How far we have come since the days when we thought the skeleton was rigid or, more recently, when we thought that only DNA had an influence on our bones! In studying the skeleton, osteobiography reveals how the bones adapt to our new lifestyles and influence our body and health. The Paleolithic Age and […]
Japanese computer giant Fujitsu is partnering with the International Gymnastics Federation (IGF) to offer technology to assess gymnasts’ performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Judges, viewers and athletes should be satisfied with this technological development based on artificial intelligence. Tests scrutinized by artificial intelligence The press conference on November 20, 2018, by […]
During the second Tech For Good summit, leading tech companies tackled the issue of parity in managerial positions or on boards of Directors. What has been achieved? What is the portrait of the current situation? How would the economy benefit? Ambitious goal At a reception at the Élysée, hosted last May by President Macron, […]
In parallel with the establishment of World Wildlife Day by the United Nations in 2014, a variety of measures have been deployed in the parks of Africa and Asia to combat poaching of endangered species. Technology will be of great help to try to curb this growing scourge whose effects could also harm the tourism […]
The automation of factory production will create new job categories, related to IT. What are they? By replacing human work for predictable repetitive and physical tasks, technological innovations are leading to the development of new skills that require analysis and judgement. They are changing the very nature of many jobs and creating new ones. Rather […]
The emotion and stupor in the first hours following the fire of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 16, 2019, quickly gave way to the time for reconstruction. Experts, architects, engineers… everyone descended on the media to give their opinion on the matter, to say nothing of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who called […]
Announced at the Robotics Summit & Expo in May 2018, the new version of the Handle Robot by Boston Dynamics has just burst on the scene. With a humanoid appearance, this very agile robot could provide considerable support to warehouse staff within a few years. The Boston Dynamics Company A brainchild of the […]
In this era of global warming, the issue of carbon dioxide (CO2) has never been so current. Aside from its presence in the atmosphere in minuscule quantities (0.04%, compared to 78% for nitrogen, 21% for oxygen and 0.9% for argon), carbon dioxide is also produced by man from numerous industrial activities, in alarming proportions. To […]
For decades, the Formula 1 has played a real role as a testing laboratory. Whether technological innovations are borrowed from the aerospace field or developed for this discipline, they are only responding to a need for performance expressed by the builders to climb on the first step of the podium after each Grand Prix. […]
Teamwork is one thing, the community of practice is another. Within a given territory, or within a network of companies, it is worthwhile to create communities of practice. Why, and how do you go about it? Imagine math teachers, from different schools across the country, who want to develop new pedagogical practices together or share […]
The peasant, scythe in hand, will soon be only an idyllic memory, while the agricultural world moves full tilt into a universe where new technology, computerization, digitization, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics reign. While answering to the economic and environmental challenges of the 21st century, this revolution also enables farmers to free themselves from repetitive […]
The war between the United States and China conceals issues that are more complex and strategic than the simple trade balance. When the challenger wants to take the place of the leader, the results are not expected, especially when the countries are governed by two strong characters. An ambitious China Three years ago, Xi […]
