Vestas boosts its production of wind turbines

Wind turbine

Good news for the environment: wind energy is moving full steam ahead! Vestas, the world's leading company in the sector, is currently a hive of activity More..



Capture and storage of CO2... to rescue coal

Unité de captage-stockage de CO2

New technology in the energy field has just been put in place in the United States More..



A three wheel drive hybrid scooter

HYbrid3 Evolution de Peugeot, le scooter hybride à 3 roues motrices

At the Milan International Cycle and Motorbike Show, Peugeot presents its very latest environmentally friendly three wheel drive "concept scooter": the "HYbrid3 Evolution" More..



The first public bioclimatic building

Le  Phare vert  sur le campus de la Faculté des Sciences de Copenhague

The first public bioclimatic building has been built on the campus of the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark More..



All art to be digitised in 3D...

3D-Conform, projet de numérisation du patrimoine artistique

After our literary heritage, it is works of art that are to be preserved and circulated on the Web More..



Einstein was right!

Albert Einstein

In relation to the speed of light, Einstein's theory of general relativity and the predictions of quantum science are in disagreement More..



Innovation in recycling CDs and DVDs: made in Taiwan

Université Da Yeh, Taiwan

Ecology compels us; researchers at Da-Yeh University in Taiwan have invented an innovative technique to recycle CDs and DVDs: an improved cleaning process which removes the coating from discs without damaging them More..



Playgrounds of the future

Une aire de jeu SmartUs

After the Scandinavian countries, Holland, Britain and even France, Asia has welcomed its very first "SmartUs" environment in Hong Kong More..



Climate change atlas soon to go online

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

A team of South African researchers from the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) is currently developing a digital atlas of climate change aimed at the general public More..



The keyboard that stays really clean

Le clavier autonettoyant de la société Vioguard

With fears provoked by Swine Flu (H1N1), particularly stirred up by the media, everyone knows the importance of frequently washing their hands More..



A scanner to counter terrorist trafficking

Containers de transport de marchandises entassés

The most ingenious technologies often come from a desire to protect our citizens, as an example More..



This robot won't tear the green baize of you pool table!

Le robot joueur de billard  DeepGreen

Playing pool on your own isn't much fun More..



Safety and electric cars

Test de sécurité de voiture électrique par Volvo

The manufacturer Volvo has always pulled out all the stops when it comes to the safety of its vehicles More..



A new obstacle detection system for the visually impaired

VisionRE, système de étection d'obstacles pour malvoyants

Irish researchers have developed technology designed to allow the visually impaired to identify obstacles and roads signs More..



The eco friendly sports car of the future

Le prototype  Vision Efficient Dynamics  de BMW

Concept cars of the future can sometimes be frustrating More..



Soon there will be a 3D map of the moon

Académie Chinoise des Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is finalising a complete 3D topographical map of the moon, heralded as the most accurate in the world More..



On the road to large area OLEDs

Novaled a développé des Oled grand format

The German firm Novaled has just announced that it is going to develop a large area organic light emitting diode (OLED) device measuring 15 x 15cm More..



An inexhaustible tricycle robot!

Le robot tricycle de Tomotaka Takahashi

A little tricycle robot by Panasonic has just set a new Guinness world record More..



Help scientific research by donating your processing power

Intel,  Progress Thru Processors , pour soutenir la recherche

In order to respond to researchers' needs for complex calculations and to support scientific and medical research More..



The Tabl O bot, at your service!

Tabl-O-bot, le robot qui sert à table,

At a round table or a dinner among friends it does sometimes prove laborious to be constantly getting up to pass round the water jug More..



A remote controlled... UFO!

Le prototype Embler de la firme Aesir

The British company Aesir has focussed its activity on remote controlled concept aircraft More..



A GPS to help the disabled navigate our cities

Pole Star, a GPS for disabled people

Urban geo-positioning firm Pole Star is working on the "Avantage" project to offer a new GPS that will make it easier for disabled people to move through our towns and cities More..