At home and in the workplace, we spend 85% of our lives breathing indoor air that is often vitiated by numerous pollutants. It’s a public health issue that the building industry is starting to address. Mandatory in France in nurseries and primary schools since the start of 2018, and in day camps and secondary schools […]
Tested in Lemgo, the We-Light Open smart lighting solution developed by Omexom provides a permanent power supply for street lighting systems combined with a fine-grained control of city lighting. It also fits into the broader framework of smart city applications. When it comes to upgrading a city’s lighting system, installing LED lamps often tends to […]
Designed by a pool of companies working in partnership with VINCI Energies, smart headboards are a reliable solution to help minimise response times to an elderly person’s fall. Health facilities are a target market for the development of digital applications. Keen to improve patient comfort and safety, make life easier for caregivers and enhance the […]
Cécile Maisonneuve, President of La Fabrique de la cité, is one of the best observers of the challenges facing today’s urban areas, first and foremost traffic congestion and its impact on urban quality of life and public health. She says that it would be wrong to assume that new technologies can, by themselves, solve a […]
A wireless charging motorway project, selected as part of a European call for proposals in July 2019 and led by major French groups among others, could well signal a turning point in the electric vehicle market. In 2018, Sweden, which aims to achieve independence from fossil fuels in the transport sector by 2030, became the […]
Many industrial undertakings are discovering the benefits of collaborative simulation solutions, particularly as applied to logistics. A number of specialised simulation tools, including AnyLogic, 3DEXPERIENCE, ProModel, FlexSim, Witness, SIMPROCESS, AutoMod, and Plant Simulation, hold new potential for industrial operators. These solutions can substantially optimise a production line both upstream and downstream. They create a virtual […]
For employers and professionals in the property development industry, new working practices driven by mobility and digital developments are resulting in reduced office footprints and a move towards collective workspaces. Although less common in France than in other European countries, especially Scandinavian ones, teleworking is developing at a very fast pace and no longer just […]
An article by our partner site LEONARD Rather than progressing in a straight line, the increasingly-growing coworking market is constantly changing. In addition to new players on the scene with their shape-shifting products, major businesses are now building coworking spaces in their own offices (“corporate working”). Coworking is becoming one of many solutions for optimizing […]
Specific – especially security-related – constraints must be addressed when integrating voice assistants in a work environment. Should a cloud solution provided by one of the major American suppliers be selected, or a local solution such as those offered by a number of startups? Alexa is listening to you. All the time. Amazon’s voice assistant […]
