News : MINATEC

MultiX, a developer of X-ray spectrometric detectors for luggage inspection and other security applications, has just raised €4 million from six investors. This is the start-up’s second round of fund raising; the first in January 2011 brought in €3 million. MultiX’s high-performance systems, developed in association with Leti, offer a fast, reliable, and low-cost method […] >>

This year’s inaugural First Step Challenge—designed to identify the most promising start-up ideas based on CEA Tech projects (see the October 2012 issue of Minanews)—received an overwhelming 23 applications from aspiring young entrepreneurs. 14 of these applications have been selected for the next phase of the challenge; most of the projects selected were officially launched […] >>

Isorg’s interactive displays are designed to power up and launch multimedia presentations as soon as someone walks by, thanks to a system of optical sensors on plastic developed in association with Liten. You can see these next-generation displays in action at the Minalogic offices, the CEA communications department at Saclay, and the many demonstrations given […] >>

In the future, the performance of energy generation and storage systems will depend on an unprecedented alliance between semiconductors and organic materials. At least that’s the goal of research to be conducted at Hybrid-En, a new 200 m2 research facility being built in MINATEC’s 10.05 building. Hybrid-En will bring together around 20 physicists and chemists […] >>

High-tech start-up Movea has won a five-year contract to supply its cutting-edge context detection technology to a manufacturer of smartphone and tablet microprocessors. Movea has been trying to break into the context detection market for the past 18 months, and this new contract win, which is expected to generate substantial sales, marks a major step […] >>