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France-based startup Iprasense (www.iprasense.com) unveiled its Cytonote digital microscope in late 2014 in London. Today, the company is pleased to announce its first sales of the very-large-field (30 mm2) microscope. The Cytonote microscope was developed by an Iprasense-Leti joint lab and uses lensless imaging technology patented by the CEA. The microscope is used to monitor […] >>

How do you get smart-building systems and sensors working together if they all use different communication protocols? Leti has come up with an ingenious solution to this problem: it uses a middleware, LINC, to share important information—temperature, hygrometry, and presence, for instance—regardless of the technology used. In this way, information can be shared across multiple […] >>

Researchers from INAC, Leti, and IRTSV recently completed the first-ever successful analysis of neutral particles by mass spectrometry. The scientific achievement, which took place right here in Grenoble, was praised by an article in Nature Communications. The researchers chose to bypass traditional spectrometry methods, preferring to use nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS), whose resonance frequency varies depending […] >>

Tronics announced the success of its IPO on the Alternext Paris market on February 9. IPO investors netted a 25% gain on the offer price of €13.20 before trading closed for the day ; the company raised €12 million in fresh capital. The funds will be used to support development in Asia (North Korea, China, […] >>

Enerbee, the company that developed a microgenerator to enable self-powered connected objects, raised €2.5 million in capital in March. Enerbee’s unique technology, combining magnetic and piezoelectric materials, makes it possible to harvest the energy from an object in motion, even if that motion is very slow or irregular. It leverages research conducted at Grenoble Institute […] >>