Its objectives are:

• To highlight for potential partners CEA technologies that accelerate the transfer of our innovations to industry
• To increase the visibility of our laboratories’ activities and advertise their capacity for innovation within MINATEC
• To encourage creativity and multidisciplinarity between the different CEA-Leti laboratories

A showroom on the ground floor of MINATEC’s Integrative Industries building is quickly becoming a must-see stop for those interested in the new technology being developed by Leti and its fellow CEA organization Liten, the Laboratory of Innovation for New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials.

The CEA’s Technological Research Division (DRT) opened the 800 m2 facility last year to raise awareness of the two research organizations’ work. The showroom also is intended to foster new partnerships, collaborations, and interdisciplinary communications between academia and industry by disseminating information about Leti’s and Liten’s new technologies and innovations.

Half of the showroom’s space is dedicated to the “upstream” phase of the innovation process, including R&D, design, and prototyping. Through audio, video, and physical displays, the exhibits housed there emphasize creative approaches to innovation, including the use of social and human sciences to improve user experiences.

The facility’s other half is dedicated to realizing the value of DRT-sponsored technologies through their transfer to industry. This space features 20 themed areas as well as some 50 demonstrations illustrating the use of tomorrow’s technologies in the areas of health, housing, mobility, and energy.