Sofradir wins a first contract with the Indian Space Agency including innovations to optimize the lifetime of infrared detectors in space Read More
PlusSolvay receives the 2012 Engineer of the Year award, Innovation category, for its novel rare earth recycling technology. This prize, awarded by the magazine L'Usine Nouvelle, rewards in particular the team led by Nicolas Barthel, Head of Laboratory and R&D Pilot Projects at the rare earths plant.
PlusNao the little robot from Aldebaran Robotics is a master in the art of making a buzz. After his journey by boat for the Vendée Globe, here he is aboard a car! After the numerous tests of the Google Car, the autonomous car without driver, here is a new
PlusEconocom is continuing its research into the development of Intelligent Solutions (Internet of Things) by creating a dedicated European R&D program in partnership with the ISMB (Istituto Superiore Mario Boella) Research Institute. The Internet of Things, or the connection of intelligent objects, is defined, among other things, as a network of networks that
PlusMicrosoft has presented its latest advances in translation in China, and they are impressive. The company is now able to synthesize a voice translation of what the speaker is saying, using his or her own voice, in a matter of seconds. Better than our international C3PO! Read More
PlusThanaplasttm is a collaborative platform dedicated to the end-of-life recovery of plastics with the aim of creating real industrial value from end-of-life plastic materials by developing innovative technologies capable of producing, transforming and recycling a very large number of plastics at the end of their life cycle.
PlusThe Japanese exoskeleton Hal, for Hybrid Assistive Limb, which is already helping caregivers, is now adapting to rescue workers called on major disasters, such as the tsunami of March 2011. This device detects movement intentions by capturing the electrical signals emitted by the wearer's brain.
PlusTTm Rossi is an Italian company and since 1959 it has been the leading manufacturer and supplier of standard and customised metal mesh and mats used in various fields of activity: filters for industry, mosquito nets, furniture, facades, parapets,... Their collection is incredibly innovative. Read More
PlusThe government has just launched a mission on the deployment of charging stations and the development of electro-mobility: the Hirtzman mission. It is part of the automotive plan presented on July 25 by the Minister of Production Recovery. Entrusted to Philippe Hirtzman, chairman of the board of directors of
PlusWith this futuristic project, Paris will not be bottled but its entire history will come to life from prehistory to the present day thanks to documentaries combining archaeology, history, fiction and augmented reality, a book with virtual "pop-ups" and a website. The unpublished series on the history of
PlusGoogle automatic car: almost 500,000 km without accident! Google has drawn up a progress report on its automatic car project. After having made the system more reliable, the next objective will be to get a little closer to real traffic conditions, taking into account the unforeseen events of
PlusDeveloped by a Microsoft Research team, KinÊtre is a 3D graphic animation technology that allows even novice users to animate any object with their body movements. Rather than resorting to expensive and sophisticated professional software, KinÊtre uses the Kinect motion sensor and its
Plus"Bill Gates continues his conquest of the world with the toilets of the future" headlines LeMonde.fr by taking up the bigbrowser blog article. After having conquered the world with his Windows operating system and made the computer an object of everyday consumption, Bill Gates has a new challenge: to democratize hygiene. The co-founder of
PlusSwumanoid, a humanoid robot developed in Japan by the Tokyo Institute of Technology, is capable of reproducing the complex movements of the crawl, back crawl and butterfly. The aim: to measure the efficiency of the movements and the hydrodynamics to improve the technique of the swimmers. One of the creators responded to
PlusA marathon runner on the roads, connected and geolocalised thanks to a spin-off from Mines ParisTech
The ultra marathoner Philippe Fuchs is back on the roads... in a strip, connected and geolocalised thanks to a spin off from MINES ParisTech! After a Paris-Athens race in 2003, then the Paris-Peking exploit in 2007, on the occasion of the Olympic Games, the ultra-marathoner and MINES ParisTech teacher-researcher Philippe Fuchs, is once again on the road, connected and geolocalised thanks to a spin off from MINES ParisTech!
PlusThe Spanish company GOWEX provides Free WiFi to Parisians, starting with the use of the RATP's outdoor Indoor public transport network: in several transport spaces and only in three underground stations. Sixty-six "hotspots" located in 46 public spaces in the capital, in interconnection areas
PlusStraight from the imagination of its brilliant designer, Gianni Vianello-Vinci, here is PalmShower, the shower palm controlled by smartphone! The eclecticism of Gianni Vianello-Vinci's design characterizes his entire professional career with a positioning that has allowed him to work in very diverse fields marked by international success. For him, every mission is considered
PlusElectronic "weather vanes" display geolocated tweets in the city centre. And as part of the Festival Futur en Seine, the Lyon-based agency Biin (Bureau d'idées nouvelles) will be exhibiting this igirouette project from 14 to 17 June 2012 at the CENTQUATRE in Paris. The Girouette project, developed by Vincent Autin and supported by ERASME, had
PlusThe German car manufacturer Audi has developed a prototype of an all-carbon electric mountain bike that can reach 50 km/hour. Its Wi-Fi connection allows its five driving modes to be controlled via a smartphone. What can an Audi electric mountain bike look like? À
PlusAfter cloud computing, here comes cloud computing. Spanish start-up Via Inteligente is currently testing an exciting innovation in the heart of Madrid: ipavement. The concept? An intelligent slab of 25 kg of calcium carbonate directly integrated into the pavement, equipped with a 5GB microprocessor.
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