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The future of France
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- 2016first covered
- 29 Apr 2026latest update
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- Worldline, ING and Mastercard complete Europe’s first Agentic Payment pilotConnected society
- India taps space startups to produce bodyguard satellite systemsSpace
- Raytheon drone interceptor downs enemy drones using an electronic warfare weapon systemSecurity and privacy
- EU to mobilise €200 Billion in new AI fund to chase China and the US dominanceOpinion
- Airbus plans first hydrogen aircraft test flight after successful engine trialsTransport and mobility
- Airbus surveyed 100 airports to advance autonomous aircraft plansTransport and mobility
- Episci develops AI to detect hypersonic missiles from spaceSecurity and privacy
- World’s first algae based bio-circular datacenter launches in FranceEarth and energy
- Unhackable quantum technologies debut in FranceSecurity and privacy
- Paralysis used to be for life, but it isn’t any longer, and this and other breakthroughs are just the start of a new era of medicine.Transport and mobility
- At 5 million fps this is one of the fastest cameras in the worldIndustry and manufacturing
- France enters the hypersonic missile race with first VMAX launchIndustry and manufacturing
- France passes Batman-like surveillance law granting police access to your phoneConnected society
- The UK’s Royal Navy will soon take delivery of its first autonomous minesweeperRobotics
- New brain decoding tech lets researchers see through the eyes of Mice for first timeAI and intelligence
- Ultra high capacity bacterial made DNA hard drives get a boost with new funding roundComputing
- Prophesee and Qualcomm partner to bring neuromorphic computer vision to smartphonesAI and intelligence
- Researchers used a quantum computer to invent a new cooling materialEarth and energy
- The first federated quantum supercomputers are emerging across EuropeComputing
- Magnet powerful enough to pick up an aircraft carrier to help ITER kickstart fusionEarth and energy
- A new biocompatible AI takes healthcare monitoring to the next levelAI and intelligence
- Michelin’s inflatable sails turn giant polluting cargo ships into giant sailing shipsEarth and energy
- Beach robots arrive in Florida to clean up all your beach trashRobotics
- After decades in the shadows Flying Whales is bringing back the mighty airshipTransport and mobility
- The world’s first satellite that can be re-programmed in orbit heads to final assemblySpace
- French central bank successfully completes first test of their sovereign digital currencyConnected society
- Lasers could make nuclear waste inert in 30 minutes says Nobel Prize winnerEarth and energy
- Transparent wood makes a splash in the car worldIndustry and manufacturing
- In a world first an AI just made it’s own synthetic human genomeBiotech and enhanced humans
- Memristor breakthrough puts a human brain at the edge of every networkComputing
- The french government just signed off on cyborg soldiersBiotech and enhanced humans
- Airbus just unveiled three new radical zero-emission concept aircraftTransport and mobility
- Flying high Airbus shows off its 2030 and 2050 concept cabinsTransport and mobility
- Researchers’ brainwave reading temporary tattoo reads your mind and your moodsConnected society
- World’s first fully pilotless commercial aircraft takes off from FranceTransport and mobility
- I, The Company of 2040 | Accenture, Paris | Matthew Griffin | Leadership Keynote SpeakerArticles
- A brain controlled exoskeleton just let a quadraplegic man walk againBiotech and enhanced humans
- The Future of Sport 2030 | Decathlon, France | Matthew Griffin | Sports and Wellness Keynote SpeakerArticles
- This new AI uses both sight and sound to estimate depressionAI and intelligence
- Mission Impossible style smart contact lens gets US military’s attentionBiotech and enhanced humans
- Colorful bio-engineered bacteria could end fashions obsession with toxic dyesIndustry and manufacturing
- Step into the holodeck, Theoriz unveil their mixed room reality conceptVirtual worlds
- Record breaking solar powered aircraft stays aloft for 26 days straightEarth and energy
- New glasses will beam augmented and virtual reality directly into your eyesVirtual worlds
- A family in France become the first family to live in a 3D printed houseIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists push the boundaries of nanotech to build the world’s smallest houseIndustry and manufacturing
- Air France KLM and Microsoft use blockchain to improve MROConnected society
- European giants team up to build electric aircraftTransport and mobility
- The Future of Sustainable Cities | ChangeNOW, Paris | Matthew Griffin | Smart Cities Keynote SpeakerArticles
- France’s railways to run semi-autonomous from 2023Transport and mobility
- France bans sales of combustion engines from 2040Transport and mobility
- HTT shows off its concept Hyperloop passenger podTransport and mobility
- A cure for millions as gene therapy cures patient with Sickle Cell diseaseBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers use artificial intelligence to automatically age facesAI and intelligence
- Bach lives again, in AI formAI and intelligence
- France opens the worlds first solar panel road to the publicEarth and energy
- The Future of Law | Dentons, Paris | Matthew Griffin | Law and IP Keynote SpeakerArticles
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