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2023-08-24 15:24:33

After HEC, Sciences Po and ENS, Joséphine Tassy, ​​26, is publishing her first novel, L’Indésir. Interview between passion and mourning.

Photo caption: CONTEMPORARY SADNESS_ In her novel, Joséphine explores her lack of emotion in the face of her mother’s death.

Your beginnings?
Joséphine Tassy: I studied public policies, economics, cognitive sciences, languages… Today, alongside writing, I am a researcher.

L’Indésir is a novel that recounts the mourning of a mother, Nuria, in a detached way.
I wanted to deal with this subject through the how, and not the why. I didn’t want to waste the reader’s time, or waste my own time, but rather create a story that I hadn’t read yet. That of a bereavement that we can’t overcome, because we don’t know what to feel. I think it’s a fantasy, the idea that when you’re grieving, you suddenly can’t live your life anymore. I wanted to work on drama in a life that wouldn’t be dramatic.

The memories are punctuated by several characters.
I spent a lot of time with my characters, I wanted them to please me and amuse me. Initially, I created a list of archetypes, with the grieving lover, the bourgeois, the seductive showgirl, etc. I wanted to work on them to the point of understanding what these archetypes can hide.

Mourning mingles with a light and recent love story. What is the meaning of linking love and mourning?
This void is the questioning of the present following the news. His meeting with Abel makes it possible to realize that it is possible in dramatic moments to live a rebirth. This might lead to love, but it is really a rebirth of desire.

Why Iconoclast editions?
I chose this house because it is interested in youth, trying to bring out what did not exist before. I hope to follow this line.

Your expectations for the book?
I hope to meet people who correspond to me thanks to this book. Writers and artists and that we can create together.

L’Indésir (Iconoclast editions, 400 pages, €20.90)

By Anais Dubois
Photo : Arnaud Juhérian

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2023-08-24 15:08:16

Attention, instant emotion (and marketing): the youtuber Marques Brownlee, Apple and the company 3DPets recently released a video detailing the process of creating a 3D-printed prosthesis for a three-legged dog.

The creation of animal prostheses is nothing new, but what impresses here is the technology used by 3DPets. Indeed, the company is able to model the prosthesis using an iPhone 14 Pro and an iPad Pro, two devices equipped with a LiDAR sensor. Behind this acronym, which stands for “light detection and ranging“in English or”light detection and distance estimation“in French, hides a technology that makes it possible to measure distances by projecting beams of light invisible to the naked eye.

As can be seen in the video below, published by the youtuber, the scan of the dog Cleo is rather fast and efficient, which makes it possible to model the prosthesis just as quickly in the second phase of the process. It is then up to the animal to get used to its new prosthesis.

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2023-08-24 13:56:36

The 2nd edition of RS Innovation Agro is consolidated and brings even more news to Expointer

RS INNOVATION AGRO, strengthened its relevance in this 2nd edition, as the Ecosystem Space of trends, technologies and new Agro businesses at the 46th Expointer, which takes place from 8/26 to 9/3, at Parque Assis Brasil, in Esteio/RS . The space can be visited by everyone at Casa da FEBRAC (Brazilian Federation of Associations of Breed Animal Breeders), who carried out the project with strategic support from the State Secretariat for Innovation, Science and Technology of RS (SICT-RS.)

Innovation ecosystem with more strength at the 46th Expointer

In 2022, RS INNOVATION AGRO managed to achieve the main objective of its creation with the ‘maximum score’, as it allowed direct contact between Expointer – which is one of the largest fairs in the Brazilian scenario -, with the Ecosystem of innovation, research and technology in its creative core, startups, hubs and investors. “With that, today, we can say that Expointer provides a 360 vision of what exists and what will exist in agribusiness, from small to large producers and creators, for investors, researchers, for negotiators, entities, school and academic circles, and for the International trade relations”, ponders João Francisco Bade Wolf, president of Febrac.

According to him, with this approach during the fair, everyone wins and benefits. “And who will benefit the most is the State of RS and the country, because where there is research, innovation and business, there are more jobs, more opportunities for expansion and economic growth”, emphasizes João.

And as nobody does it alone, the strategic partnership with the State Secretariat for Innovation, Science and Technology of RS (SICT-RS.), was strengthened even more this year. “The RS Innovation Agro was a success in the first edition, in 2022. This year, our intention is to repeat the positive results, expanding the discussions relevant to the challenges that agribusiness faces. Innovation is a way to improve people’s quality of life, and, as agribusiness is dedicated to the use of technologies, our idea is to unite startups, companies, hubs, technology parks and bring qualified names to discuss solutions on our stage”, he emphasizes. to Simone Stülp, Secretary of State for SICT-RS. The government body, within the structure of the space, is responsible for organizing and operating the schedule of lectures and debates that will take place in the Auditorium.

In the 2023 edition, RS INNOVATION AGRO

It will have more than 80 direct participants among Hubs, startups, companies, investors and researchers. This year, the news is that ALL startups will have their PITCHES. Last year only 40% got this opportunity.

Cusco Tech robot dog image credit – RS Innovation Agro

MORE NEWS ARE HERE TO STAY…

In the space there is a new restaurant operator with a different gastronomic experience this year, created for pleasant, delicious and accessible lunches, which brings differentiated ingredients and meats from the best production in Rio Grande do Sul. Another novelty is Espaço Coffee, a coffee shop with a COWORKING space for companies and startups to carry out networking, meetings and negotiations. “In the 1st edition, we were able to evaluate what worked and what didn’t, and what might be better. In addition to meeting a demand that came as a suggestion from startups and sponsors. Now we have an environment that facilitates integration, negotiation and fraternization between exhibitors, partners and the public in general”, explains Eduardo Borges de Assis, the Vice President of Febrac.

1 more robot dog the MAXIMUS

In the previous edition, the robot dog, which received the name of Cusco Tech, is back, but he will not be alone. Anyone visiting us will get to know MAXIMUS, the new robot that will interact and surprise children and adults. But this attraction will only be available from 8/26 (Saturday) to 8/30, Wednesday.

See, the topics that will be addressed, this year, in the programming of panels and lectures:

• Bioinputs and their technological trends
• Food security in agribusiness
• The use of artificial intelligence in agriculture
• Development of foodtechs
• Social innovation in agribusiness startups
• Launches aimed at valuing the agro chain
• Bioeconomy opportunities in agribusiness
• 5G in agribusiness and rural connectivity
TO KNOW MORE VISIT: www.rsinnovationagro.com.br

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2023-08-24 13:24:25

The James Webb telescope has once once more delivered unprecedented and spectacular shots. This time, the space telescope focused on the Lyre Nebula with, as a result, very poetic shots.

The colors present in the image are attributed to the different emission lines in the near infrared spectrum, explains the astronomer of the Royal Observatory of Belgium Griet Van de Steene, in comments reported by RTBF.

AFP PHOTO / NASA.

Ten concentric arcs were also discovered in the halo outside the ring. They might indicate the presence of a companion star in the system which would explain the nebula’s ellipse shape.

Read also One year of James Webb: the scientific discoveries hidden behind the most beautiful shots

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