News : Innovation & Society

April 02 2015

Grenoble experiments with salt-free deicing this winter

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The City of Grenoble tested a more environmentally-friendly deicing method this winter, using a sodium-chloride-free product, DéneigeVert , manufactured by Selvert, a local startup founded in 2012 by Enseeg (now Phelma) alumnus Guy Baret. This winter’s measurements were skewed by the wildly fluctuating temperatures, so an additional measurement campaign will likely take place in winter […] >>

April 02 2015

CEA helps Rosetta space mission analyze comets

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Here’s something you might not have known: Leti provided an irreplaceable component to help the Rosetta space mission analyze the gases that make up comets. The adventure began in 1998, when the University of Bern asked Leti to come up with a microtip cathode for a pressure gauge to equip the mission’s COPS, or comet […] >>

April 02 2015

Interview: “Standards will help us position our technologies”

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Dominique Noguet, Head of Communication and Security Technology, Leti, an institute of the CEA “Standards will help us position our technologies” Leti has been working on a standard for cognitive radio since 2011. Why? We developed a cognitive radio technology that leverages TV white space. In other words, it takes advantage of UHF bands allocated […] >>

February 02 2015

Charitable giving: Clinatec to raise €30 million

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Clinatec set up a foundation in November 2014 with the goal of raising €30 million in charitable donations within five years. The funds raised will pick up where Clinatec’s other resources—government subsidies and revenue from R&D contracts—leave off, enabling the center to pursue its groundbreaking work getting innovative treatments for spinal-cord injuries, Parkinson’s, and cancer […] >>

February 02 2015

Atelier Arts Sciences polarizes light at first-ever Rêve Party

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On March 3, the Atelier Arts Sciences will organize its first-ever Rêve Party [Dream Party] in conjunction with Minalogic and Cluster Lumière. The event will explore the topic of light. Solium, which manufactures solar-powered light fixtures, and Oled4life, which makes organic LEDs for signage and control panels, will present their businesses. Atelier Arts Science artist-in-residence […] >>
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