Advanced Surface Measurement Technologies 先端地表計測技術
The Japan-hosted international conference “Ukraine Mine Action Conference” was held in Tokyo on October 22 and 23. This is the ALIS demonstration booth.
Related Article: JICA Website “The Current Situation in Ukraine and the Significance of the Mine Action Conference to be Held in Tokyo”
Mainichi Shimbun: “Japan Plays a Role in Ukraine’s Landmine Countermeasures Using Latest Technologies Including the ‘ALIS’ Detector”
NHK reported on ALIS. For more details, please click here. The following video is also available from the link.
The UNDP website also has a related article, “JICA and UNDP to Advance Humanitarian Mine Action in Ukraine Using Advanced Japanese Technology.（The article is in Japanese.）
Our “ALIS” won the Excellence Award and the award ceremony was held in Tokyo. This image was provided by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.
ALIS” won the ‘Excellence Award’ in the 37th Small and Medium Enterprise New Technology and New Product Awards [ Sponsor: Resona Foundation for Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion / The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd.
ALIS (Advanced Landmine Imaging System), a combination of a metal detector and GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar), is a small landmine detection sensor that is hand-held and scanned by the operator. While a metal detector is a sensor that detects buried metal underground, GPR uses radio wave reflection to image the shape of the plastic container of an anti-personnel landmine, allowing the operator to determine whether the metal detector response is due to a landmine or other piece of metal without excavation. Thus, the GPR can dramatically improve work efficiency compared to using a metal detector alone.
Click here to see the detail page of the SMEs Excellent New Technology and New Product Award. Click here to go to the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun’s award-winning works page.
Motoyuki SATO (President of ALISys, Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University) received the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Prize for Science and Technology (Development Category).