This service was developed by Michael Geiger, while in Sophia Antipolis, at Ecole des Mines de Paris, in 1998.

Michael Geiger was supported by the E.C. under the LEONARDO programe. The contract was attended by the Ausbildungspartnerschaft- W.E.R., Osnabrück. Cosignatories to the LEONARDO contract were Detlev Heinemann of AG EHF research group of the physics department of the Carl von Ossietzky Universität of Oldenburg and Lucien Wald of Armines / Ecole des Mines de Paris.