News : MINATEC

Do topological insulators—substances that act like insulators on the inside but whose surface contains conducting states—really exist? It would appear so based on experiments conducted on quantum wells just a few nanometers thick, but the findings are difficult to apply to three-dimensional objects. However, now a CNRS-Leti research team has discovered these surprising properties on […] >>

Recently, three engineers from Leti began exploring the idea of a start-up to develop and commercialize a technology called Diabolo. The new technology, which Leti has protected via numerous patents, makes it possible to embed electronics like LEDs, RFID tags, and sensors in textile or plastic threads with diameters of around one millimeter. The threads […] >>

Some 40 companies and nearly 800 students are expected at this year’s Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma Partners Day on October 18, 2012. The event is being organized by the school’s Corporate Relations and Communications Departments and Phelma Junior Consultants. The morning program will include four talks at Maison MINATEC on: the climate for SMEs in […] >>

Faced with an explosion in the number of tutorials and lab courses being offered to its first-year students, Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma is making an appeal to MINATEC engineers, scientists, and PhD students to lend a helping hand. The goal is to hire around 30 temporary teachers for subjects like math, physics, electrical engineering, automation, […] >>

The tiny motors that power the autofocus on smartphone cameras could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to technology from Wavelens, a start-up scheduled to be launched by the end of this year. The three Leti engineers behind the budding company have developed adjustable-focus lenses integrated on silicon that should be ready for […] >>