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After a promising first year in 2012, the CEA’s First Step Challenge is being renewed this year with high expectations. The goal is to spot “out of the box” business ideas and support them with financial aid, expertise, and a fast, effective incubation program. Out of the 14 business ideas selected 2012, 12 are on […] >>

Imaginez le Future (“Imagine the Future”), an interactive conference held by the Minalogic competitive cluster, will take place in Grenoble on July 4, 2013. It will be free of charge and open to researchers and industry professionals. The event will kick off with a presentation on Minalogic’s strategic goals for 2013–2018. This will be followed […] >>

The N+1 theater company, currently in residency at Atelier Arts-Sciences, will set up its third and last camp on June 10–14, 2013, in a yurt in front of CEA building 20.33. While there the thespians will investigate how researchers get their ideas. The theater company will work with a core team of scientists and engineers […] >>

In a new book called Des Hommes et des Ions (“Of Ions and Men”), French journalist Isabelle Doucet tells the story of how Leti researchers—including Michel Bruel, Alain Soubie, and Jean-François Michaud—studied and revolutionized microelectronics R&D with their work on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. The book is subtitled Chroniques d’une Aventure Humaine (“Chronicles of a Human […] >>

Ezra, a beatboxer (a performing artist who produces vocal percussion sounds), is working with Organic Orchestra 2.0 to develop an interactive stage glove as part of his residency at Atelier Arts-Sciences. The glove contains numerous microsensors and miniature batteries that let the artist control an entire sound and lighting system using natural hand movements. This […] >>