Published 2 June 2020 by Elsa Ferreira

100 hours: the time it took the team at University College London, assisted by Mercedes’s Formula 1 department, to develop the first prototype of a CPAP device.

Published 19 June 2018 by Cherise Fong

After lab-grown burgers and plant-based sausage, what about a meat alternative made from insects? Insect farming is gaining traction, all the way to DIY home kits.

Published 5 June 2018 by Cherise Fong

Not a week goes by without a new announcement by the tech giants regarding our robotic future. OpenCat was born from the imagination of a single maker, who is working hard on its open source debut.

Published 12 December 2017

The UN rewards a young British engineer for having designed a hydroponic system that uses ten times less water and cultivated area than conventional horticulture.

Published 2 October 2017 by Cherise Fong

Far from bicycle doping on the Tour de France, there is no shortage of smart accessories to enhance your own ride. Introducing our top 10 most promising (and most successful) cycling prototypes.

Published 17 January 2017 by Nicolas Barrial

Skipper Alain Thébault chose Paris to test his eco-taxis that hover above the water. Initially announced for June, the Sea Bubbles are still 3D models.

Published 29 November 2016

Agricool recycles containers into organic strawberry tanks in town. And it works: the start-up has just raised €4 million.

Published 21 November 2016 by Elsa Ferreira

Deux chercheurs de l'université de Pennsylvanie ont inventé Piccolissimo, un drone de 28mm de diamètre et 2,5g. Muni d'un capteur, il pourrait effectuer toutes sortes de tâches, seul ou en essaim.

Published 1 November 2016

Sprint session of ironic prototyping at the first French stupid hackathon organized by the Stereolux Arts and Technologies Laboratory in Nantes on October 29.

Published 22 October 2016 by Elsa Ferreira

The Chemputer, developed by Lee Cronin with support from BAE Systems, is one of the first prototypes to seriously tackle digitizing chemistry.

Published 13 September 2016 by Carine Claude

Le prototype de tracteur à pédales Aggrozouk (ex-Bicitractor) s'exposait pendant la Paris Design Week. Une alternative DiY et écolo aux machines industrielles coûteuses.

Published 21 May 2016 by Annick Rivoire

Louise Drulhe’s “Critical Atlas of the Internet” is a website, a book and an exhibition. This “fluid design” proto questions control architecture.

Published 13 May 2016 by Nicolas Barrial

Turning one’s remote control into a gesture-controlled casing is an idea from the Belgian maker Frederick Vandenbosch.

Published 12 April 2016 by Cherise Fong

To finally know what your dog is really feeling, Inupathy offers you a collar that measures the canine's heart rate and displays its mood in a spectrum of colors.

Published 19 January 2016 by Cherise Fong

Open source and soon to be sold for less than a hundred euros, OCPC heralds the revolution of the computer numerical control machine for all.

Published 16 November 2015 by Cherise Fong

In Japan, where traditional agricultural practices are aging fast, research looks toward connected solutions. Sensprout and Techrice are two rising projects using environmental sensors.

Published 10 November 2015 by Nicolas Barrial

MIT researchers have developed RF-Capture, algorithms that analyze the rebounds of Wi-Fi on the human body in order to draw its figure.

Published 19 October 2015 by Annick Rivoire

“Flippaper” is the prototype of a good old-fashioned pinball machine onto which you can graft a drawing. Once scanned, it becomes the table for the ball.

Published 28 September 2015 by Carine Claude

At the closing show of the Fashion Tech Showroom in Paris on the 26th of September, the illuminated Ocean Dress caused a sensation. An ethical and chic hi-tech prototype.

Published 22 September 2015 by Nicolas Barrial

To open Fashion Tech Week in Paris, Wair and WearHacks start-ups organized a Greenathon on September 19-20 that combined fashion, tech and ecology.