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Creating a System for Cheap Distributed Landmine Sensing Using GPS and GSM Technologies Coupled With Low Cost Electrical Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing Techniques

Abstract:

Millions of undetonated landmines still exist in underdeveloped and developing countries as remnants from past military conflicts which ravage developing and underdeveloped countries due to their political instability. There in an inability to detect and remove land mines, and to remove them safely, using many modern methods employed in developed countries around the world because the resources to do so are too expensive, risky, or unattainable due to a lack of training, practicality, or safety. The solution created in this project is to deploy many “modules” with each module contains a large inductor coil/metal detector, GSM chip, GPS chip, and a standalone microcontroller and have all the modules send data to one location and parse all the data using a client side application to process and display the data. The client side applications receives location data along with inductor sensor readings to create a heat map overlaid onto satellite imagery which can be updated with new data. The design was successful at fulfilling it goal; the early prototypes for the module worked and performed well with the other hardware. The data from the coil test proved the efficacy of the coil design and metal detector circuit to provide accurate and reliable readings. The application of the project is groundbreaking for humanitarian groups, undeveloped countries, and developing countries and extends beyond the scope of these users.

GitHub Project Repository:

https://github.com/stefanpie/SRI_2016

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Presentation:

Here is a link for seperate fullscreen view of the presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rBxkhTsw0EJ4lAzBjgZNkKcvgb1_eEwil-4sjTqzWjE/pub?start=false&;loop=true&;delayms=30000