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The CEA Tech travelling showroom will be at Maison MINATEC until February 13. The modular structure offers between 20 sq. m and 150 sq. m of exhibit space, was designed to be easy to put up and take down, and can be transported to different venues by truck. The showroom has already made stops in […] >>

On December 4, 2014, four budding entrepreneurs presented their projects to the Challenge First Step selection committee, tasked with assessing the projects’ maturity and determining whether or not to grant them additional resources to fund their development plans over the next six months. The LINC project (development software for connected objects) was deemed ready for […] >>

Pierre Schefler and Mathieu Bertrand, both in their third year at Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma Engineering School, have developed a cube-shaped 3D display as part of a class project. The cube, named “Cubicle,” boasts ten control buttons and 729 LEDs that can represent forms in space, and, because the points of light are visible […] >>

On January 19 researchers from across the Rhône-Alpes region attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new FEG-TEM microscope on the St. Martin d’Hères campus. The microscope, manufactured by JEOL, offers spatial resolution of 2.3 Å in TEM mode and 2 Å in STEM mode. It also boasts powerful chemical imaging capabilities and is suitable for […] >>

Bordeaux-based EVTronic recently formed three-year, €1.5-million a joint R&D lab with CEA-Leti. The lab’s first objective is to develop a 30 kW parallel-wired battery pack demonstrator by the end of 2015. The battery pack would be hooked up to the grid and would provide additional electricity during peak electricity demand. The joint lab is leveraging […] >>