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In a constantly changing world, it is essential for researchers to anticipate the technological developments taking shape and to reflect on the fundamental changes in terms of uses and economic models, and more broadly on changes in society. Research lights our way forward, helping to shape a completely digital but nonetheless entirely human future.

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IoT and soft robotics: is mechanical computing making a comeback?

• Growing research in mechanical computing is yielding more and more breakthroughs including a structure inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, which can perform complex calculations without any external power.
• Researcher Jie Yin has designed a computer without electronic components, which processes data using mechanical cubes. The device has a host of possible applications in encryption, data storage and haptic feedback.
• An international team is developing an autonomous computing and mechanical actuation system inspired by sensitive plants like mimosa pudica, which could revolutionise soft robotics.
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Example of multidimensional mechanical computing structure
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Collective self-consumption of energy: Building renewable, local, and shared energy

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Institutional funding and interpersonal solidarity in Senegal

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Mobile money: an alternative to a bank account for small businesses in Senegal?

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How to avoid replicating bias and human error in LLMs

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Understanding the general public’s perception of online risks: beyond official definitions

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Artificial intelligence in the demanding world of customer relations

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