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June 01 2012

Diabolo: embedding electronics in fine threads

  • Industry
  • MINATEC
  • News
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 […] >>

June 01 2012

Mark your calendars for the fifth Phelma Partners Day

  • Education
  • MINATEC
  • News
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 […] >>

June 01 2012

ImmunID makes its mark in oncology

  • Industry
  • News
Grenoble-based start-up ImmunID is presenting the results of clinical trials on its Lymphodivpenia biomarker at the prestigious American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting being held in Chicago from June 1 to June 5, 2012. This ground-breaking immune system biomarker can be used to maximize the efficacy of chemotherapy treatments while limiting the side […] >>

June 01 2012

Engineers and scientists—want to try your hand at teaching?

  • Education
  • MINATEC
  • News
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, […] >>

June 01 2012

Wavelens cuts the cost of smartphone autofocus

  • Industry
  • MINATEC
  • News
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 […] >>
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