100 million people around the world need orthopedic devices. However, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 5% to 15% of people who need assistive technology and assistive technology can access them. Production is low, and quality is often limited. The techniques used are often and by necessity simple, dictated by […]
In a particular and worrying health context, viruses are not the only microorganisms representing a serious threat. Bacteria (and fungi to a lesser extent) are responsible for many infections, particularly in healthcare establishments where one in twenty patients contracts a nosocomial infection. Although most of these infections can be treated […]
The condensed matter physics research community is in turmoil. In the spring of 2018, a team from MIT in the USA demonstrated that two layers of graphene stacked on top of each other could become superconducting when they are rotated concerning each other at an angle called ” magical. ” In […]
In 2018, Amazon was ditching its automatic resume sorting system after realizing that it was systematically downgrading female resumes. Why such behavior? Because the previous recruitments, that is to say, the base from which the system had been trained, were almost exclusively male: the AI system reproduced the previous “biases.” […]
“My life is missing a time / Your laughter is missing, I’m bored / I miss you, my friend, my alter ego,” sang Jean-Louis Aubert in 2001. If this song by Jean-Louis Aubert is little known to children – and is often associated with “something old-fashioned” as they pleasantly pointed […]
