ACADEMY
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10 April 2010
Life expectancy for digital data supports: what is the risk that data we wish to save may one day be erased?
Edp Sciences : April 2010, 106 pp. Life expectancy for digital data supports: what is the risk that data we wish to save may one day be erased? Why should we pay any attention to long-term preservation of digital data, at a time when digital storage capacities have never been so abundant or so cheap? […]
26 March 2010
SMEs, Technologies and Development
SMEs, Technologies and Development An Academic Communication to NATF, by Christian MARBACH, former GM of SOFFINOVA PARTNERS and ANVAR How can we assist SMEs to take technological evolution into their stride, naturally with all the relevant consequences and even encourage them to play an important role in designing and developing major innovations? This Academic Communication […]
01 February 2010
Bio-fuels
Bio-fuels An Academic Communication by the Standing Committee on Energy and Climate Change – Feb. 2010 01/02/2010 In a context where it is obvious that there will be a gradual rarefaction of fossil fuels, and hence a increased price for the fuels, biotechnologies present a dual advantage, that of renewable sources of production and a […]
18 December 2009
Reducing exposure to mobile relay antenna radiation is not justified scientifically: the Academic position
Inter Academic Position Paper Reducing exposure to radiation from relay antennae is not scientifically justified The French National Academy of Medicine, the Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Technologies of France set up a group of experts with the remit to issue an Advice Note on the risks to health of exposure to […]
03 December 2009
Advice note on carbon credits
Academic Advice Note on Carbon Credits issued by the NATF Standing Committee on Energy and Climate Change, NATF, November 10, 2009 The so-called carbon market has demonstrated its capacity to change the behavioural pattern of certain economic actors in terms of their emission of GHGs. The so-called carbon market, measure decided at Kyoto, is a […]
01 September 2009
“10 Questions about Robots”, addressed by Philippe Coiffet
“10 Questions about Robots”, addressed by Philippe COIFFET, Ed. Le Manuscrit,Paris, Sept. 2009 This booklet gives a rapid overview to the questions that the public at large raises most frequently when referring to Robots. It is a popular theme, in films, novels and even documentary reports … but we never actually meet a Robot. Why […]
07 July 2009
Reform of teacher recruitment and training
NATF (the French National Academy of Technologies) ISSUES A RECOMMENDATION IN RESPECT TO RECRUITING AND TRAINING OF TEACHERS FOR FRANCE’S ‘PROFESSIONAL LYCEES The National Academy of Technologies of France wishes to draw public attention to the current situation in French ‘Professional’ Lycées that NATF is following closely. NATF strongly recommends that the majority of the […]
14 January 2009
A century of nuclear power generation – Michel Hug
A Century of Nuclear Power Generation, by Michel HUG France occupies an extremely strong position in nuclear physics per se, and in its applications, notably in nuclear power generation. The monograph proposed by Michel HUG is an overview that non specialist readers can assimilate, i.e., if they are non specialists of the developments of the […]
14 October 2008
Ten questions about the relation between technology, growth and employment
“10 questions about the relation between technology, growth and employment”, addressed by Prof. Jacques LESOURNE 1. What are the long-term effects of technology on growth rates and job markets of a given national economy with few or no external exchange factors? Two definitions arise from the application of the first model How best can we […]
14 March 2006
The relation between technology, growth and employment
“10 questions about the relation between technology, growth and employment”, addressed by Prof. Jacques LESOURNE 1. What are the long-term effects of technology on growth rates and job markets of a given national economy with few or no external exchange factors? Two definitions arise from the application of the first model How best can we […]