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Just one year ago, the students of Phelma created the 17th branch of the French nonprofit “Cheer up!”. The organization helps young adults suffering from cancer to make their dreams come true—like one young man who dreamed of taking part in an off-road automobile race. The new branch counts around 40 Phelma student members, and […] >>

The Grenoble branch of the Jeunes Ambassadeurs (Youth Ambassadors) program enjoyed an evening in the spotlight at a gala dinner held on April 9 in St. Etienne. The dinner was attended by some 300 young people, corporate coaches, and program partners. A team of three Grenoble Institute of Technology students brought home first prize for […] >>

The MINATEC campus got a new Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) earlier this year. The FEI Tecnai Osiris microscope, offering resolution close to the angstrom, was acquired by Serma Technologies, a services company that has called the BHT home for the past several years. The equipment rounds out Serma Technologies’ own capabilities, of course. But the […] >>

A handful of nurses in the Vercors mountains just outside of Grenoble have started testing Avalun’s LabPad® in a two-year pilot program backed by the Rhône-Alpes Regional Board of Health. The program coincides with the commercial launch of the device—a connected, pocket-sized testing lab that can measure blood coagulation from a single drop of blood […] >>

Leti engineer Olivier Ménard raised $65,000 from some 1,000 backers in 55 countries during a recent Kickstarter campaign for the Airboard, a personal project of Ménard’s. And just what is the Airboard? A miniature, open-source, communicating (by Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Sigfox, etc.) computer that can be used to quickly program IoT prototypes to confirm proof-of-concept. A […] >>