Research

BiOMIg is an open innovation platform for bio-inspired materials.

The objectives of the SIreNERGY project are to improve regional and national energy policies, and to facilitate the acceptance and deployment of renewable energies in rural areas.

At the heart of the Anti-tique naturel project is the research and development of a range of bioinspired solutions to effectively combat the bite of ticks, mites that carry numerous pathogens transmissible to humans. 

The Living Lab 5G project aims to experiment with tools to promote debate and understanding of the issues and uses of 5G, in collaboration with researchers and industry, in order to make complex data accessible to all.

Ok Gaia is a digital tool for mining biological data.

Lignes de vie marine is an exploration of new ways of transporting electricity at sea that are resource-efficient and even regenerate natural marine environments.

MSE Explorer is an educational toolbox for generating eco-innovative ideas.

The seminar New Relationships between Man and Nature explores the approaches of bio-inspiration, biomimicry, bio-use, bio-manufacturing and bio-assistance as applied to urban environments, and examines their capacity to generate new forms of relationships between Man and Nature in the city, as well as the ethical, legal, economic, societal and cultural implications.

The Design and Biology research programme explores future changes in design practices as they converge with the sciences, particularly the life sciences.

The Bio-inspiration for the conquest of space seminar looks at the possible contributions of design, bio-inspiration and bio-manufacturing in the field of space, and then invites us to imagine the potential changes in the space professions as they relate to the Living World.

The seminar Design and science: conceiving new interactions explores and highlights new practices and methods, as well as new spaces, tools and languages that generate new forms of interaction between science and design, for the benefit of society.

The Bio-inspired and Bio-manufactured Materials seminar examines our relationship with bio-inspired or bio-manufactured materials, which often have remarkable properties and are transforming our relationship with design, manufacture, objects and their uses, as well as ethics.

Versus is a collaborative essay on new forms of cooperation between design and the life sciences, co-written with bio-engineer Michka Mélo.

Une possible évolution industrielle is an essay on how our industries and lifestyles might evolve in response to the emergence of new technologies and practices.