Istituto di Cibernetica CNR, Pozzuoli (NA), Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica and LENS, Università di Firenze-INFN, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

Atom interferometers have been shown to be very stable and accurate sensors for acceleration and rotation. In this paper we review the applications of atom interferometry to gravity measurements, with a special emphasis on the potential impact of these techniques on applied science fields