VIGISAT: monitoring and protection of the environment by satellite
Carnot EN, Digital, Energy & environment, Environment, In the NewsFollowing on from our series on the platforms provided by the Télécom & Société numérique Carnot institute, we will now look at VIGISAT, based near Brest. This collaborative hub is also a project focusing on the satellite monitoring…
Brennus Analytics: finding the right price
Digital, In the News, Society, Start-up-enBrennus Analytics offers software solutions, making artificial intelligence available to businesses. Algorithms allow them to determine the optimal sales price, helping bring businesses closer to their objective of gaining market share and margin…
What is supply chain management?
In the News, Society, What's?Behind each part of your car, your phone or even the tomato on your plate, there’s an extensive network of contributors. Every day, billions of products circulate. The management of a logistics chain – or ‘supply chain management’ –…
Botfuel: chatbots to revolutionize human-machine interfaces
Digital, In the News, Start-up-enAre chatbots the future of interactions between humans and machines? These virtual conversation agents have a growing presence on messaging applications, offering us services in tourism, entertainment, gastronomy and much more. However, not…
What exactly is a scientific exhibition advisor? A discussion with Stephan Clémençon
In the News, Scientific literacyWho are the people working behind the scenes at scientific exhibitions? The tasks at hand range from approving content and proposing themes to identifying scientific and societal issues, and much more. To find out more, we interviewed Stephan…
Terra Data: the exhibition demystifying data
In the News, Scientific literacyUntil 7th January 2018, la Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie is hosting the Terra Data exhibition. It offers the opportunity to demystify all things ‘data’, from generation to use. The exhibition is divided into four parts, and progressively…
What is renewable energy storage?
Energy, Energy & environment, In the News, What's?The storage of green energy is an issue which concerns many sectors, whether for energy transition or for supplying power to connected objects using batteries. Thierry Djenizian, a researcher at Mines Saint-Étienne, explains the main problems…
New Caledonia: a mine challenging democracy
In the News, SocietyWhen an industrial mining complex wanted to release a pollutant into their lagoon in the late 1990s, the inhabitants of the southern province of Grande Terre took action. In their fight against the environmental and cultural danger, the citizens…
Will we soon be able to control machines with simple gestures?
Digital, Europe EN, In the NewsThe “Silense” European project launched in May 2017 is aimed at redefining the way we interact with machines. By using ultrasound technology similar to sonar, the researchers and industrialists participating in this collaboration have chosen…
Dam-break phenomenon in optical fibers
Energy, Energy & environment, In the NewsLast May, for the first time, researchers from the University of Lille and IMT Lille-Douai exposed a photon dam breaking in an optical fiber. These results provided the experimental confirmation for an old theory that dates back over 50 years.…