The aim of the Institute of Research and Technology (IRT) b<>com is to accelerate the development and marketing of tools, products, and services for improving everyday living, through research and innovation in digital technologies. In concrete terms, b<>com innovates at the highest levels in the fields of hypermedia (ultra-high-definition images, 3D, smart content, and virtual and augmented reality, to name a few), ultra-high-speed fixed and mobile networks, and its starting field of e-health.
On July 7, guests at {dive} will get a unique culinary experience from the three chefs of the Centre Culinaire Contemporain, a partner of the event. On the menu: The [! SSSHRRRFFF], an unprecedented, multi-sensory exploration centered around 3 major Breton themes: land, sea, and forest. Learn more about these three veteran gourmets.
On the program this week: Solar Impulse across Atlantic, Electric car sets world acceleration record, the first electric road inaugurated and why Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam. Have a good reading!
On June 14, IDATE held its annual debate on the future of digital trends: Digiworld Future. This was an opportunity to reveal the visualization tool that b<>com has developed to browse its partner's data.
Laura Khoury founded Shoptelligence in the US after several years in business strategy. Her promise ? Revolutionize our shopping experience through Artificial Intelligence. She will speak at {dive}:event on July, 7.
From June 4 to 7, the AES (Audio Engineering Society) convention, the most important European event for professional audio, was held in Paris. b<>com was there to exhibit its sound spatialization technologies at the Merging Technologies stand. This Swiss company specializes in manufacturing digital audio interfaces in hardware and software form.
On the program this week : AI fools humans with fake sound effects, Magic Leap is partnering with Star Wars’ LucasFilm to make experiential story moments, a company claims Google stole the balloon Wi-Fi tech behind Project Loon, Plume reinvents Wi-Fi for the home, autonomous car by IBM. Have a good reading !
The experimental short film Refuge, which explores new sound and image formats, was screened for its North American premiere under the giant dome of the SAT (Société des Arts Technologiques) during the Symposium IX event in Montreal, June 3, 2016.
On the program this week: the drone that can carry you around in test, Google's "big red button" would act as an off switch for a rogue artificial intelligence agent, flying with wearable tech, Google co-founder secretly building flying cars and a Deus ex-inspired prosthetic arm. Have a good reading!
Amber Case, "cyborg anthropologist" and experience designer, will appear at {dive}:event on July 7. After founding GeoLoqi, in recent years she has become one of the leading specialists in experience design and the evolution of the relationships between people and technology. An interview with an influencer who argues for a more harmonious approach to technology.
To bring its 18 hours of immersion in innovation to a smashing close, {dive} will come to UBU on July 7 thanks to a partnership with the association Trans Musicales. Both surprising and intriguing, {dive}:party will be an opportunity for attendees to discover artists unlike any other... To tell us more about this unique collaboration, we met with Béatrice Macé, co-director of Trans Musicales.
