At the age of 27, Jérôme Parcq, a researcher in biotechnologies at the Inserm research unit 919 in Caen, has just created a start-up to develop a new treatment option for cerebrovascular accidents (CVA - commonly referred to as stroke).
Just over a year after the closure of ST Ericsson in Colombelles, two new businesses, created by former employees, are now established within the science park: BlinkSight and E.D.E Labs.
CAEN LA MER / NORMANDY LEADER IN MOBILE CONTACTLESS TECHNOLOGY
Campus EffiScience, located in the urban community of Caen la mer (Normandy), is the first specialized science park on “Interactive mobile devices” technologies. Main items developed : e-money, automation, transport, information, entertainment, health, administration….
The e-secure transactions cluster TES as well as NXP, Ipdia and Presto Engineering (3 companies members of SITELESC), are fully involved in the growth of these technologies in Normandy.
Specialised in the field of spatial navigation and star tracking systems, via image acquisition and processing, computer science and mathematics, Starnav recently developed its Head & Eye Pilot project, in partnership with the Caen University Hospital and Caen University and funded by the ANR (French National Research Agency) and the Lower Normandy Regional Council.
If you are behind a project involving digital technology - if your project involves innovative consumer use for the present or the future… why not apply to take part in the forthcoming “Carrefour des Possibles” organised by the Lower Normandy Regional Council within the framework of the i2N (Innovation Numérique Normande - Normandy Digital Innovation) programme and the FING (Fondation Internet Nouvelle Génération - New Generation internet Foundation). To apply: http://fing.org/?- Carrefour-des-possibles
Four Normans have recently developed a small case which indicates three levels of radioactivity in the atmosphere. Naho, which targets the general public, is for sale at less than €50. Weighing in at just a few grams, it is worn around the neck, suspended from a loop. The foursome has established a company in Caen, which they have named Warf, to produce and commercialise the device. Read more »
Google gives the kick-off for the global deployment of NFC. Officialised in December 2010, the association between NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors) and Google recently materialised long months of joint development.
Organised by Synergia, the Caen la Mer conurbation’s economic development agency, in association with the Préfecture de Basse-Normandie and its partners, and with a dominant theme of equality, this year’s edition of the Innovation Enterprise Competition saw the arrival of a new “Student” category. The six winners (from a total of 37 applications) of this 11th edition received their awards on the 13th of April within the premises of the University of Caen. Read more »
In February 2010, Presto Engineering’s first European hub was inaugurated, following the acquisition of NXP’s product engineering lab infrastructure in Normandy.
Within the context of a major collaborative European project “CSSL or Consumerising Solid State Lighting”, 22 businesses and academic institutions have been working, since May 2010, on defining tomorrow’s domestic lighting: LED, highly reliable and at attractive prices.