
What is a volatile organic compound (VOC)?
Energy & environment, Health, In the News, What's?Pollution in urban areas is a major public health issue. While peaks in the concentration of fine particles often make the news, they are not the only urban pollutants. Volatile organic compounds, or VOC, also present a hazard. Some are carcinogenic,…

20 words for understanding digital trust
Digital, In the NewsThe issue of digital trust has never been more relevant. The 15th IMT Personal Data Values and Policies Chair Meeting, held on 8 March a few weeks before the European general data protection regulation (GDPR) enters into force, was devoted…

The end of roaming charges in the European Union: a cure-all solution?
In the News, SocietyPatrick Maillé, IMT Atlantique - Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) and Bruno Tuffin, Inria
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he European Union has required wireless network operators to stop charging roaming…

Koovea: an intelligent system for monitoring temperature-sensitive drugs
Digital, In the News, Start-up-enKoovea offers a service for monitoring temperature-sensitive drugs that ensures safe packaging conditions throughout the entire shipping process. The startup has just raised €60K through Créalia Occitanie. The interest-free loan will help…

From design to management, virtualization is inventing the industry of the future
Digital, In the News, Start-up-enHow is industry reinventing itself? Three startups from the Télécom ParisTech incubator give us a glimpse of the changes underway in industry.
If the industry of the future is difficult to define, it is because it is as nebulous…

Healthcare: what makes some connected objects a success and others a flop?
Digital, Health, In the NewsChristine Balagué, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School (ex Télécom École de Management)
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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]earing the Oura connected ring on your finger day and night can help you…

What is an eco-material?
In the News, Materials, What's?Reducing the environmental footprint of human constructions is one of the major issues facing the ecological transition. Achieving this goal requires the use of eco-materials. Gwenn Le Saout, a researcher in materials at IMT Mines Alès, explains…

Seamless vacations thanks to a research lab
Carnot EN, Digital, In the NewsFor four years now, researchers from EURECOM and the startup Data-Moove have worked together to radically improve the tourist experience in various regions. With help from technological innovations from laboratories, they have succeeded in aggregating…

Taking 3D printing to the next level
In the News, MaterialsAt the beginning of 2018, IMT Lille Douai unveiled an additive manufacturing platform dedicated to manufacturing large-scale parts: LASCALA. This equipment is a worldwide innovation. Its capacity to use any type of polymer even enables it…

New interest-free loans for startups Cyrating, Galanck, myLabel and WaryMe
Digital, In the News, Start-up-enOn February 8, 2018, the approval committee for the Digital Fund of the Graduate Schools and Universities Initiative chose four new startups to receive loans for amounts up to €40,000 with a 0% interest rate. Cyrating, which was founded through…