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The fourth annual Phelminaire—a day devoted to recognizing the hard work done by the Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma faculty and administration—will be held on July 2, 2012. This year will see two exciting new changes: first, the venue will be transferred to the Phelma campus at Saint-Martin-d’Hères; and second, the program will be enhanced to […] >>

“Japanese innovation is back, stronger than ever” You’ve been representing Leti in Japan since 2007. What changes have you seen since Fukushima? Manufacturing in the country basically stopped between March and September 2011 while companies were repairing and restructuring their plants. But things have definitely picked up since then, with sharply faster innovation cycles. The […] >>

The IRT Nanoelec research institute was founded on April 11, 2012 through a joint venture between the French National Research Agency (ANR) and the French Atomic and Alternative Energy Commission (CEA), and comprises 17 public- and private-sector research partners—including Leti and Grenoble Institute of Technology. The institute is slated to receive €73 million of French […] >>

BeSpoon’s cutting-edge technology can locate items or individuals to within a few centimeters, either indoors or out. This impressive feat is achieved by measuring the flight time of an ultra-wideband signal (between 500 MHz and 1 GHz) with a precision of 125 picoseconds. The company’s chips can be placed on all types of easily-lost objects, […] >>

LMGP’s Biological Matter & Materials Team, headed by biophysicist Dr. Catherine Picart, will soon have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Thomas Boudou, a research project manager at CNRS. Dr. Boudou will draw on his biomechanical know-how to spearhead a breakthrough project on muscle tissue in association with the CEA’s iRSTV, the Albert-Bonniot Institute, and the […] >>