It was disrupted by an international jury that sanctioned it, at the end of April, with a "probationary period" before deciding whether the grafting of grandes écoles-universities onto Saclay had taken hold, creating a single, globally recognized scientific entity. Since then, inherent contradictions...
We are being told of a civilizational revolution with the advent of dialogue between so-called connected objects. A revolution, certainly, but one that is slow to agree on the nature of the communication tool: should it be open or proprietary? Radio communication...
Being the world's leading electricity producer and supplier, while simultaneously being challenged for its strategy during this period of energy transition, is the paradoxical situation facing EDF. A French flagship, whose electricians were...
At the same time, two electricity experiments are taking place in the United States and France. In Brooklyn, a legendary New York borough, residents are experimenting with the production, distribution, and consumption of renewable energy via a blockchain network. In France, the installation of 35…...
With the convergence of energy and digital technology, a new trend is emerging in the lighting industry. Faced with the difficulties local authorities face in investing in renovating their communities' lighting during these times of crisis, lighting manufacturers are beginning to change...
Digital disruption doesn't just affect the urban world. It can also affect rural areas, even creating surprises in certain areas and repositioning them as globalized spaces. Isn't the Eure-et-Loir department currently nibbling away at this, thanks to...
The "Little Box Challenge" competition, launched in July 2014 by Google, in partnership with the highly official Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), was awarded at the end of February to an SME from Liège in Wallonia. Behind the challenge of the prize…...
What if the electricity sector at the beginning of the 21st century were experiencing the same upheavals as the telecommunications sector at the end of the 20th century? To understand the expression "orphan needs," we must put a few realities together.…...
In America and Asia, it is not uncommon to see an academic professor on the board of directors of a multinational corporation, or even at the head of one of its research centers. While American and Asian bosses are more likely to entrust...
As the smart street lighting market gains momentum across the continent, which companies will be able to support this transformation? Asia could well dominate the European, and even global, lighting market.
