Altitude archives
Issue 18 / AERONAUTICS: THE GREEN REVOLUTION UNDERWAY
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NEWS Open Trade, the trader’s personal assistant / Altran Foundation: Launch of the Altran – Cercle Santé Société Award HIGH-TECH Aeronautics: the green revolution underway PEOPLE Expertise: At Alstom Transport’s side for the AGV / Campus: Discovering the Renault F1 Team / Portrait: Bertrand Piccard, the innovator behind Solar Impulse
Issue 17 / WHEN REALITY BECOMES VIRTUAL
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NEWS Pap[í]rus, the electronic newspaper of tomorrow / Altran Foundation: Report on the latest projects HIGH-TECH When reality becomes virtual PEOPLE Expertise: Optimizing Baxter’s production chain / Campus: Altran and CNJE, still going strong / Portrait : Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the driving simulator Gran Turismo
Issue 16 / OUR THERAPEUTIC ARSENAL: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
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NEWS W[í]ng, almost as light as air / Altran Foundation: a new lease on life HIGH-TECH Our therapeutic arsenal: what does the future hold? PEOPLE Expertise: An offshore and international project for AG2R LA MONDIALE / Campus: AEA 2009, a leading lady / Portrait: David Foster, doctor turned scriptwriter for the series House
Issue 15 / MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE
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NEWS Just another car? / Altran Foundation: winners of the 2008 Award HIGH-TECH Making the world a safer place PEOPLE Expertise: Consulting on projects at ViaMichelin / Campus: Altran and Telecom ParisTech inaugurate the Com’Num laboratory / Portrait: Nouriel Roubini, the economist who predicted the crisis in 2006
Issue 14 / AUTOMOTIVE: ON THE ROAD TO SAVINGS
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NEWS Dahu, the cable car according to Altran / Foundation: Mobilising for the planet across the world HIGH-TECH Automotive: on the road to savings PEOPLE Expertise: A project-platform to create automobile prototypes / Campus: What’s Next, the future of recruiting? / Portrait: Philippe Starck, from modern design to democratic environmentalism
Issue 13 / PLANT SUSTAINABLE, HARVEST DEVELOPMENT
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NEWS Hardware and software for monitoring alternative energy sources / Foundation : Partnership with EcoAct / Green-shopping: eco-friendly bamboo socks HIGH-TECH Sustainable development: when businesses get involved PEOPLE Expertise: Electronic Content Management, a portal for project and business management / Campus: The “Sustainable Development and Global Corporate Responsibility” platform at Bordeaux Management School / Portrait: Al Gore, awakening our consciences
Issue 12 / MOBILITY: WE LIKE TO MOVE IT, MOVE IT
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NEWS With Altran, a rainbow of LED colours! / Foundation : chronicles of the 2007 Prize / Techno-shopping : an armchair that provides the quality of home cinema HIGH-TECH Mobility : the world becomes smaller PEOPLE Expertise: tools to improve performance in the banking sector / Campus : Altran’s involvement in the University of Vigo’s 6th Technological Careers Forum / Portrait: Romain Vergé, soloing with others
Issue 11 / NANOTECHNOLOGIES TAKE ROOT
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NEWS A brass ring that is invisible to certain wavelengths / 2007 Foundation Award, the importance of coaching / Techno-shopping: an oddball in a plastic sphere HIGH-TECH Nanotechnologies take root PEOPLE Expertise: an offshore offer for Altran’s customers / Campus: Politecnico di Milano moves towards Europe’s top 10 technological universities / Portrait: Eric Drexler, Mr Nano
Issue 10 / THE REPAIRED BODY
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NEWS Altran works to reduce risks encountered by astrononauts in space / Foundation: Maxxun has received the 2006 Altran Foundation Award / Techno-shopping: grow an arm-chair in your lawn HIGH-TECH The repaired body PEOPLE Expertise: Altran provides its clients with “IS” guidance/ Campus: the École Centrale of Beijing, a very ambitious project / Portrait: Todd Kuiken, the six million dollar researcher
Issue 9 / GREEN HOMES, THE KEY TO THE FUTURE
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NEWS Altran and Solar Impulse : the adventure continues / Foundation: an international jury for the 2006 Altran Foundation Award / Techno-shopping: a wall made of paper HIGH-TECH Green homes, the key to the future PEOPLE Expertise: CARS 21, enhancing the European automobile industry / Campus: Pascaline Corre, president of the federated movement of French elite schools / Portrait: Corinne Lepage, environmental and social responsibility
Issue 8 / FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER
FASTER, STRONGER, HIGHER
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NEWS Formula 1 Racing: Fernando Alonso and Renault, world champions / Foundation 2006 Award theme: energy / Technoshopping: HRP-2, a robot that moves like a human HIGH-TECH Faster, higher, stronger PEOPLE Expertise: Solar Impulse, the goal of “perpetual flight” in partnership with Altran / Campus: Lucie Portmann’s decisive experience at Altran
Issue 7 / MADE IN, FOR, BY CHINA
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NEWS Olympic Games: Beijing gets ready for 2008 / Foundation: the 2005 hit parade / Techno-shopping: MP3 shades HIGH-TECH China: made in/for/by China PEOPLE Expertise: a partnership to promote the teaching of science in schools/ Campus: ShARE at Shanghai University / Portrait: Yong Song, a bridge between China and Europe
Issue 6 / AERONAUTICS: INNOVATION IS IN THE AIR
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NEWS Climatology: 2004, the year of the hurricane/ Foundation: interview with Philippe Streiff, member of the jury for the 2005 Award / Techno-shopping: a ski jacket that will warm your heart HIGH-TECH Aeronautics: innovation is in the air PEOPLE Expertise: methodologies to innovate and resolve technological problems / Interview: Bill Gates
Issue 5 / DRIVING: TOMORROW HAS ARRIVED
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NEWS The brain remote control, hope for amputees and paralysis victims / 2005 Foundation Award: innovation for integration / Techno-shopping: a line of communicating clothes HIGH-TECH Driving: tomorrow has arrived PEOPLE Expertise: patents and business strategy / Campus: the Altran Engineering Academy laureate
Issue 4 / HOSPITALS: WHAT'S UP DOC?
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NEWS GMO bomb disposal with Arabidopsis thaliana / Foundation: presentation of the 2004 Altran Foundation Award / Techno-shopping: a hand-cranked battery charger HIGH-TECH Hospitals: What’s up, doc? PEOPLE Expertise: Renault F1 Team behind the scenes before and during the race / Campus: Excellence Award for a Mediterranean JE / Portrait: Dominique Moncourtois, Innovation at Chanel
Issue 3 / FORMULA 1: THE RACE BEFORE THE RACE
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NEWS New York's power future / Foundation: interview with Mac Lesggy / Techno-shopping: a high tech gas scooter HIGH-TECH Formula 1: the race before the race PEOPLE Trajectories: conquering China / Expertise: cleaner and better urban transport in Barcelona / Campus: making scientific careers sexier / Portrait: Fernando Alonso
Issue 2 / A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE EVERYWHERE IN OUR LIVES
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NEWS Smart chips / Foundation: European Commission support for the 2004 Award /
Techno-shopping: build your own WiFi rickshaw HIGH-TECH A little bit of space everywhere in our lives PEOPLE Trajectories: open-mindedness, a speciality / Expertise: Pierre-Henri Benhamou and the E-patch® / Campus: true European / Portrait: Umberto Veronesi, Mr Youth
Issue 1 / VLIELAND, OR THE LAND OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
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NEWS Galileo, Europe's GPS Competitor / Fondation: the 2004 theme / House automation, Invasion of the vacuum cleaners / Maritime Traffic, the song of Sirena HIGH-TECH Vlieland, or the land of alternative energy PEOPLE Trajectories: a land where time is suspended/ Experts: Loïck Perron / Campus: the student Celestial Investigations
