AI and Digital Pens: New Tools for Measuring Handwriting, Its Learning Process, and Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia, a writing disorder, hinders many children in their academic learning. To address this issue, it is essential to detect it reliably and on a large scale. Research on writing acquisition has led to the development of digital pens that integrate motion micro-sensors similar to those found in smartphones. These sensors collect a vast amountContinue reading “AI and Digital Pens: New Tools for Measuring Handwriting, Its Learning Process, and Dysgraphia”

At the museum Bourse de Commerce Paris, “Arte povera” lifts the hood of The Glorious Thirty

Currently on view at the Bourse de Commerce/Collection Pinault, the exhibition “Arte Povera” traces the Italian birth, development and international legacy of this singular artistic movement. Over 250 works by the main protagonists of Arte Povera are on display. Title image : Pier Paolo Calzolari, Untitled (Mattress), 1970. ADAGP, Paris 2024 Private collection, Lisbon. ViewContinue reading “At the museum Bourse de Commerce Paris, “Arte povera” lifts the hood of The Glorious Thirty”

Fashion: Iris van Herpen’s dresses, hybridizations of the woman body with the world

 The exhibition, which ran from November 29, 2023 to April 28, 2024, was a huge success: over 100 gowns were presented at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD) in Paris, some of them worn by actresses Nathalie Portman, Eva Green, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, as well as singers Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Björk, andContinue reading “Fashion: Iris van Herpen’s dresses, hybridizations of the woman body with the world”

How to display science since images have no mass

Education, science, in fact the whole society, extensively use images. Between us and the world are the visual displays. Screens, small and large, individual or not, are everywhere. Images are increasingly the 2D substrate of our virtual interaction with reality. However images will never support a complete representation of the reality. Three-dimensional representations will notContinue reading “How to display science since images have no mass”

A physicist at the museum, an English version of my Arts&Sciences book

A physicist at the museum: A scientist’s view of contemporary artists Find the EN-book Here At a café between scientists, engineers and artists in Grenoble, I hear myself say, “I love your arts and sciences exhibition. I could give a lecture based on my physicist’s view of some of these works.” Obviously, one of theContinue reading “A physicist at the museum, an English version of my Arts&Sciences book”