Achieve Rapid Results in Humanitarian Demining (US NGO focusing on new technology) (http://www.opusa.org/opland/index.html).

SPIE Proceedings Abstracts Search

Excellent abstract search tools for the SPIE publications! (http://www.spie.org/search/spie_ab_search.html)

SWEDEC (EOD IS) - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Information System (EOD IS)

"Provide military units, organisations and authorities with information regarding ammunition and render safe procedures." (http://www.eodis.mil.se/index.php?lang=eng).

Tödliche Minen

(In German) Excellent report, with input from the MgM Foundation, on the landmine problem, emphasizing the situation in Cambodia, current technical solutions and possible future ones (ex. sensors) (http://www.quarks.de/minen/).

UXOCOE / Home Page

(Recommended!) Aims: to build a cooperative multinational effort to share expertise, data and test sites; to build and maintain a UXO detection and clearance database; to standardize target UXO (including land mines); establish benchmarks, metrics, milestones and deliverables. Work your way especially towards the huge SIGNATURE DATABASE and a number of interesting documents (http://www.uxocoe.brtrc.com/).

BULK EXPLOSIVE DETECTION

See also the links under ORDNANCE (UXO) -> GRstudy (UXO characterization)

Ancore Products

Thermal Neutron Analysis (TNA) and Pulsed Fast Neutron Analysis (PFNA) for explosive detection (Note: the Ancore Corporation resulted from the spin-off of SAIC's Advanced Nucleonics Division) (http://www.ancore.com/products.htm).

ExploDet Index

EXPLOsive DETection project: Advanced Nuclear Techniques for Humanitarian Demining (via detection of explosives), pioneered by INFN (Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics).

HiEnergy Technologies, Inc.

http://www.hienergyinc.com/

(IAEA) Zagreb RCM Report

(Nuclear detection techniques) IAEA Report on the first research co-ordination meeting of the CRP on "Application of Nuclear Techniques to Anti-Personnel Landmine Identification" (http://www.iaea.org/programmes/ripc/physics/zagreb_crp_report.htm).

(NQR) mine detector

Quantum Magnetics home page

SNS Online - News - Scientists demonstrate new land mine detection device 1/17/98

Journal article on 1997 tests of neutron based detection system (G. Pekarsky; dual portable system, the first for neutron backscattering - hydrogen detection - the second for thermal neutron activation - nitrogen detection) (http://www.news-star.com/stories/011798/new_detector.html).

(X-ray backscatter) Nuclear & Radiological Engineering University of Florida

(Check) Detection of buried landmines by backscatter X-ray radiography (http://www.nuceng.ufl.edu/).

NEWS

Penn State-Led Team Develops New, Improved Land Mine Detector

(News) Feedback control concepts to improve the signal-to-noise ratio in NQR systems (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1998-07/PS-PSTD-060798.php)

(X-ray backscatter) New Land Mine Detectors May Help Fulfill Princess Diana's Dream

(News) Short account on X-ray backscatter research at the Univ. of Florida (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1997-09/UoF-NLMD-030997.php).

NQR/Grechishkin

Home Page

Physics-Uspekhi, vol. 40, issue 4, 1997

NQR Reference, 1996 (Grechishkin, Kaliningrad State Univ.)

EVOLUTIONARY

(i.e. mostly down to earth, affordable practical and useful!)

Demining Research at UWA (University of Western Australia, James Trevelyan)

Excellent (recommended!) site on incremental, "down to earth" research projects (short term practical improvements), photograph gallery, Australian links (http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/jpt/demining/Default.html).

DEW Engineering and Development

(Featured information on the) The Smart Probe, an intelligent prodder to distinguish between buried rocks and metal and plastic objects (http://www.dew.ca/).

Humanitarian Demining Technology Development Programme (The Development Technology Unit (DTU) - Univ. of Warwick)

Excellent effort (recommended!) in the field of humanitarian land-mine clearance [design of demining equipment and protective clothing for production in developing countries, Tempest vegetation clearance machine] (http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/dtu/mines).

MECHANICAL, ROBOTICS

COMMERCIAL (mostly large) SYSTEMS

FFG-Flensburg

Redbus LMDS Limited

"A system for detonating mines and removing unexploded ordnance" (testing in Bosnia, 2001/2002) (http://www.lmds.redbus.co.uk/).

A Mechanical Means of Land Mine Detection - Univ. of Alberta, CND

Nice report on possible innovative mechanical landmine detection systems (http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/staff/fyfe/landmine.html).

Minerats: Anti-personnel mine clearance robots

Anti-personnel Mine Clearance Robots (John Walker) - DeTeC's roots. (http://www.fourmilab.ch/minerats/).

The Use of Mechanical Means for Humanitarian Demining Operations

Trevor Davies Engineering - Pookie

The legendary Pookie mine detection vehicle! Has been really employed in the field, check its history (http://www.tde.co.za/Pookie.asp).

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iRobot - R&D projects

Some of the projects had/have application to Countermine (ex. Ariel, Fetch, ...) (http://www.irobot.com/home.cfm).

Shadow Robot Project: Mine Clearing Robot

A vehicle capable of traversing an antipersonnel minefield carrying mine detecting sensors or video cameras. The vehicle must be able to traverse rugged terrain and degrade gracefully in the event of damage. (http://www.shadow.org.uk/projects/deminer.shtml).

sya: Mechanical Mine Clearance

The frameset for Dervish

The Dervish rotating mine-detonating vehicle (initially proposed as "area reduction" tool, esp. for agricultural land) (http://www.dervish.org/).

MULTISENSOR (Research and Development projects)

Anti Personnel Mine Detection - Free University of Brussels

(Recommended!) Anti-Personnel Mine and Minefield Detection (sensor study and data processing) at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) (http://www.minedet.etro.vub.ac.be/).

Chalmers University - Signal Processing Group

(Look for information on) Land Mine detection using infrared and multispectral imaging (http://www.s2.chalmers.se/research/signal/)

Demining MURI at Northeastern University

Consortium led by the Northeastern University. Focus on electromagnetic (radar, broadband metal detectors), optical/infrared and acoustic sensors; physics-based modeling and signal processing and information fusion (http://www.censsis.neu.edu/muri/).

ITC, Demining (Applied Geomorphological Surveys)

(See Minefield Detection, Minedemon) European Airborne minefield detection project and GIS (Geographical Information system) technology as a management tool. Former address: http://www.itc.nl/ags/main_ns.htm).

RMA / SIC / HOPE

RMA / SIC / HUDEM

Belgian joint (academic) research program on HUmanitarian DEMining - HUDEM (sensors, robotics, test fields).

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Detecting Land Mines - New Mexico tech

Details on the countermine test facility. Any details on the sensors used, results and projects? (http://www.nmt.edu/mainpage/news/landmine.html).

ESA Portal - Improving Daily Life - ESA projects help to develop new improved land mine detector

Nordic Demining Research Forum

Virtual centre for knowledge and research, includes research groups from the private, civilian and military governmental sectors (also: GPR, inverse scattering, odour detection and processing, neural signal processing). Focus on (European) Nordic countries. (http://www.ndrf.dk/).

MURIs (US Army sponsored Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives)

Demining MURI at Northeastern University

Consortium led by the Northeastern University. Focus on electromagnetic (radar, broadband metal detectors), optical/infrared and acoustic sensors; physics-based modeling and signal processing and information fusion (http://www.censsis.neu.edu/muri/).

Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Ground-Penetrating Radar: Simulation and Measurement

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Demining Project

3-D tracking system (2 video cameras, stereo, to build a coverage map used to determine if the operator missed any areas during scanning), virtual mine lane (simulates a mine lane to allow training) (http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/projects/demining/).

Duke Engineers Seeking To Make 'Smarter' Land Mine Detectors

RADAR

Cyterra Corporation

Wide band stepped frequency GPR and Minelab MD, being developed for the US Army (HSTAMIDS system) (http://www.cyterracorp.com/)

GEO SEARCH

JAYCOR - Standoff Mine Detection Radar System

Proof of principle standoff mine detection system. Can detect and identify mine types up to 100 ft with a low (<1%) false detection rate, buried and non. Uses a stepped continuos wave signal (http://www.jaycor.com/eme/smdr.htm).

Land-Mine Detection (Livermore MIR radar)

Tests of the Livermore MIR radar, 1997 ("LANDMARC" system) (http://www.llnl.gov/str/Azevedo.html).

SATIMO

Multi sensor ground penetrating radar (MSGPR; multiple antennas and synthetic aperture technique, real time) (http://www.satimo.com/).

REVIEWS/OVERVIEWS

Fact Sheets: UXO / Countermine

(Look for the UXO/Countermine Fact Sheets) Interesting and practical brief reports on radar, IR and metal detection tests, especially the influence of different environmental conditions (CRREL: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory) (http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/techpub/factsheets/).

(Review) Features - For Insight Into Finding Land Mines, Scientists Have Gone to the Dogs

Journalistic overview of some detection technologies currently being evaluated in the US (http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/09/23/feat/scitech.1.html).

Jane's Mines & Mine Clearance

Jane's Mines & Mine Clearance is one of the most complete publications of its kind (available as paper or CD-ROM). (http://www.janes.com/company/catalog/jmmc.shtml).

New Hope in the Minefields

Interesting MIT article on the current situation and promising (short term) solutions. "Companion" article to the "Report on Landmine Brainstorming Workshop..." (http://www.techreview.com/articles/morrison1097.asp).

"New Technological Approaches to Humanitarian Demining", JASON Study report

Quite interesting 1996 report on possible new approaches (only title and index pages online): "New Technological Approaches to Humanitarian Demining", Nov. 1996, JASON Study report JSR-96-115, The MITRE Corporation (http://seti.harvard.edu/mines/jason.htm)

Report on Landmine Brainstorming Workshop at MIT, Aug.96

[Unfortunately now unavailable?!] Excellent (recommended!) report on a workshop help on Aug.96 at MIT: current situation, realistic short term technical solutions, special case: UXO in Laos. Appendices on the Meandering Winding Magnetometer (MWM, a particular metal detector), Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance, X-ray Compton Backscatter and High Speed Chromatography with Chemiluminescence (http://mcnutt.mit.edu/PSTIS/minereport/minereport.html). See the related page: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/1996/42581.html

(Survey) Occasional Paper Series 1 - Survey of Mine Clearance Technology, Craib

One of the first technology surveys, 1994: "Survey of Mine Clearance Technology", J.A. Craib, [UN University and UN Dept. of Humanitarian Affairs] (http://www.unu.edu/unupress/ops1.html).

Sandia National Laboratories - News Releases

Sandia's work on landmine detection via trace explosive detection (IMS, Ion Mobility Spectrometry) and backscattered x-rays (http://www.sandia.gov/media/landmine.htm).

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Table1 (Technology Database at CSIR Aerotek)

[Broken link. Former content: Well characterized list of mostly technical publications (short general comments included) (http://aeroweb.aero.csir.co.za/landmine/Table1_1.html).]

Tödliche Minen

(In German) Excellent report, with input from the MgM Foundation, on the landmine problem, emphasizing the situation in Cambodia, current technical solutions and possible future ones (ex. sensors) (http://www.quarks.de/minen/).

Wasserman's high-tech Landmine Detection Homepage

Interesting "collage" of information on detection techniques - but by whom, when and in which context? (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/8516/).

TRACE EXPLOSIVE DETECTION/REMEDIATION, MINE DOGS

See also the links under ORDNANCE (UXO) -> GRstudy (UXO characterization)

APOPO Home Page

Auburn University Canine & Detection Research Institute

Biosensor Applications Sweden AB

(Review) C&EN 970310 - LAND MINES: Horrors Begging for Solutions

http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/970310/land.html

Detecting Illegal Substances

http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/970929/detect.html

Dog's Nose Program

[Unfortunately not working anymore.]

RONCO Consulting Corporation

Private company specialized in landmine and UXO clearance extensively using mine detection dogs (http://www.demining.com/).

Sandia National Laboratories - News Releases

Sandia's work on landmine detection via trace explosive detection (IMS, Ion Mobility Spectrometry) and backscattered x-rays (http://www.sandia.gov/media/landmine.htm).

SPC Information Services: Land Mine/Ordnance Detection References

[Unfortunately not working anymore.] HUGE Database on sensor technologies (http://eagle.sysplan.com/Info/LandMine/index.html).

FURTHER REFERENCES

DTIC Review, Vol. 2, No. 1 - Defense Technical Information Center

Issue on Land Mine Warfare (interesting documents on sensor techniques)! (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/review/index.html). [NOTE: single articles not directly available anymore online as from 7/1997]

RDT Info 21 - Déminer, un impératif technologique

(SERDP) Cleanup Projects

US Navy (Xiaoping Yun) - Naval Postgrad School

Thesis topics on robotics, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, UXO and mine detection using mobile robots (http://www.scivis.nps.navy.mil/~yun/thesis.htm).

ACOUSTICS

acoustic mine detector home page - Harvard Univ.

Harvard Univ. (Prof. Horowitz) acoustic probe, detailed pages, results of trials at Fort AP Hill (http://seti.harvard.edu/mines/).

Dimitri M. Donskoy HomePage: Recent Publications

Impulse Acoustics (Physics. Dept, Monash University - AUS)

[Broken link.] An (impulse) acoustic-based landmine detector (DETAILS)! (http://www.physics.monash.edu.au/research/impuacou/).

Method for determining Classification Significant Features from Acoustic Signature of Mine-like buried objects

Analyzes the spectrum of a signal collected from a microphone placed inside the deminer's prodder and extracts the set of features with the best discrimination cability (presented at the 15th World Conf. on Nondestructive Testing, Rome 2000) (http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt00/papers/idn085/idn085.htm).

PEGASE Instumentation : détection acoustique vibratoire

PL Brake & PIW - Our homepage - Vores hjemmeside

School of Engineering NONLINEAR SEISMO - ACOUSTIC LAND MINE DETECTION TECHNOLOGY | Stevens Institute of Technology

OPTICAL (VISIBLE, INFRARED)

HUDEM IR trials at Meerdael, April 1-4, 1998

Infrared trials at the Meerdael minefields, 1998. IR images (Belgium) (http://www.sic.rma.ac.be/~nada/Meerdael.html).

ITRES Research Limited

The Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (casi), a Canadian hyperspectral sensor which has also been employed for airborne (scattered) landmine detection (http://www.itres.com/).

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METAL DETECTORS, EM INDUCTION, MAGNETOMETERS

Bartington Instruments

Fluxgate magnetometers, magnetic field sensors, magnetic gradiometers and magnetic susceptibility measuring instruments. (http://www.bartington.com/).

Geophex, Ltd. - Science Geology Engineering Geophysics

ProScan - Serwis Wykrywaczy Metalu, Producenci

Terraplus - Geophysical Equipment Supplier

Sales and rentals of (geophysical) equipments, including magnetometers and electromagnetic systems (http://www.terraplus.com/).

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Redcliffe Magtronics

ADVANCED

GEM-300 (GSSI Multiple Frequency Electromagnetic Profiler)

Multifrequency (up to 16 simultaneously) EM profiling system (http://www.geoafrica.co.za/reddog/GSSI/GEM300.htm).

Geotech Metal Detectors - Patents

Messtechnik - Homepage (Univ. Kassel, Germany)

In German. Go to "Forschung" -> "Bestimmung..." (MFID System) (http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb16/ipm/mt/Welcome.html).

Research Team Profile: Dr Patrick Gaydecki (UMIST, Manchester)

http://dias.umist.ac.uk/PAG/

Siemens R&I/A Mind for Mines

Tadeusz Stepinski

The Australian Phase Anomaly Detector - James Trevelyan

A (prototype) device which uses low frequencies to measure local changes in the dielectric of the soil by measuring tiny phase differences (of the order of 0.001 degrees). No further technical details (http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/jpt/demining/tech/detect/apad.html).

UBC-GIF complete publications list

UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE DETECTION USING IMAGING GMR SENSOR ARRAYS

VETEM (Very Early Time ElectroMagnetics)

Electromagnetic Methods

BASICS

Applied Geophysics and the Detection of Buried Munitions

Interesting overview of detection techniques (http://www.hnd.usace.army.mil/oew/tech/rogppr1.html).

Eddy Current Theory - Hocking

Contains an Introduction to Eddy Current NDT (Non Destructive Testing) Theory.

GEOSPHERE INC: Electrical Methods

Protovale: About Pulse Induction

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Howstuffworks "How Metal Detectors Work"

CIVIL ENGINEERING

PROTOVALE Oxford Ltd: Home Page

The online Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Ultrasonics

LANDMINES

CEIA-SpA Web Site

Ebinger

Ebinger (Germany) - Metal Detectors, Magnetometers, etc. (security and industrial applications). Large product range (http://www.ebingergmbh.com/)

FOERSTER - Metal Detectors, Magnetometers

Foerster (Germany) - Metal Detectors, Magnetometers and Vehicular Systems (http://www.foerstergroup.de/).

Guartel Metal Detectors

Guartel (UK), specialized in metal detectors (especially pulse induction) (http://www.guartel.com/).

Minelab - Countermine Division

Minelab (Australia), metal detectors (esp. for strongly mineralized soils) (http://www.countermine.minelab.com/)

Schiebel Land Mine Detection and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Metal detectors: esp. the popular AN-19/2, also ATMID, mini (MIMID) and the VAMIDS array, bomb locator, unmanned aerial vehicles (Camcopter) (http://www.schiebel.net/).

VALLON

Vallon (Germany) - Metal Detectors (especially pulse) and Magnetometers (http://www.vallon.de/).

ORDNANCE (see also corresp. subdirectory)

Geosoft Products & Services - UXO Detection

Geosoft's UXO Detection applications (http://www.geosoft.com/pinfo/industry/uxo/index.asp)

SENSYS Sensorik & Systemtechnologie

"TREASURE HUNTING": MANUFACTURERS

Joan Allen - Europe's No 1 Metal Detecting Specialist

Good starting point for an overview of the "treasure hunting" MD market (http://www.joanallen.co.uk/).

METAL DETECTING WEB SITE (EN)

Minelab Corporate Web Site

Minelab Model Comparison Chart

"TREASURE HUNTING": RETAIL

DetectionNet ,A&S Company, Main Menu, Metal detectors

Metal Detector Feature Comparison Charts

TREASURE NET

OTHER

Accurate Locators - Metal Detectors, Utility Locator, GPR

Inductrak (Halbach arrays, focusing permanent magnets)

Inductrak (Halbach arrays, focusing permanent magnets) (http://www.llnl.gov/str/Post.html)

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TRACKING/ORIENTATION SYSTEMS

Human Movement Tracking

Human Movement Tracking Technology

prophysics AG: Instrumentation for Research and Application

CAPACITIVE

Advanced Safety Concepts

PASS (Proximity Array Sensing System), capacitive head tracking

INFRARED

3rd Eye Dynamic holographic Viewer

Includes an Infrared Head Tracking System

INERTIAL

BEI Sensors & Systems Company - Systron Donner Inertial Division

Inertial sensors (GyroChip, 6 DOF packages, ...)

Crossbow Technology

Accelerometers, tilt sensors, (DMU-6) 6 axis measurement system

Gyration Homepage

Micro gyroscopes for consumer applications (MicroGyro, GyroPoint, ...)

EM INDUCTIVE

Ascension - Motion Sensors/Trackers

Electromagnetic tracking systems (6 degrees of freedom)

Polhemus - Welcome!

Electromagnetic tracking systems (6 degrees of freedom)

ULTRASOUND

zebris Medizintechnik GmbH Isny Tuebingen

VIDEO

Mikromak GmbH: Motion Analysis Software - High-Speed Camera Systems

Vicon Motion Systems Ltd