Leading edge technologies - Page 2

Billions of connected objects, intelligent speakers, cameras, alarms, intelligent thermostats... have appeared on the market and are attracting the attention of more and more consumers. A household of four people living in a developed country will have no less than 50 connected devices by 2020!

Leather made from grape pomace or pineapple fibres, fabrics made from soya, coconut or even from simple textile waste - these are the new trends in tomorrow's textiles. Materials that have the advantage of being biodegradable and allow to

The blockchain has been presented from the very beginning as a very innovative technology with great promise in terms of confidence. What is it really like? Some recent events sow the seeds of doubt, such as the recent embezzlement of money against the Parity wallet ($30 million), or the Tether company ($31 million).

With the current topics of digital transformation in production, human-robot collaboration and service robotics, robotization is intensifying, strongly contributing to the establishment of Industry 4.0 where Man bears more responsibility than ever before. Automation of economies is accelerating worldwide: the new medium

China has resolutely embraced new technologies. We often talk about it in our columns. It wants to establish itself as a world leader, dethroning Americans and Europeans alike. But these very advanced technologies are not only intended to improve the lives of its citizens and competitiveness.

What would you do if you were one of the richest people in the world? Would you, like Elon Musk, send your convertible into space? Would you spend like Bill Gates on charity foundations? Would you compulsively, like Bernard Arnaud, buy art? Would you book seats for the first flight on

How can we help disaster-stricken populations around the world? The recent series of natural disasters is a reminder of the difficulties faced by disaster victims and the teams that rescue them. Access is often blocked and it is difficult to provide quick and flexible solutions to help these people.

The lack of qualified personnel, the slow pace of institutional change and the failure to seriously address information technology risks expose the military nuclear capabilities of most nuclear-weapon States. A cyber attack is considered a "relatively high risk". This is the warning issued by Chatham House on 11 January,

Today you won't be looking at your computer like yesterday. The whole world has just learned that a major security breach has been discovered in the very heart of the machines we use every day to inform, work, entertain and communicate with each other and the rest of the world. The core, that is to say

Taking advantage of advances in mathematics and the growing computing power of computers, "computational sciences" help to reduce the complexity of problems. And to address new questions that were previously inaccessible to scientists. The result is a major potential impact in a wide range of fields. Medical imaging

Electronic fibres, "supra-textiles", smart-textiles, cosmeotextiles, electro-active textiles, ... textile innovations are revolutionising clothing and the whole world of design. There are also challenges to be met to make clothing communicate. It has to be able to generate and store energy, while being easy to maintain and to use.

If one were to compile a list of the most innovative materials, a quick internet search would suggest answers such as graphene, nanofibres or translucent concrete. Corrugated cardboard would not appear spontaneously. Indeed, it would be difficult to imagine a corrugated paper assembly glued between two sheets, intended in particular for packaging,

Notre insatiable soif de curiosité nous attire naturellement vers les sites archéologiques les plus prestigieux et vers les contextes visuellement sensationnels, par exemple une tombe monumentale avec défunt accompagné d’un riche matériel en métal. Toutefois, en archéologie, ce sont parfois des indices très discrets, voire même invisibles à l’œil nu,

Capturer le moment présent grâce à l’immersion sonore en 3D, c’est désormais possible grâce à un petit bijou de technologie intégré dans des oreillettes et connecté à une interface sur smartphone :  Le Smart Zero. Il s’agit d’un objet connecté révolutionnaire qui vient bouleverser la capture de souvenirs telle que nous

L’innovation sensorielle, depuis l’ouverture en 2012 en France du premier laboratoire mondial sensoriel, Certesens, est à l’origine de nouvelles matières et de leurs effets en résonnance avec les aspirations sociétales du luxe de demain. Le Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Technologies du Sensoriel Certesens, à l’occasion du rendez-vous international

Depuis 2011, la MIT Technology Review effectue sa recherche de talents dans plusieurs pays européens pour trouver les jeunes innovateurs et entrepreneurs les plus talentueux développant de nouvelles technologies afin de répondre aux problèmes les plus pressants de la société. A cet effet, le magazine, propriété du MIT, a célébré

Helping scientists map the sound environment with a new mobile application is now possible. All Android smartphone owners will soon be able to contribute to a research project, simply by recording the sounds around them. The goal? To establish a participative mapping of the sound environment. Illustration: Painting

Décidemment, la société UrbanHello, créée en 2012 par le couple Hervé Artus et Catherine Seys (1), collectionne les trophées au CES de Las Vegas ! Voici leur toute dernière innovation : REMI, premier réveil intelligent connecté qui apprend le bien dormir aux enfants. Un produit qui fleure bon le vécu … Et avec

« Réapprendre à reconstruire ». C’est ce que prétend la société hollandaise CyBe grâce à ses imprimantes 3 D de béton. La startup a choisi le salon Viva Technology qui s’est tenu à Paris la semaine dernière pour présenter sa technologie innovante et un partenariat avec Bouygues Construction.   La startup CyBe