RENATER (France)
Visit WebsiteApplying virtual reality technology to improve body image
Health & Medicine
Neuroscience
DFN (Germany)
EENet of HITSA
GÉANT (Europe)
Jisc (United Kingdom)
RedIRIS (Spain)
RENATER (France)
SINET (Japan)
SURF (Netherlands)
Researchers in the BODYinTRANSIT project are studying how Body Transformation Experiences (BTE), or perceptual illusions of body change, can be engineered, to create the illusion of being something different than what they are in reality.
Volcano surveillance in near-real time
Recent research on the Italian volcano Mount Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, may have developed a new tool for predicting eruptions.
Bringing ancient manuscripts to life
"Tikkoun Sofrim" (Hebrew for “Scribal Correction”) is a joint French-Israeli project to integrate the wisdom of the masses to digitalize ancient manuscripts using Handwritten Text-Recognition.
Dear cultural heritage conservationists, please relax – the MOLAB van is on its way
Technology
ACOnet (Austria)
DeIC (Denmark)
DFN (Germany)
FCT | FCCN (Portugal)
GARR (Italy)
GRNET (Greece)
Jisc (United Kingdom)
PIONIER/PSNC (Poland)
RedIRIS (Spain)
RENATER (France)
SURF (Netherlands)
When artworks are too fragile to be moved, you have to come to them. The MOLAB team helps art historians and conservationists study fragile artefacts with hi-tech non-invasive equipment.
What is the time – really?
Both in science and in society in general there is a rising demand for time accuracy. Extreme accuracy that is, and that involves sophisticated time measuring devices like hydrogen masers and caesium fountains. In the CLONETS projects r&e networks collaborate to deliver high performance clock services.
Optimizing an airplane wing more precisely than ever before
Engineers used research networks and supercomputing in two countries to inform the design of airplane wings that will make airplanes lighter, reducing fuel consumption and the number of raw materials used in construction
World first: French medical students now take digital exams
Every year medical students in France take a crucial exam, The National Classifying Exam, which determines the specialization they pursue and often where they will live. To address its shortcomings, this exam has now being modernised and digitized, and the French national research and education network is responsible for mission critical infrastructure.
Helping to improve public service in France
In a unique collaboration, French research and education network RENATER will provide infrastructure connecting public administration sites from 15 ministries.
Mapping the landscape, managing the future
Climate Science
Earth Observation
EUMEDCONNECT3 (Eastern Mediterranean)
GÉANT (Europe)
MARWAN (Morocco)
RENATER (France)
Moroccan and French researchers are using high-speed networks to combine their expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing to produce new thematic maps of
Agadir, Morocco and to monitor this fragile landscape.
Freeing epilepsy patients from seizure
Health & Medicine
Centre de Calcul El-Khawarizmi (CCK) - Tunisia
EUMEDCONNECT3 (Eastern Mediterranean)
GÉANT (Europe)
RENATER (France)
90% of the world’s 50 million epilepsy sufferers live in developing countries and a large minority need surgery as the only effective treatment. Thanks to the power of high-capacity R&E networks, the outlook for millions of epilepsy sufferers is being dramatically transformed and the costs of treatment substantially reduced.