Innovation

 
Thank you Andrew B47 for this picture of Eindhoven !
I will be in Eindhoven area for 2 days on March 20 and 21. The aim is to meet organisations, incubator and start-ups companies that could have an interest in coming in La Baule for the California Tech Showcase next June.
Why Eindhoven and why the Netherlands […]

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The IT activities of the Californian companies that registered to be at the California Tech Showcase in La Baule next 4, 5 and 6 June are dedicated to broadcast, networking solution for HD video distribution, mobile communications, capture of video audio clips, sound recognition, open source routers and firewall solutions ….About cleantech’ones, we will welcome companies […]

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Beware 2.0 generation…we are coming into a blackout period!! In the ‘Sciences et vie Junior’ magazine’s last edition (n°222), I learnt something scary. 
From now  to 2013, our mobiles, televisions, wifi connexions, and other ways of communication could frequently be out of service because of the sun’s anger. Magnetic solar flares could disorder our terrestrial habits and have crushing effects on our global communication.
We […]

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The Near Field Communication or NFC technology is booming and is more and more present in the consumer market.
What is it? According to Wikipedia, NFC is a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology which enables the exchange of data between devices over about a decimetre distance. The technology combines the interface of a smartcard and […]

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I met Zeemote, Inc., a Bedford (MA, USA) company at Mobile World Congress last month in Barcelona. You know, the European biggest event dedicated to mobile. (Zeemote was one of the finalists of the Mobile innovation global awards.)
This company makes intelligent wireless controllers for mobile devices.  They launched in USA a compact wireless thumbstick for mobile gaming. Small, fast, ergonomic, and […]

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Who said Western France was not innovative ?
This morning, while I was drinking my  tea, I came across an article (Nantes Métropole, mars/avril 2008, n°14) about an astonishing innovation! A French engineer, Mr Grimont, has hatched a futurist concept which is going to revolutionize the boat market as it currently exists. Where it is not technically possible to set […]

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