News : Innovation & Society

The European Commission recently published an article on the DREAM project, coordinated by Grenoble Institute of Technology from 2013–2016, in six languages on its web portal. Grenoble Institute of Technology’s G2ELab, DRIVE*, and INP Grenoble Entreprise managed the project, which focused on innovative decentralized electricity grid management tools. The project’s interdisciplinary approach at the intersection […] >>

Ideas Days 2017, to be held by and at the MINATEC Ideas Laboratory® on July 4 and 5, will explore “Man and his relationship to the world from the Paleolithic age to artificial intelligence.” The program will include lectures, workshops (including arts workshops), and panel talks addressing the major shifts affecting our society, from work […] >>

LPSC* developed a neutron detector for French electric utility EDF to measure the snow water equivalent (SWE), or the amount of water in snowpack. The neutrons, which reach the Earth’s surface in varying quantities depending on altitude and pressure, react with the water they pass through (they are slowed down or, in some cases, even […] >>

The Nanosafety Platform will hold a day-long workshop on November 16, 2017 at the CEA’s Grenoble campus for all professionals concerned by the use and responsible development of nanomaterials. A total of 120 attendees—scientific researchers, occupational physicians, occupational HSE and other professionals from industry, and representatives of relevant institutions—are expected at the event. The workshop […] >>

The SensiNact IoT peripherals integration and management platform developed by Leti facilitates the interoperability and processing of data from heterogeneous sensors installed in urban environments. Leti announced that the software would be released as open source at the Embedded World 2017 trade show. The software has already been used in a Franco-Japanese research project on […] >>