<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[GoodTech Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where tech meets purpose: stories of founders driving impact with AI.]]></description><link>https://www.goodtechstories.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uQyS!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84e5d264-ae9b-4c23-a731-866fac02b02c_256x256.png</url><title>GoodTech Stories</title><link>https://www.goodtechstories.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:14:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.goodtechstories.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Helene Gey]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[goodtechstories@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[goodtechstories@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Helene Gey]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Helene Gey]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[goodtechstories@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[goodtechstories@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Helene Gey]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[At the Margin, Neurosurgeons Can’t See. So Reveal Built a New Sense.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reveal Surgical&#8217;s Sentry turns a molecule&#8209;level signal into real&#8209;time guidance, helping surgeons know what the eye can&#8217;t confirm at the margin.]]></description><link>https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/at-the-margin-neurosurgeons-cant</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/at-the-margin-neurosurgeons-cant</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helene Gey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:10:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Reveal Surgical is part of </em><a href="https://revealsurgical.com/">Reveal Life Science</a>, a broader molecular intelligence platform spanning intraoperative guidance, pathology (biopsy adequacy), and biofluid diagnostics.</p><p>&#127467;&#127479; Version fran&#231;aise ci-dessous</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:616778,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/i/194208378?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HyKu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80915562-1685-4c2e-b7e8-5d79f35c9aaf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>In the United States in 2025, an estimated <strong>107,100 new cases</strong> of primary brain and other central nervous system (CNS) tumors are expected to be diagnosed (1). In Canada, that number is about <strong>3,300 people </strong>(2).</p><p>Behind these statistics lies a stark surgical reality: the hardest part of brain tumor surgery isn&#8217;t finding the tumor, it&#8217;s knowing <strong>where it truly ends.</strong></p><p>Modern imaging reliably shows the core mass, but cancer rarely respects clean boundaries. The most dangerous cells can hide in tissue that looks normal under surgical lights, and sometimes even on scans. That uncertainty drives one of neuro&#8209;oncology&#8217;s most persistent challenges: recurrence. For aggressive tumors like glioblastoma, recurrence is widely described as inevitable, often within months of first&#8209;line treatment (3).</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S5on!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94ea5a89-324a-4e9e-b64f-a791f7fb8024_659x533.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Even with the goal of complete resection of the contrast&#8209;enhancing tumor on MRI, evidence shows that <strong>complete removal</strong> is achieved in only a <strong>minority of cases (4)</strong></p><p>When cancer returns, patients face heavy clinical and emotional burdens. Repeat surgery can extend survival for select glioblastoma patients, one large retrospective study reported median survival of <strong>15.5 months with two resections vs. 6.8 months with one (5).</strong> But re&#8209;operations carry higher complication risks; for example, complication rates in second surgeries for intracranial meningioma rose from <strong>32.1% to 46.4%,</strong> with worsened functional status in <strong>26.8%</strong> after the second operation vs. <strong>5.4%</strong> after the first (6).</p><p>This is also an economic story. In Canada, the <strong>total societal cost of cancer</strong> is projected to reach <strong>$37.7 billion in 2024</strong>, including <strong>$7.5 billion</strong> in costs borne by patients and caregivers. Out&#8209;of&#8209;pocket and indirect costs represent roughly <strong>20%</strong> of total cancer&#8209;related costs (7).</p><p>So the question becomes: <strong>what if we could reduce uncertainty at the margin, without slowing surgery down or adding friction?</strong></p><h3>Reveal&#8217;s Foundation: Clinical Scale, Pathology&#8209;Matched Data</h3><p><a href="https://revealsurgical.com/">Reveal Life Science</a>&#8217;s claim rests on something rare in surgical AI: <strong>years of pathology&#8209;matched data at clinical scale.</strong></p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Today, our strongest clinical foundation is scale: roughly 500 patients across multiple prospective and retrospective clinical studies, representing approximately 20,000 pathology-matched tissue samples collected over a decade. We&#8217;ve trained and validated across multiple tumors including primary brain tumor types and brain metastases,&#8221; said Reveal CEO <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-sauvageau-37ab415/">Christian Sauvageau</a>.</p></blockquote><p>This isn&#8217;t a proof&#8209;of&#8209;concept dataset; it&#8217;s a clinical corpus built around the real variation surgeons encounter.</p><p>The current platform builds on more than a decade of clinical development. After early breakthroughs, the original program faced funding constraints, putting the assets at risk. Reveal Life Science subsequently consolidated and restructured this foundation into a scalable, execution-ready platform.</p><h3>Sentry: Turning Light into a Decision Layer</h3><p>Reveal Surgical&#8217;s answer is <strong>Sentry</strong>, a system designed for one high&#8209;stakes moment: when the surgeon is at the boundary and needs to decide whether the tissue ahead is likely cancerous.</p><p>Sentry consists of two core components:</p><ol><li><p>A <strong>handheld optical probe</strong> used directly on tissue during surgery.</p></li><li><p>A <strong>machine/console</strong> running an AI engine that returns near&#8209;real&#8209;time results.</p></li></ol><p>At its core is <strong>Raman spectroscopy</strong>, a technique that reads how light scatters through tissue to reveal a molecular &#8220;fingerprint.&#8221; In plain terms, the probe doesn&#8217;t &#8220;see&#8221; cancer the way a camera would. Instead, it detects <strong>biochemical patterns</strong> consistent with tumor tissue. McGill&#8217;s Health e&#8209;News described this as expanding a surgeon&#8217;s &#8220;visual landscape&#8221; by translating wavelength shifts into actionable tissue classification (8).</p><p>As Christian puts it:</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The goal isn&#8217;t to claim surgeons suddenly &#8216;see better.&#8217; It&#8217;s to help them know what they&#8217;re touching, faster than pathology can respond, and in a way that fits the rhythm of the operating room.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U_gH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbce6abd2-71e6-47a6-b730-7aaa0e0d67f1_515x566.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Reveal&#8217;s models were trained by pairing Raman spectra (about 1,000 data points per spectrum) with <strong>pathology&#8209;confirmed labels</strong> - normal vs. cancerous - so the algorithm learns the mapping from signal to diagnosis. Over years of clinical research and consented tissue collection, that dataset grew to tens of thousands of samples across primary brain tumors and metastases.</p><p>Importantly, the system doesn&#8217;t force false certainty. Sentry returns <strong>&#8220;normal,&#8221; &#8220;cancer,&#8221; or &#8220;indeterminate&#8221;,</strong> with an explicit &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8221; mode when the molecular signal sits in a gray zone. And while &#8220;AI&#8221; often means opaque black box, Reveal emphasizes interpretability: an approach that can highlight spectral peaks and link them with molecular components, a key factor for clinical trust and regulatory review.</p><h3>What the Evidence Says So Far</h3><p>In a <strong>peer&#8209;reviewed multicenter study</strong> published in <em>Scientific Reports</em> (Nature Portfolio), the Sentry Raman spectroscopy system was evaluated intraoperatively in <strong>67 adult patients</strong> with results showing strong diagnostic performance across tumor types (9).</p><p>A separate 2025 paper focuses on <strong>generalizability</strong>, a crucial but often overlooked question in medical AI: how well models hold up across real clinical variability (10)?</p><p>This is the unglamorous part of <em>AI for good</em>, and it&#8217;s where many promising prototypes fail.</p><h3>Designed for Real Surgical Workflow</h3><p>The operating room doesn&#8217;t tolerate tools that add minutes, steps, or cognitive load. Reveal built Sentry <strong>for the way surgeons actually work</strong>:</p><ul><li><p>Used <strong>50 to 100 times per operation</strong>, especially near the margin.</p></li><li><p>Produces results in <strong>~2&#8211;3 seconds per measurement</strong>.</p></li></ul><p>That matters because the margin is not a single decision; it&#8217;s dozens of micro&#8209;decisions. The value of Sentry is cumulative: less guesswork repeated again and again.</p><h3>Beyond the Margin</h3><p>After years of clinical validation, the platform is now entering an execution phase, where regulatory progress, industrial partnerships, and early deployments converge. This represents a critical moment to translate validated science into real-world clinical impact.</p><p>Reveal&#8217;s ambition isn&#8217;t just to sharpen today&#8217;s decision; it is to expand what that decision can include.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Our next step is to go beyond detection into characterization, exploring what sits in the indeterminate zone and training the model to distinguish aggressive cancers from slow&#8209;growing ones. And longer term, we&#8217;re extending the signal to biofluids for earlier screening and for monitoring recurrence and treatment response.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p>In parallel, Reveal is advancing Clarion&#8482;, an ex-vivo application focused on biopsy adequacy. This represents a faster regulatory and clinical entry point, enabling early deployment, data generation, and integration into routine OR workflows.</p><h3>AI as a New Surgical Capability</h3><p>This is what medical AI looks like when it earns its place: not a retrospective dashboard, not a prediction delivered after the fact, but a <strong>real&#8209;time clinical capability</strong> that changes what&#8217;s possible during surgery.</p><p>By learning from thousands of <strong>pathology&#8209;confirmed tissue samples</strong>, Sentry&#8217;s models turn Raman spectra into immediate, actionable classifications, shifting the surgical margin from a visual guess into a <strong>data&#8209;informed decision</strong>. Over the course of a single operation, that shift can happen <strong>dozens of times</strong>. Here, AI isn&#8217;t a single intervention; it&#8217;s a continuous layer of decision support, designed to match the tempo and stakes of the operating room.</p><p>In a field where recurrence and re&#8209;operation carry immense human and system costs, improving margin confidence isn&#8217;t incremental; it&#8217;s foundational. AI doesn&#8217;t make neurosurgery easier but it can make it <strong>more precise, more consistent, and more outcome&#8209;driven, patient by patient, millimeter by millimeter.</strong></p><p><em>If you&#8217;re working on something meaningful in tech, I&#8217;d love to hear from you. Send me a message, maybe your story&#8217;s next. &#128172;</em></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:218693340,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Helene Gey&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#127467;&#127479; Version fran&#231;aise</p><h2>&#192; la marge, les neurochirurgiens ne voient rien. Alors Reveal a cr&#233;&#233; un nouveau sens.</h2><p><em>Le syst&#232;me Sentry de Reveal Surgical transforme un signal mol&#233;culaire en un guidage en temps r&#233;el, aidant les chirurgiens &#224; savoir ce que l&#8217;&#339;il ne peut pas confirmer.</em></p><p><em>Reveal Surgical fait partie de </em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/revealls/">Reveal Life Science</a><em>, une plateforme plus large d&#8217;intelligence mol&#233;culaire couvrant le guidage perop&#233;ratoire, la pathologie (ad&#233;quation des biopsies) et le diagnostic par biofluides.</em></p><p>Aux &#201;tats-Unis en 2025, on estime que <strong>107 100 nouveaux cas </strong>de tumeurs primaires du cerveau et d&#8217;autres tumeurs du syst&#232;me nerveux central (SNC) seront diagnostiqu&#233;s (1). Au Canada, ce nombre s&#8217;&#233;l&#232;ve &#224; environ <strong>3 300 personnes</strong> (2).</p><p>Derri&#232;re ces statistiques se cache une r&#233;alit&#233; chirurgicale brutale : la partie la plus difficile de la chirurgie des tumeurs c&#233;r&#233;brales n&#8217;est pas de trouver la tumeur, mais de savoir <strong>o&#249; elle se termine vraiment</strong>.</p><p>L&#8217;imagerie moderne permet de visualiser de mani&#232;re fiable la masse principale, mais le cancer ne respecte rarement des limites nettes. Les cellules les plus dangereuses peuvent se cacher dans des tissus qui semblent normaux &#224; l&#8217;&#233;clairage chirurgical, et parfois m&#234;me aux examens d&#8217;imagerie. Cette incertitude alimente l&#8217;un des d&#233;fis les plus persistants de la neuro-oncologie : la r&#233;cidive. Pour les tumeurs agressives comme le glioblastome, la r&#233;cidive est largement d&#233;crite comme in&#233;vitable, souvent dans les mois suivant le traitement de premi&#232;re intention (3).</p><h3>Le probl&#232;me de la marge : ce que les chirurgiens ne peuvent pas deviner</h3><p>Les neurochirurgiens op&#232;rent dans un compromis brutal : retirer plus de tissu et risquer d&#8217;alt&#233;rer des fonctions critiques ; en retirer moins et risquer de laisser du cancer derri&#232;re. M&#234;me avec l&#8217;objectif d&#8217;une r&#233;section compl&#232;te de la tumeur prenant le contraste &#224; l&#8217;IRM, les donn&#233;es montrent que l&#8217;ablation compl&#232;te n&#8217;est r&#233;alis&#233;e que dans une minorit&#233; de cas (4).</p><p>Lorsque le cancer r&#233;cidive, les patients font face &#224; de lourdes charges cliniques et &#233;motionnelles. La reprise chirurgicale peut prolonger la survie chez certains patients atteints de glioblastome ; une vaste &#233;tude r&#233;trospective a rapport&#233; une survie m&#233;diane de<strong> 15,5 mois avec deux r&#233;sections, contre 6,8 mois avec une seule </strong>(5). Mais les r&#233;op&#233;rations comportent des risques de complications plus &#233;lev&#233;s ; par exemple, les taux de complications lors des deuxi&#232;mes chirurgies pour m&#233;ningiome intracr&#226;nien sont pass&#233;s de<strong> 32,1% &#224; 46,4%</strong>, avec une d&#233;t&#233;rioration de l&#8217;&#233;tat fonctionnel chez <strong>26,8%</strong> des patients apr&#232;s la deuxi&#232;me op&#233;ration contre 5,4 % apr&#232;s la premi&#232;re (6).</p><p>C&#8217;est aussi une histoire &#233;conomique. Au Canada, le <strong>co&#251;t soci&#233;tal total du cancer</strong> devrait atteindre <strong>37,7 milliards de dollars en 2024</strong>, dont <strong>7,5 milliards </strong>de dollars de co&#251;ts support&#233;s par les patients et les aidants. Les co&#251;ts directs et indirects repr&#233;sentent environ 20 % du co&#251;t total du cancer (7).</p><p>Alors la question devient : <strong>et si nous pouvions r&#233;duire l&#8217;incertitude &#224; la marge, sans ralentir la chirurgie ni ajouter de friction ?</strong></p><h3>Les fondations de Reveal : &#233;chelle clinique, donn&#233;es valid&#233;es par la pathologie</h3><p>L&#8217;affirmation de Reveal repose sur quelque chose de rare dans l&#8217;IA chirurgicale : <strong>des ann&#233;es de donn&#233;es valid&#233;es par la pathologie &#224; l&#8217;&#233;chelle clinique.</strong></p><blockquote><p><em>&#171; Aujourd&#8217;hui, notre fondation clinique la plus solide est l&#8217;&#233;chelle : environ 500 patients &#224; travers de multiples &#233;tudes cliniques prospectives et r&#233;trospectives, repr&#233;sentant approximativement 20 000 &#233;chantillons tissulaires valid&#233;s par la pathologie, collect&#233;s sur une d&#233;cennie. Nous avons entra&#238;n&#233; et valid&#233; nos mod&#232;les sur de multiples tumeurs, y compris les tumeurs c&#233;r&#233;brales primaires et les m&#233;tastases c&#233;r&#233;brales &#187;, a d&#233;clar&#233; </em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-sauvageau-37ab415/">Christian Sauvageau</a><em>, PDG de Reveal.</em></p></blockquote><p>Il ne s&#8217;agit pas d&#8217;un jeu de donn&#233;es de preuve de concept, c&#8217;est un corpus clinique construit autour de la variation r&#233;elle que rencontrent les chirurgiens.</p><p>La plateforme actuelle s&#8217;appuie sur plus d&#8217;une d&#233;cennie de d&#233;veloppement clinique. Apr&#232;s des avanc&#233;es initiales, le programme d&#8217;origine a &#233;t&#233; confront&#233; &#224; des contraintes de financement, ce qui a mis les actifs en p&#233;ril. Reveal Life Science a par la suite consolid&#233; et restructur&#233; ces fondations en une plateforme &#233;volutive, pr&#234;te &#224; l&#8217;ex&#233;cution.</p><h3>Le Sentry : transformer la lumi&#232;re en couche d&#233;cisionnelle</h3><p>La r&#233;ponse de Reveal Surgical est le <strong>Sentry</strong>, un syst&#232;me con&#231;u pour un moment &#224; enjeux &#233;lev&#233;s : lorsque le chirurgien se trouve &#224; la limite et doit d&#233;cider si le tissu devant lui est probablement canc&#233;reux.</p><p>Le Sentry se compose de deux &#233;l&#233;ments principaux :</p><p>1. Une <strong>sonde optique portative</strong> utilis&#233;e directement sur le tissu pendant la chirurgie.</p><p>2. Une <strong>console </strong>ex&#233;cutant un moteur d&#8217;intelligence artificielle qui fournit des r&#233;sultats en quasi-temps r&#233;el.</p><p>Au c&#339;ur du syst&#232;me se trouve la <strong>spectroscopie Raman</strong>, une technique qui analyse la mani&#232;re dont la lumi&#232;re se diffuse &#224; travers les tissus pour r&#233;v&#233;ler une &#171; empreinte mol&#233;culaire &#187;. En termes simples : la sonde ne &#171; voit &#187; pas le cancer comme une cam&#233;ra le ferait. Au lieu de cela, elle d&#233;tecte des <strong>signatures biochimiques</strong> sp&#233;cifiques au tissu tumoral. Le portail sant&#233; de McGill a d&#233;crit cela comme un &#233;largissement du &#171; paysage visuel &#187; du chirurgien, en traduisant les d&#233;calages de longueur d&#8217;onde en une classification tissulaire exploitable (8).</p><p><strong>Comme le dit Christian :</strong></p><blockquote><p><em>&#171; L&#8217;objectif n&#8217;est pas de pr&#233;tendre que les chirurgiens &#171; voient soudainement mieux &#187;. C&#8217;est de les aider &#224; savoir ce qu&#8217;ils touchent plus vite que la pathologie ne peut r&#233;pondre, et d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qui s&#8217;int&#232;gre au rythme du bloc op&#233;ratoire. &#187;</em></p></blockquote><h3>Construit dans la dur&#233;e : une IA entra&#238;n&#233;e sur du tissu r&#233;el, pas sur la th&#233;orie</h3><p>Ce qui rend le Sentry convaincant, ce n&#8217;est pas seulement le capteur, mais l&#8217;arc d&#8217;apprentissage qui le sous-tend. Les mod&#232;les de Reveal ont &#233;t&#233; entra&#238;n&#233;s en associant des spectres Raman (environ 1000 points de donn&#233;es par spectre) &#224; <strong>des &#233;tiquettes confirm&#233;es par la pathologie </strong>&#8212; normales vs canc&#233;reuses &#8212; afin que l&#8217;algorithme apprenne la correspondance entre le signal et le diagnostic. Au fil d&#8217;ann&#233;es de recherche clinique et de collecte de tissus avec consentement, ce jeu de donn&#233;es a atteint des dizaines de milliers d&#8217;&#233;chantillons couvrant les tumeurs c&#233;r&#233;brales primaires et les m&#233;tastases.</p><p>Fait important, le syst&#232;me n&#8217;impose pas une fausse certitude. Le Sentry renvoie <strong>&#171; normal &#187;, &#171; cancer &#187; ou &#171; ind&#233;termin&#233; &#187;</strong>, avec un mode explicite &#171; je ne sais pas &#187; lorsque le signal mol&#233;culaire se situe dans une zone grise. Et tandis que &#171; IA &#187; signifie souvent une bo&#238;te noire opaque, Reveal met l&#8217;accent sur l&#8217;interpr&#233;tabilit&#233; : une approche capable de mettre en &#233;vidence les pics spectraux et de les relier aux composants mol&#233;culaires, un facteur cl&#233; pour la confiance clinique et l&#8217;examen r&#233;glementaire.</p><h3>Ce que disent les donn&#233;es probantes jusqu&#8217;&#224; pr&#233;sent</h3><p>Dans une <strong>&#233;tude multicentrique &#233;valu&#233;e par les pairs</strong>, publi&#233;e dans <em>Scientific Reports</em> (Nature Portfolio), le syst&#232;me de spectroscopie Raman Sentry a &#233;t&#233; &#233;valu&#233; en perop&#233;ratoire chez 67 patients adultes, avec des r&#233;sultats indiquant de bonnes performances diagnostiques entre les types de tumeurs (9).</p><p>Un article distinct de 2025 se concentre sur la <strong>g&#233;n&#233;ralisabilit&#233;</strong>, une question cruciale mais souvent n&#233;glig&#233;e en IA m&#233;dicale : dans quelle mesure les mod&#232;les r&#233;sistent-ils &#224; la variabilit&#233; clinique r&#233;elle (10)?</p><p>C&#8217;est la partie sans glamour de l&#8217;IA au service du bien commun, et c&#8217;est l&#224; que beaucoup de prototypes prometteurs &#233;chouent.</p><h3>Con&#231;u pour le flux de travail chirurgical r&#233;el</h3><p>Le bloc op&#233;ratoire ne tol&#232;re pas les outils qui ajoutent des minutes, des &#233;tapes ou une charge cognitive. Reveal a con&#231;u le Sentry pour la mani&#232;re dont les chirurgiens travaillent r&#233;ellement :</p><p>&#8226; Utilis&#233; 50 &#224; 100 fois par op&#233;ration, notamment pr&#232;s de la marge.</p><p>&#8226; Produit des r&#233;sultats en 2 &#224; 3 secondes par mesure.</p><p>C&#8217;est important parce que la marge n&#8217;est pas une d&#233;cision unique; ce sont des dizaines de micro-d&#233;cisions. La valeur du Sentry est cumulative : moins d&#8217;approximation, r&#233;p&#233;t&#233;e encore et encore.</p><h3>Au-del&#224; de la marge</h3><p>Apr&#232;s des ann&#233;es de validation clinique, la plateforme entre d&#233;sormais dans une phase d&#8217;ex&#233;cution, o&#249; les avanc&#233;es r&#233;glementaires, les partenariats industriels et les premiers d&#233;ploiements convergent. Il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;un moment charni&#232;re pour transformer une science valid&#233;e en un impact clinique concret.</p><p>L&#8217;ambition de Reveal ne se limite pas &#224; affiner la d&#233;cision d&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui ; elle vise &#224; &#233;largir ce que cette d&#233;cision peut englober.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#171; Notre prochaine &#233;tape est d&#8217;aller au-del&#224; de la d&#233;tection vers la caract&#233;risation, en explorant ce qui se trouve dans la zone ind&#233;termin&#233;e et en entra&#238;nant le mod&#232;le &#224; distinguer les cancers agressifs des cancers &#224; croissance lente. Et &#224; plus long terme, nous &#233;tendons le signal aux biofluides pour un d&#233;pistage plus pr&#233;coce et le suivi de la r&#233;cidive et de la r&#233;ponse au traitement. &#187;</em></p></blockquote><p>En parall&#232;le, Reveal d&#233;veloppe Clarion&#8482;, une application ex vivo ax&#233;e sur l&#8217;ad&#233;quation des biopsies. Celle-ci repr&#233;sente un point d&#8217;entr&#233;e r&#233;glementaire et clinique plus rapide, permettant un d&#233;ploiement pr&#233;coce, la g&#233;n&#233;ration de donn&#233;es et l&#8217;int&#233;gration dans les flux de travail courants du bloc op&#233;ratoire.</p><h3>L&#8217;IA comme nouvelle capacit&#233; chirurgicale</h3><p>Voil&#224; &#224; quoi ressemble l&#8217;IA m&#233;dicale lorsqu&#8217;elle gagne sa place : pas un tableau de bord r&#233;trospectif, pas une pr&#233;diction livr&#233;e apr&#232;s coup, mais une <strong>capacit&#233; clinique en temps r&#233;el </strong>qui change ce qui est possible pendant la chirurgie.</p><p>En apprenant &#224; partir de milliers d<strong>&#8217;&#233;chantillons tissulaires confirm&#233;s par la pathologie</strong>, les mod&#232;les du Sentry transforment les spectres Raman en classifications imm&#233;diates et exploitables, faisant passer la marge chirurgicale d&#8217;une estimation visuelle &#224; une <strong>d&#233;cision fond&#233;e sur les donn&#233;es</strong>. Au cours d&#8217;une seule op&#233;ration, ce basculement peut se produire des <strong>dizaines de fois</strong>. Ici, l&#8217;IA n&#8217;est pas une intervention ponctuelle : c&#8217;est une couche continue d&#8217;aide &#224; la d&#233;cision, con&#231;ue pour s&#8217;adapter au rythme et aux enjeux du bloc op&#233;ratoire.</p><p>Dans un domaine o&#249; la r&#233;cidive et la r&#233;op&#233;ration entra&#238;nent des co&#251;ts humains et syst&#233;miques immenses, am&#233;liorer la confiance &#224; la marge n&#8217;est pas incr&#233;mental, c&#8217;est fondamental. L&#8217;IA ne rend pas la neurochirurgie plus facile, mais elle peut la rendre <strong>plus pr&#233;cise, plus coh&#233;rente et davantage orient&#233;e vers les r&#233;sultats, patient par patient, millim&#232;tre par millim&#232;tre.</strong></p><p><em>Si vous travaillez sur un projet porteur de sens en tech, j&#8217;aimerais beaucoup en entendre parler. &#201;crivez-moi</em> :<em> votre histoire est peut-&#234;tre la prochaine &#224; &#234;tre racont&#233;e. &#128172;</em></p><div class="captioned-button-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/at-the-margin-neurosurgeons-cant?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading GoodTech Stories! 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Ranked by Project Drawdown(&#185;) as the #1 action to limit global temperature rise, reducing food waste isn&#8217;t just a sustainability trend; it&#8217;s a climate imperative.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading GoodTech Stories! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Enter <strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/too-good-to-go/">Too Good To Go</a></strong>, a certified B Corp and fast-growing tech company that&#8217;s making it easier and smarter for businesses and consumers to fight food waste, one surprise meal at a time.</p><p>What started in 2015 as a grassroots idea in Denmark has now evolved into a global impact platform operating in over <strong>21 countries</strong>. With more than <strong>500 million meals saved</strong> to date, Too Good To Go is proving that <strong>technology and AI can turn an invisible climate issue into a collective, scalable solution</strong>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4lY5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64e5d62f-8232-4480-ac34-b232e4f98671_1488x991.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4lY5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64e5d62f-8232-4480-ac34-b232e4f98671_1488x991.png 424w, 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In Canada alone, <strong>46.5% of all food is wasted</strong> annually, at a cost of <strong>$58 billion</strong>, with 42% of that waste considered avoidable.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a global issue with local consequences,&#8221; says <strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-dot-16bb9ab3/">Nicolas Dot</a></strong>, Public Relations Manager at Too Good To Go Canada. &#8220;And we&#8217;ve built a solution that empowers everyone, from local bakeries to students on a budget, to be part of the fight.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>Their most recognizable tool? The <strong>Too Good To Go </strong>app, a simple mobile platform that connects consumers with food retailers who have surplus food at the end of the day. These &#8220;surprise bags&#8221; are sold at <strong>at least half price</strong>, and contain unsold but perfectly good food that would otherwise go to waste.</p><p>The concept is intuitive and impactful. 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and past waste patterns, to determine the ideal discount for products nearing their expiry. Instead of flat markdowns or guesswork, the system applies <strong>real-time pricing logic</strong> to maximize both sell-through and margins.</p><p>The company&#8217;s broader <strong>Surplus Food Management Platform</strong> goes beyond consumer sales. It offers grocers a suite of modular tools, from expiry tracking and in-store discounting to donation routing and redistribution, all integrated within a single interface. For chains managing inventory at scale, this isn&#8217;t just a sustainability play; it&#8217;s <strong>a smart supply chain solution</strong>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4cs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9653455a-3525-4c7b-9e3e-47a416022b2e_933x1500.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4cs!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9653455a-3525-4c7b-9e3e-47a416022b2e_933x1500.png 424w, 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effective is its ability to balance <strong>consumer simplicity with operational complexity</strong>. For end users, the experience is frictionless: download the app, check local offers, reserve a surprise bag, and pick it up at the designated time.</p><p>Behind the scenes, food retailers are empowered with tools that adapt to their operational realities. From setting availability and pick-up times to customizing basket types by category or price range, the platform lets them manage surplus <strong>with minimal overhead</strong> and <strong>full autonomy</strong>.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Most of our partners are small businesses; bakers, caf&#233;s, local grocers,&#8221; says Dot. &#8220;So it&#8217;s critical that the tech works <em>for</em> them, not the other way around.&#8221;</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8fo4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F24f8e18a-2259-46a1-874a-f5aaf5b0f281_1255x1000.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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In Canada, they&#8217;ve launched campaigns with universities and consumer researchers to debunk common misconceptions around &#8220;best before&#8221; dates, one of the leading causes of household food waste.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;The average Canadian household throws away $3,800 worth of food each year,&#8221; says Dot. &#8220;Often it&#8217;s simply because people don&#8217;t know how to interpret date labels. That&#8217;s something we can change, with the right information and a little tech support.&#8221;</p></blockquote><h2><strong>What&#8217;s Next: More Intelligence, More Impact</strong></h2><p>Looking ahead, the company sees enormous potential in refining its <strong>AI tools</strong> to drive even more precise, localized interventions, particularly in the grocery sector, where waste tends to concentrate at scale.</p><p>The team is also exploring <strong>dynamic pricing models</strong> that let retailers adjust discounts based on time of day or inventory thresholds, further increasing flexibility and reducing food loss.</p><p>And while other technologies like IoT and blockchain could play a future role, Too Good To Go remains focused on <strong>practical, scalable solutions that work now</strong>.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not here to make food waste less painful,&#8221; says Dot. &#8220;We&#8217;re here to make it <strong>obsolete</strong>.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p><em>If you&#8217;re working on something meaningful in tech, I&#8217;d love to hear from you. Send me a message, maybe your story&#8217;s next. &#128172;</em></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:218693340,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Helene Gey&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#127467;&#127479; Version fran&#231;aise</p><h2><strong>La tech contre le gaspillage : comment Too Good To Go utilise l&#8217;IA pour lutter contre l&#8217;une des plus grandes menaces climatiques au monde</strong></h2><p>Chaque seconde, pr&#232;s de 80 000 repas sont jet&#233;s dans le monde, un chiffre vertigineux qui place le gaspillage alimentaire parmi les principaux moteurs du changement climatique. Class&#233;e par Project Drawdown (&#185;) comme l&#8217;action n&#176; 1 pour limiter la hausse des temp&#233;ratures mondiales, la r&#233;duction du gaspillage alimentaire n&#8217;est pas qu&#8217;une tendance durable : c&#8217;est un imp&#233;ratif climatique.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; qu&#8217;intervient <strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/too-good-to-go/">Too Good To Go</a></strong>, une entreprise technologique en forte croissance, certifi&#233;e B Corp, qui rend plus facile et plus intelligent pour les entreprises, comme pour les consommateurs de lutter contre le gaspillage alimentaire, un repas surprise &#224; la fois.</p><p>Ce qui a commenc&#233; en 2015 comme une initiative citoyenne au Danemark est devenu une plateforme mondiale &#224; impact, pr&#233;sente dans plus de 21 pays. Avec plus de 500 millions de repas sauv&#233;s &#224; ce jour, Too Good To Go d&#233;montre que la technologie et l&#8217;IA peuvent transformer un enjeu climatique invisible en une solution collective et scalable.</p><h3><strong>Un probl&#232;me climatique cach&#233; au grand jour</strong></h3><p>Le gaspillage alimentaire repr&#233;sente environ 10 % des &#233;missions mondiales de gaz &#224; effet de serre, principalement &#224; cause du m&#233;thane lib&#233;r&#233; dans les sites d&#8217;enfouissement et de l&#8217;empreinte carbone li&#233;e &#224; la production, au transport et au stockage d&#8217;aliments qui ne seront jamais consomm&#233;s. Au Canada seulement, 46,5 % des aliments sont gaspill&#233;s chaque ann&#233;e, pour un co&#251;t de 58 milliards de dollars, dont 42 % seraient consid&#233;r&#233;s comme &#233;vitables.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; C&#8217;est un probl&#232;me mondial aux cons&#233;quences locales, explique <strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-dot-16bb9ab3/">Nicolas Dot</a></strong>, responsable des relations publiques chez Too Good To Go Canada. Et nous avons construit une solution qui donne &#224; chacun, des boulangeries de quartier aux &#233;tudiants avec un budget serr&#233;, les moyens de participer &#224; la lutte. &#187;</p></blockquote><p>Leur outil le plus connu ? L&#8217;application Too Good To Go, une plateforme mobile simple qui met en relation les consommateurs avec des commer&#231;ants alimentaires ayant des invendus en fin de journ&#233;e. Ces &#171; paniers-surprises &#187; sont vendus &#224; au moins la moiti&#233; du prix et contiennent des produits invendus, mais parfaitement consommables, qui auraient autrement &#233;t&#233; jet&#233;s.</p><p>Le concept est intuitif et efficace. Depuis son lancement au Canada en 2021, Too Good To Go a permis de sauver plus de 12 millions de paniers-surprises de l&#8217;enfouissement, gr&#226;ce &#224; 17 000 points de vente participants.</p><h3><strong>Derri&#232;re le panier : le moteur de r&#233;duction du gaspillage propuls&#233; par l&#8217;IA</strong></h3><p>Si l&#8217;application para&#238;t fluide c&#244;t&#233; utilisateur, la plateforme Too Good To Go repose sur un backend sophistiqu&#233; int&#233;grant des m&#233;canismes d&#8217;IA pour l&#8217;optimisation des remises, le suivi des stocks et des algorithmes de tarification dynamique, le tout con&#231;u pour r&#233;duire le gaspillage &#224; grande &#233;chelle, tout en simplifiant le processus pour les commer&#231;ants.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Les commer&#231;ants n&#8217;ont souvent pas le temps d&#8217;optimiser manuellement les prix des produits &#224; courte date, indique Dot. C&#8217;est l&#224; que notre IA intervient. &#187;</p></blockquote><p>Le<strong> module de remises aliment&#233; par l&#8217;IA</strong> de Too Good To Go analyse de vastes volumes de donn&#233;es op&#233;rationnelles et historiques, niveaux de stock, tendances saisonni&#232;res, sch&#233;mas de gaspillage pass&#233;s, afin de d&#233;terminer la remise id&#233;ale pour les produits proches de leur date limite. Plut&#244;t que des r&#233;ductions uniformes ou des estimations approximatives, le syst&#232;me applique une logique de tarification en temps r&#233;el pour maximiser &#224; la fois l&#8217;&#233;coulement des produits et les marges.</p><p>La plateforme plus large de <strong>gestion des surplus alimentaires</strong> va au-del&#224; de la vente aux consommateurs. Elle propose aux enseignes une suite d&#8217;outils modulaires, du suivi des dates &#224; la remise en magasin, en passant par l&#8217;orientation vers le don et la redistribution, le tout int&#233;gr&#233; dans une seule interface. Pour les cha&#238;nes g&#233;rant des stocks &#224; grande &#233;chelle, ce n&#8217;est pas seulement un levier de d&#233;veloppement durable : c&#8217;est une solution intelligente de gestion d&#8217;approvisionnement..</p><h3><strong>Mesurer l&#8217;essentiel : un impact environnemental r&#233;el</strong></h3><p>L&#8217;un des points forts du mod&#232;le Too Good To Go est sa capacit&#233; &#224; quantifier l&#8217;impact (&#178;), non seulement en repas sauv&#233;s, mais aussi en effets environnementaux concrets.</p><p>Chaque &#171; panier-surprise &#187; sauv&#233; &#233;quivaut &#224; :</p><ul><li><p><strong>1 kg</strong> de nourriture sauv&#233;e du gaspillage</p></li><li><p><strong>2,7 kg</strong> d&#8217;&#233;quivalent CO&#8322; &#233;vit&#233;</p></li><li><p><strong>810 litres</strong> d&#8217;eau &#233;conomis&#233;s</p></li><li><p><strong>2,8 m&#178;</strong> de terres agricoles pr&#233;serv&#233;es</p></li></ul><p>Cela signifie qu&#8217;au Canada seulement, l&#8217;entreprise a contribu&#233; &#224; &#233;viter plus de <strong>33 millions de kg</strong> d&#8217;&#233;missions de CO&#8322; depuis son lancement, et ce n&#8217;est que le d&#233;but.</p><h3><strong>Simplicit&#233; humaine, technologie &#224; l&#8217;&#233;chelle</strong></h3><p>Ce qui rend Too Good To Go si efficace, c&#8217;est sa capacit&#233; &#224; concilier une exp&#233;rience simple pour les consommateurs et une complexit&#233; op&#233;rationnelle ma&#238;tris&#233;e en arri&#232;re-plan. Pour l&#8217;utilisateur final, tout est sans friction : t&#233;l&#233;charger l&#8217;application, consulter les offres locales, r&#233;server un panier surprise, puis le r&#233;cup&#233;rer &#224; l&#8217;heure pr&#233;vue.</p><p>En coulisses, les commer&#231;ants disposent d&#8217;outils qui s&#8217;adaptent &#224; leurs r&#233;alit&#233;s. Qu&#8217;il s&#8217;agisse de d&#233;finir les disponibilit&#233;s et les cr&#233;neaux de retrait ou de personnaliser des types de paniers par cat&#233;gorie ou par gamme de prix, la plateforme leur permet de g&#233;rer les surplus avec peu de charge suppl&#233;mentaire et une autonomie totale.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; La plupart de nos partenaires sont des petites entreprises - boulangers, caf&#233;s, &#233;piceries locales, souligne Dot. Il est donc crucial que la technologie fonctionne pour eux, et non l&#8217;inverse. &#187;</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Sensibiliser en grandissant</strong></h3><p>Au-del&#224; de l&#8217;application, Too Good To Go investit dans la sensibilisation et l&#8217;&#233;volution des comportements. Au Canada, l&#8217;entreprise a lanc&#233; des campagnes avec des universit&#233;s et des chercheurs en consommation pour d&#233;construire les id&#233;es re&#231;ues autour des dates &#171; meilleur avant &#187;, l&#8217;une des causes majeures du gaspillage alimentaire &#224; domicile.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Le m&#233;nage canadien moyen jette pour 3 800 $ de nourriture chaque ann&#233;e, explique Dot. Souvent, c&#8217;est simplement parce que les gens ne savent pas interpr&#233;ter les &#233;tiquettes de dates. &#199;a, on peut le changer, avec la bonne information et un peu de soutien technologique. &#187;</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Et ensuite : plus d&#8217;intelligence, plus d&#8217;impact</strong></h3><p>Pour la suite, l&#8217;entreprise voit un potentiel &#233;norme dans l&#8217;am&#233;lioration de ses outils d&#8217;IA afin de proposer des interventions encore plus pr&#233;cises et locales, notamment dans le secteur de l&#8217;&#233;picerie, o&#249; le gaspillage se concentre souvent &#224; grande &#233;chelle.</p><p>L&#8217;&#233;quipe explore aussi des mod&#232;les de tarification dynamique permettant aux commer&#231;ants d&#8217;ajuster les remises en fonction de l&#8217;heure de la journ&#233;e ou de seuils de stock, afin d&#8217;accro&#238;tre la flexibilit&#233; et de r&#233;duire davantage les pertes.</p><p>Et m&#234;me si d&#8217;autres technologies, comme l&#8217;IoT ou la blockchain, pourraient jouer un r&#244;le &#224; l&#8217;avenir, Too Good To Go reste focalis&#233;e sur des solutions pratiques et &#233;volutives, qui fonctionnent d&#232;s maintenant.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Nous ne sommes pas l&#224; pour rendre le gaspillage alimentaire moins douloureux, conclut Dot. Nous sommes l&#224; pour le rendre obsol&#232;te. &#187;</p></blockquote><p><em>Sources</em></p><p><em>1 <strong><a href="https://drawdown.org/programs/drawdown-labs/deep-dives/food-waste">https://drawdown.org/programs/drawdown-labs/deep-dives/food-waste</a></strong></em></p><p><em>2<strong><a href="https://cdn.sanity.io/files/nqimd3nr/production/f46ddec72cc8591c4022bf987041ae60ec2b523e.pdf?=dl">https://cdn.sanity.io/files/nqimd3nr/production/f46ddec72cc8591c4022bf987041ae60ec2b523e.pdf?=dl</a></strong></em></p><p><em>Si vous travaillez sur un projet porteur de sens en tech, j&#8217;aimerais beaucoup en entendre parler. &#201;crivez-moi</em> :<em> votre histoire est peut-&#234;tre la prochaine &#224; &#234;tre racont&#233;e. &#128172;</em></p><div class="captioned-button-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/tech-against-waste?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading GoodTech Stories! 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21:40:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wkti!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8eb625-8dc2-488d-a2d3-33a5a16cb1fd_1920x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wkti!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8eb625-8dc2-488d-a2d3-33a5a16cb1fd_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wkti!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8eb625-8dc2-488d-a2d3-33a5a16cb1fd_1920x1080.png 424w, 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After speaking with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aymeric-maudous/">Aymeric Maudous</a>, the founder behind the venture, I came away with a strong sense that this is <em>not</em> just a reforestation project. It&#8217;s an entire infrastructure for ecological regeneration, powered by drones, environmental DNA, blockchain, and a deep respect for Indigenous knowledge.</p><p>The idea came to Aymeric while watching a David Attenborough documentary about the Gal&#225;pagos Islands. It showed how different types of seeds colonize new land, some carried by ocean currents, some by wind, and some, quite literally, dropped by birds. That last one sparked something.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Why not mimic nature? 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This is particularly useful for steep or inaccessible areas.</p></li><li><p><strong>Algorithmic ecosystem design: </strong>their in-house AI analyzes conditions, sunlight, soil pH, humidity, and slope to help define a biodiversity-friendly planting plan.</p></li><li><p><strong>Precision planting by drone: </strong>custom-designed &#8220;seeders&#8221; attached to drones drop biodegradable seed pods from just 3&#8211;4 meters above ground. These pods contain nutrients and natural coatings that deter predators.</p></li><li><p><strong>Long-term monitoring: </strong>the final phase lasts decades. Using satellite imagery, drone flyovers, and even environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling, they monitor survival rates and ecosystem health, and catch signs of illegal logging or wildfires.</p></li></ol><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eo17!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fca2ca44f-3cde-4fa2-a1b0-2b9d7f77e4c1_1488x830.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Eo17!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fca2ca44f-3cde-4fa2-a1b0-2b9d7f77e4c1_1488x830.png 424w, 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Years later, we can measure its growth and carbon sequestration,&#8221; Aymeric explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s that precise.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>Their survival rates are impressive, up to 85% in semi-arid environments and higher in tropical environments. And it&#8217;s not just trees. 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Projects generate not only <strong>carbon credits </strong>but also <strong>biodiversity, water, and social credits</strong>, all tokenized on the blockchain to ensure traceability and transparency.</p><p>This creates an innovative economic engine that also benefits local communities. Their revenue-sharing protocol ensures that Indigenous groups, forest dwellers, and landowners receive dividends throughout the project&#8217;s life.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re giving small landowners and traditional custodians access to markets that were previously out of reach,&#8221; said Aymeric. &#8220;It&#8217;s not just about planting trees, it&#8217;s about sharing value.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>Their primary clients are governments, financial institutions, and publicly listed companies that need verified, credible offsets for climate disclosures, environmental reporting, and ESG compliance. And their compliance framework is rigorous: they&#8217;re a certified B Corp and a registered Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) in the U.S.</p><h2>Stories from the Field</h2><p>Their work is global and diverse:</p><ul><li><p>In <strong>Colombia</strong>, they&#8217;re restoring 5,000 hectares of former agricultural land into tropical rainforest.</p></li><li><p>In <strong>Borneo</strong>, they support wildlife corridors for displaced orangutans, using biodiversity and social credits to fund rehabilitation.</p></li><li><p>In <strong>Australia</strong>, they&#8217;re rebuilding parts of the Daintree rainforest damaged by Cyclone Jasper.</p></li><li><p>And in <strong>Vanuatu</strong>, a blue carbon project initially focused on mangroves evolved into a hybrid project after consultation with 26 local chiefs. Their insight led to the inclusion of sea turtle biodiversity credits, a natural but previously overlooked component of the ecosystem.</p></li></ul><p>Each project is designed not just for environmental gain, but also for social and cultural inclusion. Local communities are involved from day one, from seed collection to monitoring and stewardship.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png" width="1456" height="971" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Article content&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Article content" title="Article content" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SbdB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F90cb73d1-658f-47a0-9c58-9c7d943a88c2_1488x992.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"></figcaption></figure></div><h2>Where Drone Reforestation Works Best</h2><p>Lord of the Trees focuses on <strong>challenging terrains</strong> where conventional restoration methods fall short. That includes:</p><ul><li><p>Steep slopes (over 20%)</p></li><li><p>Remote or inaccessible regions</p></li><li><p>Sensitive ecosystems (mangroves, rainforests)</p></li><li><p>Post-disaster zones, like cyclone-hit forests</p></li></ul><p>Their drone-based approach is not only faster but also often the <em>only</em> viable solution for terrain where humans and machinery can&#8217;t go.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BnaB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2831d7f-0052-4ae1-9e49-25a0e63dbfc6_1488x992.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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But their ambitions go far beyond that.</p><p>Lord of the Trees is building a platform that will allow small landowners to <strong>plug into</strong> ecosystem markets. AI agents will soon automate part of their project evaluation process, using an internal scorecard that weighs partner integrity, species impact, and local engagement. The result: landowners get faster approvals and lower entry costs, while enterprise buyers gain confidence through standardized, transparent verification that meets institutional due diligence requirements.</p><p>It&#8217;s all part of a bigger vision: to turn restoration into a distributed, tech-enabled system, one that matches the complexity of the problem with equally sophisticated tools.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WhDM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50db9513-ab69-4285-a4be-26fa9a5e4e42_1488x992.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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They&#8217;re integrating <strong>IoT sensors</strong> and <strong>real-time monitoring</strong> tools to enable even more responsive ecosystem management.</p><p>Soil moisture sensors, camera traps, and environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling can now generate real-time insights into plant health, species movement, and environmental stressors. These data streams can be linked to&nbsp;<strong>AI logic layers</strong>&nbsp;that trigger alerts or&nbsp;automated responses.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;If soil moisture drops below a certain level, we can now trigger a signal to irrigate or notify the local team,&#8221; Aymeric explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s not just about planting anymore, it&#8217;s about helping nature adapt and thrive with us.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>It&#8217;s a vision of the future where <strong>natural and digital systems work in tandem</strong>, not to control nature, but to help it regenerate faster and more intelligently.</p><p><em>If you&#8217;re working on something meaningful in tech, I&#8217;d love to hear from you. Send me a message, maybe your story&#8217;s next. &#128172;</em></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:218693340,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Helene Gey&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#127467;&#127479; Version fran&#231;aise</p><h2>Nature x Machine : reforester la plan&#232;te gr&#226;ce aux drones, &#224; l&#8217;IA et &#224; la sagesse autochtone</h2><p>Quand j&#8217;ai entendu le nom de <em>Lord of the Trees</em> pour la premi&#232;re fois, j&#8217;ai &#233;t&#233; intrigu&#233;e, non seulement par sa dimension po&#233;tique, mais aussi par la promesse de repenser la restauration des &#233;cosyst&#232;mes. Apr&#232;s avoir &#233;chang&#233; avec Aymeric Maudous, le fondateur du projet, j&#8217;ai compris qu&#8217;il ne s&#8217;agissait pas simplement de reboisement, mais bien d&#8217;une <strong>infrastructure compl&#232;te de r&#233;g&#233;n&#233;ration &#233;cologique</strong>, propuls&#233;e par des drones, l&#8217;ADN environnemental, la blockchain et un profond respect des savoirs autochtones.</p><p>L&#8217;id&#233;e est venue &#224; Aymeric en regardant un documentaire de David Attenborough sur les &#238;les Gal&#225;pagos. Il montrait comment diff&#233;rentes graines colonisent de nouveaux territoires, certaines port&#233;es par les courants marins, d&#8217;autres par le vent, et d&#8217;autres encore&#8230; litt&#233;ralement largu&#233;es par des oiseaux. C&#8217;est cette derni&#232;re image qui a fait tilt.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Pourquoi ne pas imiter la nature ? Pourquoi ne pas remplacer les oiseaux par des drones ? &#187;, m&#8217;a-t-il racont&#233;. &#171; J&#8217;ai toujours &#233;t&#233; passionn&#233; par l&#8217;&#233;co-mim&#233;tisme et l&#224;, tout s&#8217;est align&#233;. &#187;</p></blockquote><p>De cette &#233;tincelle est n&#233;e une mission ambitieuse : <strong>restaurer les &#233;cosyst&#232;mes plus vite qu&#8217;ils ne sont d&#233;truits</strong>, et ce &#224; grande &#233;chelle.</p><h2>La reforestation en quatre &#233;tapes</h2><p><em>Lord of the Trees</em> a d&#233;velopp&#233; un processus rigoureux, m&#234;lant haute technologie et connaissance fine des &#233;cosyst&#232;mes :</p><ol><li><p><strong>Reconnaissance du terrain : </strong>drones et satellites scannent de vastes zones difficiles d&#8217;acc&#232;s pour cr&#233;er un jumeau num&#233;rique &#224; l&#8217;aide du LiDAR et de l&#8217;imagerie a&#233;rienne. Indispensable dans les r&#233;gions escarp&#233;es ou isol&#233;es.</p></li><li><p><strong>Design algorithmique de l&#8217;&#233;cosyst&#232;me: </strong>Leur IA propri&#233;taire analyse l&#8217;ensoleillement, le pH du sol, l&#8217;humidit&#233; et l&#8217;inclinaison du terrain afin de concevoir un plan de plantation favorable &#224; la biodiversit&#233;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Plantation de pr&#233;cision par drone:&nbsp;</strong>des &#8220;ensemenceurs&#8221; sur mesure, fix&#233;s aux drones, larguent des capsules biod&#233;gradables contenant des graines &#224; 3 &#224; 4 m&#232;tres du sol. Ces capsules contiennent des nutriments et des agents naturels pour repousser les pr&#233;dateurs.</p></li><li><p><strong>Suivi &#224; long terme </strong>: la derni&#232;re phase dure plusieurs d&#233;cennies. Gr&#226;ce &#224; l&#8217;imagerie satellite, aux survols de drones et &#224; l&#8217;analyse de l&#8217;ADN environnemental (eDNA), ils suivent la croissance et la sant&#233; de l&#8217;&#233;cosyst&#232;me et d&#233;tectent la d&#233;forestation ill&#233;gale ou les feux.</p></li></ol><blockquote><p>&#171; Nous savons exactement o&#249; chaque capsule est tomb&#233;e. Des ann&#233;es plus tard, on peut mesurer sa croissance et la quantit&#233; de carbone qu&#8217;elle a capt&#233;e &#187;, explique Aymeric. &#171; C&#8217;est d&#8217;une pr&#233;cision chirurgicale. &#187;</p></blockquote><p>Leur taux de survie est impressionnant - jusqu&#8217;&#224; <strong>85 % en zone semi-aride,</strong> et encore plus &#233;lev&#233; en zone tropicale. Et ce ne sont pas que des arbres : dans les zones marines, ils plantent des propagules de pal&#233;tuviers &#224; mar&#233;e basse pour reconstruire les d&#233;fenses c&#244;ti&#232;res et les puits de carbone.</p><h2>De la for&#234;t &#224; la blockchain</h2><p>L&#8217;un des &#233;l&#233;ments les plus diff&#233;renciants de <em>Lord of the Trees</em> est son <strong>mod&#232;le &#233;conomique innovant</strong>. Leurs projets g&#233;n&#232;rent non seulement des cr&#233;dits carbone, mais aussi des cr&#233;dits de biodiversit&#233;, d&#8217;eau et d&#8217;impact social, tous <strong>tokenis&#233;s sur la blockchain</strong> pour garantir la tra&#231;abilit&#233; et la transparence.</p><p>Ce m&#233;canisme permet &#233;galement de <strong>redistribuer la valeur aux communaut&#233;s locales</strong>. Leur protocole de partage des revenus garantit que les groupes autochtones, les populations foresti&#232;res et les petits propri&#233;taires fonciers per&#231;oivent des dividendes pendant toute la dur&#233;e du projet.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; On ouvre l&#8217;acc&#232;s aux march&#233;s environnementaux &#224; ceux qui en &#233;taient exclus &#187;, explique Aymeric. &#171; Il ne s&#8217;agit pas seulement de planter des arbres, il s&#8217;agit de partager la valeur. &#187;</p></blockquote><p>Leurs principaux clients ? Gouvernements, institutions financi&#232;res et grandes entreprises cot&#233;es, &#224; la recherche de <strong>compensations cr&#233;dibles et v&#233;rifi&#233;es</strong> pour leurs obligations climatiques, leurs rapports ESG, ou leurs strat&#233;gies de d&#233;veloppement durable. <em>Lord of the Trees</em> est certifi&#233;e B Corp et enregistr&#233;e en tant que Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) aux &#201;tats-Unis.</p><h2>Sur le terrain</h2><p>Leur action est &#224; la fois <strong>globale et contextualis&#233;e</strong> :</p><ul><li><p>En Colombie, ils restaurent 5 000 hectares d&#8217;anciennes terres agricoles dans la for&#234;t tropicale.</p></li><li><p>&#192; Born&#233;o, ils soutiennent la cr&#233;ation de corridors pour les orangs-outans, gr&#226;ce aux cr&#233;dits biodiversit&#233; et sociaux.</p></li><li><p>En Australie, ils reconstituent des zones de la for&#234;t de Daintree d&#233;truites par le cyclone Jasper.</p></li><li><p>Au Vanuatu, un projet de carbone bleu centr&#233; sur les pal&#233;tuviers s&#8217;est transform&#233;, apr&#232;s consultation aupr&#232;s de 26 chefs coutumiers, pour inclure des <strong>cr&#233;dits de biodiversit&#233; li&#233;s aux tortues marines</strong>, un &#233;l&#233;ment naturel jusque-l&#224; n&#233;glig&#233;.</p></li></ul><p>Chaque projet est con&#231;u pour int&#233;grer des gains environnementaux, de l&#8217;inclusion sociale et du respect culturel. Les communaut&#233;s locales sont impliqu&#233;es d&#232;s le d&#233;but, de la collecte des graines au suivi &#233;cologique.</p><h2>O&#249; la reforestation par drone fait la diff&#233;rence</h2><p><em>Lord of the Trees</em> se concentre sur des <strong>terrains complexes ou inaccessibles</strong> aux m&#233;thodes classiques :</p><ul><li><p>Pentes raides (+ de 20 %)</p></li><li><p>R&#233;gions recul&#233;es</p></li><li><p>&#201;cosyst&#232;mes sensibles (mangroves, for&#234;ts tropicales)</p></li><li><p>Zones sinistr&#233;es (post-cyclone, feux&#8230;)</p></li></ul><p>Leur approche par drone est plus rapide et, parfois, la seule solution r&#233;aliste dans ces contextes.</p><h2>Une plateforme pour restaurer &#224; grande &#233;chelle</h2><p><em>Lord of the Trees</em> a d&#233;j&#224; lanc&#233; <strong>plus d&#8217;une douzaine de projets</strong>, avec six autres en pr&#233;paration. Mais l&#8217;ambition est plus vaste : construire une <strong>plateforme ouverte aux petits propri&#233;taires fonciers</strong>, pour les connecter aux march&#233;s environnementaux.</p><p>Des <strong>agents IA</strong> sur mesure vont bient&#244;t automatiser une partie de l&#8217;&#233;valuation des projets, via une grille d&#8217;analyse interne (int&#233;grit&#233; du partenaire, impact des esp&#232;ces, engagement local). R&#233;sultat : des <strong>approbations plus rapides</strong> pour les propri&#233;taires et une <strong>confiance accrue</strong> chez les acheteurs institutionnels, gr&#226;ce &#224; une v&#233;rification standardis&#233;e et transparente.</p><p>C&#8217;est la vision : <strong>industrialiser la r&#233;g&#233;n&#233;ration &#233;cologique</strong> &#224; l&#8217;&#233;chelle mondiale, avec des outils aussi complexes que le probl&#232;me &#224; r&#233;soudre.</p><h2>Et apr&#232;s : des &#233;cosyst&#232;mes intelligents et interconnect&#233;s</h2><p>En se d&#233;veloppant, <em>Lord of the Trees</em> &#233;volue vers un <strong>syst&#232;me complet de gestion &#233;cologique connect&#233;e</strong>. IoT, capteurs et suivi en temps r&#233;el permettent une gestion fine et r&#233;active des &#233;cosyst&#232;mes.</p><p>Capteurs d&#8217;humidit&#233; du sol, pi&#232;ges photographiques, analyses d&#8217;eDNA&#8230; toutes ces donn&#233;es sont reli&#233;es &#224; des couches logiques d&#8217;IA capables de d&#233;clencher des alertes, voire des r&#233;ponses automatis&#233;es.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Si l&#8217;humidit&#233; du sol chute sous un certain seuil, on peut d&#233;clencher une alerte ou un arrosage automatique &#187;, explique Aymeric. &#171; Ce n&#8217;est plus seulement une question de plantation, c&#8217;est accompagner la nature pour qu&#8217;elle s&#8217;adapte et prosp&#232;re. &#187;</p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est une vision du futur o&#249; <strong>nature et technologie coexistent</strong>, non pas pour dominer la nature, mais pour <strong>l&#8217;aider &#224; se r&#233;g&#233;n&#233;rer, plus vite, plus intelligemment</strong>.</p><p><em>Si vous travaillez sur un projet porteur de sens en tech, j&#8217;aimerais beaucoup en entendre parler. &#201;crivez-moi</em> :<em> votre histoire est peut-&#234;tre la prochaine &#224; &#234;tre racont&#233;e. &#128172;</em></p><div class="captioned-button-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/nature-x-machine-reforesting-the?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Merci de me lire, partage cette histoire avec ton r&#233;seau.</p></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/nature-x-machine-reforesting-the?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" 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The urgency is to know who will still be there producing in ten or twenty years.</p><p>With many growers nearing retirement, a hesitant next generation to take the torch, and constant economic pressure, the long-term viability of farms sometimes seems like an impossible equation. Taking over a farm is not just about inheriting a piece of land; it also means inheriting machinery, climate-related risks, debt, impossible working hours and a host of technical decisions that weigh heavily every day.</p><p>Amid this equation lies a gesture seldom noticed: sowing. A tray of lettuce, tomatoes or herbs germinating somewhere, in a nursery or at the back of a greenhouse. On the surface, just another step. In reality, a critical link that can make the difference between a smooth season and a season under stress.</p><p>It&#8217;s precisely that link that Planteva has chosen to take seriously. The company&#8217;s mission is not merely to &#8220;revolutionize agriculture,&#8221; but rather to build a large-scale propagation infrastructure, a solid foundation on which growers can rely to keep their farms alive&#8230; and inspire a new generation to step in. An ambition structured and already backed by active pilots, commercial partnerships, meaningful LOIs, and a roadmap toward nine-figure annual revenues.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share GoodTech Stories&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.goodtechstories.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share GoodTech Stories</span></a></p><h2>The Invisible Problem of Sowing</h2><p>We talk a lot about robotics, vertical farms, and AI. We talk much less about the moment when everything begins: the tiny seedling emerging from its substrate.</p><p>Yet for a vegetable farm, a greenhouse or a vertical farm, everything starts there.</p><h3>A failed sowing means:</h3><ul><li><p>trays that must be redone,</p></li><li><p>weeks of delay before harvest,</p></li><li><p>gaps in supply for customers,</p></li><li><p>extra hours for the team,</p></li><li><p>a domino effect on cash flow.</p></li></ul><p>In many operations, propagation is either outsourced to nurseries that may not face the same constraints or managed &#8220;as best as possible&#8221; internally, with whatever resources are on hand. It works, until it doesn&#8217;t: a heatwave, a breakdown, a labour shortage at the wrong time, and the whole season suffers.</p><p>What if, instead of expecting growers to become experts at everything, soil, climate, market, finance and sowing, we treated propagation for what it really is: a critical infrastructure to secure collectively?</p><h2>Planteva: Turning Sowing into a Robust Infrastructure for Longevity</h2><p>This is the space where Planteva positions itself.</p><p>Rather than selling equipment or &#8220;solutions&#8221; to install, the company operates propagation facilities and delivers ready&#8209;to&#8209;perform seedlings to farms, much like energy or an internet connection is delivered: as a service.</p><p>The principle is simple to describe, complex to execute well: produce seedlings that are more uniform, more vigorous, and more predictable, so that the receiving farm can focus on what it does best: grow, process, and sell.</p><h3>Practically, Planteva acts on several levers:</h3><ul><li><p>precise control of irrigation (bottom watering, continuous weighing of trays, recirculation of excess water);</p></li><li><p>accurate management of climate and lighting, tuned to the plant&#8217;s stage of development;</p></li><li><p>growth &#8220;recipes&#8221; per crop, tested and standardized, validated through collaborations with major growers.</p></li></ul><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We use a seven-channel light spectrum that we adjust five times during growth. That&#8217;s how we bring lettuce down from 21 days to 12, with uniformity, precision, and zero waste.&#8221; </em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brycenagels/">Bryce Nagels</a> <em>, Founder and CEO of Planteva.</em></p></blockquote><p>For producers, the impact is very concrete: more uniform plants, faster recovery after transplanting, more consistent harvests, and fewer surprises.</p><p>It is also, and above all, a form of operational insurance. When propagation is entrusted to a dedicated infrastructure, with teams specialized in that core activity, the farm becomes more understandable and more transferable: financials are more stable, yields are more predictable. All major considerations when it comes to financing a takeover or convincing a young person to commit for 10 or 20 years.</p><p>This comes along with major operational gains: more stability, less dependence on labour, reduced risk and greater capacity to pass the business on.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F7C_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d05d59c-c609-4f63-9c48-571aef71077f_844x1500.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F7C_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d05d59c-c609-4f63-9c48-571aef71077f_844x1500.png 424w, 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x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image courtesy of Planteva Farms.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>When Optimized Sowing Changes the Game for Water and Energy</h2><p>Optimizing sowing isn&#8217;t just about ensuring harvests and revenues. It&#8217;s also a very concrete way to consume far fewer resources while producing the same, or even greater, volumes of food.</p><p>By watering each tray according to its actual needs, recovering and reusing water rather than letting it go to waste, and adjusting the climate to suit the plants rather than the entire greenhouse, water savings are spectacular. Field trials have shown reductions of up to 95% compared with traditional nursery practices.</p><p>The effect is even more striking at scale. If an approach like Planteva&#8217;s were applied broadly to field-grown crops that rely on transplanting, the savings could amount to the equivalent of 50,000 Olympic swimming pools&#8217; worth of water across Quebec.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;If Qu&#233;bec adopted our method across all field-grown transplants, we&#8217;d save the equivalent of 50,000 Olympic pools of water. And that&#8217;s just from improving one step: sowing.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p>And it&#8217;s not only about water. Stronger, more uniform seedlings mean less time spent in greenhouse or artificial light to reach the desired size: a lettuce sowing that used to take 19&#8211;21 days now reaches readiness in 12&#8211;14 days with Planteva, by changing the light spectrum five times, a 30&#8211;50% time gain. That means less heating and lighting per unit produced, and reduced pressure on energy infrastructure.</p><p>In other words, each optimized sowing is a small act of resource sobriety: less water, less energy, less space, ultimately leading to greater economic stability.</p><h2>Planteva: The Engine of an Integrated Agritech System</h2><p>Planteva doesn&#8217;t build its model alone. There&#8217;s a recurring metaphor within the team: a skating rink. But it&#8217;s not only about providing the ice. Planteva orchestrates the entire game: an integrative platform enabling partners to deploy, validate, and grow together.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Someone once told me: you&#8217;re not the star player, you&#8217;re the ice. That&#8217;s exactly it. We build the platform, so other AgTech players can perform, integrate, and scale with us.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><h3>On this agritech rink stand:</h3><ul><li><p>horticultural lighting specialists, able to fine-tune the light spectrum for each seedling stage;</p></li><li><p>climate experts for greenhouse or controlled&#8209;environment agriculture;</p></li><li><p>substrate producers developing sustainable alternatives;</p></li><li><p>sensor and optimization firms refining growth recipes.</p></li></ul><p>All share the conviction that the right agricultural technology is one that increases yields, reduces inputs, and eases human workload.</p><p>For growers, it transforms the very nature of the profession: instead of juggling disparate solutions, they rely on a coherent system designed to work together.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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More Resilient Farms</h2><p>This ecosystem model is not just a lab experiment. Planteva&#8217;s sites are both production units and real-world validation centers on actual crops.</p><p>And expansion is well underway: a signed MoU in Manitoba, concrete projects in California, active pilots in Qu&#233;bec, and a multi-site pipeline in progress. We are not talking about exploration, but about structured deployment.</p><h3>Planteva exports not just a technical model, but a complete &#8220;stack&#8221;:</h3><ul><li><p>proven propagation methods,</p></li><li><p>a well-honed partner network,</p></li><li><p>a business model focused on grower performance and resource reduction,</p></li><li><p>and a clear vision: enabling farms to endure in challenging economic and climatic environments.</p></li></ul><p>For ecosystem companies, it opens the door to new markets. For local growers, it offers the opportunity to benefit from a refined system designed to reduce risk and consumption from the sowing stage onward.</p><h2>Sow Sustainability, Harvest the Future</h2><p>Planteva&#8217;s story isn&#8217;t about disruption, it&#8217;s about sustainability.</p><p>Sustainability for growers: planning with confidence, stabilizing income, investing in their team, preparing for succession. Sustainability for the next generation: relying on specialized partners, optimizing resources, aligning economic and environmental performance. And sustainability for shared resources: each optimized tray is a micro&#8209;decision toward more prudent agriculture &#8212; without asking producers to shoulder the burden alone.</p><p>The agricultural crisis won&#8217;t be solved with a single lever. But Planteva&#8217;s example demonstrates that targeting the right link, here, the sowing, can trigger a virtuous cycle: more economic stability, less pressure on water and energy, and a profession that becomes a bit more attractive again.</p><p>And you, in your industry, what&#8217;s the overlooked leverage point? 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Send me a message, maybe your story is next. &#128172;</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><em>&#127467;&#127479; Version fran&#231;aise</em></p><h2>Quand la technologie fait germer la durabilit&#233;</h2><h3><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/plateva-farms-inc/">Planteva farms Inc.</a> transforme les semis en infrastructure intelligente : moins d&#8217;eau, moins d&#8217;&#233;nergie, plus de stabilit&#233; pour les fermes d&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui et de demain.</h3><p>Dans de nombreuses fermes, l&#8217;urgence n&#8217;est plus seulement de produire suffisamment, ni m&#234;me de produire mieux. L&#8217;urgence, c&#8217;est de savoir qui sera encore l&#224; pour produire dans dix ou vingt ans.</p><p>Entre des producteurs qui approchent de la retraite, une rel&#232;ve qui h&#233;site &#224; reprendre le flambeau et une pression &#233;conomique constante, la p&#233;rennit&#233; des fermes ressemble parfois &#224; une &#233;quation impossible. Reprendre une ferme, ce n&#8217;est pas seulement reprendre une terre : c&#8217;est aussi reprendre des machines, des risques climatiques, des dettes, des horaires impossibles et une s&#233;rie de d&#233;cisions techniques qui p&#232;sent lourd au quotidien.</p><p>Au milieu de cette &#233;quation, il y a un geste qu&#8217;on remarque peu : le semis. Un plateau de laitues, de tomates ou de fines herbes qui germent quelque part, dans une p&#233;pini&#232;re ou au fond d&#8217;une serre. En apparence, une &#233;tape parmi d&#8217;autres. En r&#233;alit&#233;, un maillon critique qui peut faire la diff&#233;rence entre une saison fluide et une saison sous tension.</p><p>C&#8217;est pr&#233;cis&#233;ment ce maillon que Planteva a choisi de prendre au s&#233;rieux. L&#8217;entreprise ne se donne pas seulement pour mission de &#8220;r&#233;volutionner l&#8217;agriculture&#8221;, mais plut&#244;t de b&#226;tir une infrastructure de propagation &#224; grande &#233;chelle, une fondation fiable, sur laquelle les producteurs peuvent s&#8217;appuyer pour faire durer leurs fermes&#8230; et donner envie &#224; une nouvelle g&#233;n&#233;ration de prendre la rel&#232;ve. Une ambition structur&#233;e, d&#233;j&#224; soutenue par des pilotes actifs, des partenariats commerciaux, des LOIs significatifs et une feuille de route vers des revenus annuels &#224; neuf chiffres.</p><h2>Le probl&#232;me invisible du semis</h2><p>On parle beaucoup de robotique, de fermes verticales et d&#8217;IA. On parle moins du moment o&#249; tout commence : la petite plantule qui &#233;merge de son substrat.</p><p>Or, pour une ferme mara&#238;ch&#232;re, une serre ou une ferme verticale, tout part de l&#224;.</p><h3>Un semis rat&#233;, c&#8217;est :</h3><ul><li><p>des plateaux &#224; refaire,</p></li><li><p>des semaines de retard sur la r&#233;colte,</p></li><li><p>des trous dans l&#8217;offre aux clients,</p></li><li><p>des heures suppl&#233;mentaires pour l&#8217;&#233;quipe,</p></li><li><p>un effet domino sur la tr&#233;sorerie.</p></li></ul><p>Dans de nombreuses exploitations, la propagation est soit externalis&#233;e &#224; des p&#233;pini&#232;res qui n&#8217;ont pas toujours les m&#234;mes contraintes, soit g&#233;r&#233;e &#8220;comme on peut&#8221; en interne, avec les moyens du bord. &#199;a fonctionne, jusqu&#8217;au moment o&#249; &#231;a ne fonctionne plus : une canicule, une panne, un manque de main-d&#8217;&#339;uvre au mauvais moment, et toute la saison s&#8217;en ressent.</p><p>Et si, plut&#244;t que de demander aux producteurs d&#8217;&#234;tre experts en tout - sol, climat, march&#233;, finances et semis - on traitait la propagation comme ce qu&#8217;elle est r&#233;ellement : une infrastructure critique &#224; s&#233;curiser collectivement ?</p><h2>Planteva : transformer le semis en infrastructure de p&#233;rennit&#233;</h2><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que se positionne Planteva.</p><p>Plut&#244;t que de vendre des &#233;quipements ou des &#8220;solutions&#8221; &#224; installer, l&#8217;entreprise op&#232;re des sites de propagation et livre aux fermes des semis pr&#234;ts &#224; performer, un peu comme on livrerait de l&#8217;&#233;nergie ou une connexion internet : sous forme de service.</p><p>Le principe est simple &#224; r&#233;sumer, complexe &#224; bien ex&#233;cuter : produire des plantules plus homog&#232;nes, plus vigoureuses et plus pr&#233;visibles, pour que la ferme qui les re&#231;oit puisse se concentrer sur ce qu&#8217;elle fait le mieux : produire, transformer, vendre.</p><h3>Concr&#232;tement, Planteva joue sur plusieurs leviers :</h3><ul><li><p>un contr&#244;le fin de l&#8217;irrigation (arrosage par le bas, plateaux pes&#233;s en continu, recirculation de l&#8217;eau exc&#233;dentaire) ;</p></li><li><p>une gestion pr&#233;cise du climat et de l&#8217;&#233;clairage, adapt&#233;e au stade de d&#233;veloppement du plant ;</p></li><li><p>des &#8220;recettes&#8221; de croissance par culture, test&#233;es et standardis&#233;es, valid&#233;es lors de collaborations avec des producteurs majeurs.</p></li></ul><blockquote><p><em>&#171; Nous utilisons un spectre lumineux &#224; sept canaux, que nous ajustons cinq fois pendant la croissance. C&#8217;est ainsi que nous passons de 21 &#224; 12 jours pour la laitue, avec uniformit&#233;, pr&#233;cision et z&#233;ro gaspillage. &#187; </em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brycenagels/">Bryce Nagels</a> <em>, Fondateur et CEO de Planteva.</em></p></blockquote><p>Pour les producteurs, l&#8217;impact est tr&#232;s concret : des plants plus r&#233;guliers, des reprises plus rapides apr&#232;s la transplantation, des r&#233;coltes plus homog&#232;nes et moins de surprises.</p><p>C&#8217;est aussi, et surtout, une forme d&#8217;assurance op&#233;rationnelle. Quand la propagation est confi&#233;e &#224; une infrastructure d&#233;di&#233;e, avec des &#233;quipes dont c&#8217;est le c&#339;ur de m&#233;tier, la ferme devient plus lisible et plus transf&#233;rable : les chiffres sont plus stables, les rendements plus pr&#233;visibles. Autant d&#8217;&#233;l&#233;ments qui comptent lorsqu&#8217;il s&#8217;agit de financer une reprise ou de convaincre un&#183;e jeune de s&#8217;engager pour 10 ou 20 ans.</p><p>&#192; cela s&#8217;ajoutent des gains op&#233;rationnels majeurs : plus de stabilit&#233;, moins de d&#233;pendance &#224; la main-d&#8217;&#339;uvre, une r&#233;duction du risque et une meilleure capacit&#233; &#224; transmettre l&#8217;entreprise.</p><h2>Quand un semis optimis&#233; change la donne sur l&#8217;eau et l&#8217;&#233;nergie</h2><p>Optimiser le semis, ce n&#8217;est pas seulement assurer des r&#233;coltes et des revenus. C&#8217;est aussi une fa&#231;on tr&#232;s concr&#232;te de consommer beaucoup moins de ressources pour produire la m&#234;me quantit&#233; de nourriture, voire davantage.</p><p>En arrosant chaque plateau selon ses besoins r&#233;els, en r&#233;cup&#233;rant et en r&#233;utilisant l&#8217;eau plut&#244;t que de la laisser se perdre, et en ajustant le climat aux plants plut&#244;t qu&#8217;&#224; toute la serre, on arrive &#224; des &#233;conomies d&#8217;eau spectaculaires. Ces r&#233;sultats sont issus d&#8217;essais concrets sur le terrain : dans certains cas, les r&#233;ductions atteignent jusqu&#8217;&#224; 95 % par rapport aux pratiques de p&#233;pini&#232;re traditionnelles.</p><p>L&#8217;effet devient encore plus frappant &#224; grande &#233;chelle. Si l&#8217;approche de Planteva &#233;tait appliqu&#233;e aux cultures en champ passant par un transplant, on &#233;conomiserait l&#8217;&#233;quivalent de 50,000 piscines olympiques d&#8217;eau &#224; l&#8217;&#233;chelle du Qu&#233;bec.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#171; Si le Qu&#233;bec adoptait notre m&#233;thode pour tous les transplants cultiv&#233;s en champ, on &#233;conomiserait l&#8217;&#233;quivalent de 50 000 piscines olympiques d&#8217;eau. Et tout &#231;a, simplement en am&#233;liorant une &#233;tape : le semis. &#187;</em></p></blockquote><p>Et ce n&#8217;est pas qu&#8217;une histoire d&#8217;eau.</p><p>Des plants plus vigoureux et plus homog&#232;nes, c&#8217;est moins de temps en serre ou sous lumi&#232;re artificielle pour atteindre la taille souhait&#233;e : un semis de laitue qui prenait 19 &#224; 21 jours se fait en 12 &#224; 14 jours avec Planteva, en changeant le spectre lumineux 5 fois ; soit un gain de temps de 30 &#224; 50%, n&#233;cessitant moins de chauffage et d&#8217;&#233;clairage pour la m&#234;me quantit&#233; produite, tout en appliquant moins de pression sur les infrastructures &#233;nerg&#233;tiques.</p><p>Autrement dit, chaque semis optimis&#233; est un petit morceau de sobri&#233;t&#233; : moins d&#8217;eau, moins d&#8217;&#233;nergie, moins d&#8217;espace mobilis&#233;, pour, au final, plus de stabilit&#233; &#233;conomique.</p><h2>Planteva, moteur d&#8217;un syst&#232;me agritech int&#233;gr&#233;</h2><p>Planteva ne construit pas son mod&#232;le seule. Une image revient souvent dans son &#233;quipe : celle de la patinoire. Mais il ne s&#8217;agit pas seulement de fournir la glace. Planteva orchestre l&#8217;ensemble du jeu : une plateforme int&#233;gratrice qui permet aux partenaires de se d&#233;ployer, de se valider et de cro&#238;tre ensemble.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Quelqu&#8217;un m&#8217;a d&#233;j&#224; dit : &#8220;Tu n&#8217;es pas le joueur vedette, tu es la glace.&#8221; C&#8217;est exactement &#231;a. On construit la plateforme pour que les autres acteurs de l&#8217;agritech puissent performer, s&#8217;int&#233;grer et grandir avec nous. &#187;</p></blockquote><h3>Sur cette patinoire agritech se retrouvent :</h3><ul><li><p>des sp&#233;cialistes de l&#8217;&#233;clairage horticole, capables d&#8217;ajuster le spectre lumineux &#224; chaque stade de la plantule ;</p></li><li><p>des experts du climat en serre ou en environnement contr&#244;l&#233; ;</p></li><li><p>des acteurs du substrat qui d&#233;veloppent des alternatives durables ;</p></li><li><p>des entreprises de capteurs et d&#8217;optimisation qui affinent les recettes de croissance.</p></li></ul><p>Tous partagent la conviction que la bonne technologie agricole est celle qui augmente les rendements, r&#233;duit les intrants, et all&#232;ge la charge humaine.</p><p>Pour les producteurs, cela change la nature m&#234;me du m&#233;tier : au lieu de jongler avec des solutions disparates, ils s&#8217;appuient sur un tout coh&#233;rent, qui fonctionne comme un syst&#232;me.</p><h2>Du Qu&#233;bec &#224; l&#8217;international : une approche reproductible pour des fermes plus r&#233;silientes</h2><p>Ce mod&#232;le d&#8217;&#233;cosyst&#232;me n&#8217;est pas seulement un laboratoire. Les sites de Planteva sont &#224; la fois des unit&#233;s de production et des lieux de validation sur cultures r&#233;elles.</p><p>Et l&#8217;expansion est d&#233;j&#224; bien engag&#233;e : MoU sign&#233; au Manitoba, projets concrets en Californie, pilotes actifs au Qu&#233;bec et un pipeline multi-sites en cours. On ne parle pas d&#8217;exploration, mais d&#8217;un d&#233;ploiement structur&#233;.</p><h3>Planteva n&#8217;exporte pas qu&#8217;un mod&#232;le technique, mais un &#8220;stack&#8221; complet :</h3><ul><li><p>des m&#233;thodes de propagation &#233;prouv&#233;es,</p></li><li><p>un r&#233;seau de partenaires r&#244;d&#233;,</p></li><li><p>un mod&#232;le d&#8217;affaires centr&#233; sur la performance des producteurs et la r&#233;duction des ressources,</p></li><li><p>et une vision claire : faire durer les fermes dans des environnements &#233;conomiques et climatiques exigeants.</p></li></ul><p>Pour les entreprises de l&#8217;&#233;cosyst&#232;me, c&#8217;est une voie d&#8217;acc&#232;s &#224; de nouveaux march&#233;s. Pour les producteurs locaux, c&#8217;est l&#8217;occasion de b&#233;n&#233;ficier d&#8217;un syst&#232;me d&#233;j&#224; r&#244;d&#233;, con&#231;u pour r&#233;duire les risques et les consommations d&#232;s le stade du semis.</p><h2>Semer la durabilit&#233;, r&#233;colter l&#8217;avenir</h2><p>L&#8217;histoire de Planteva est avant tout une histoire de durabilit&#233;.</p><p>Durabilit&#233; pour les producteurs : planifier avec confiance, stabiliser les revenus, investir dans leur &#233;quipe, pr&#233;parer la transmission.</p><p>Durabilit&#233; pour la rel&#232;ve : s&#8217;appuyer sur des partenaires sp&#233;cialis&#233;s, optimiser les ressources, aligner performance &#233;conomique et environnementale.</p><p>Durabilit&#233;, enfin, pour les ressources communes : chaque plateau optimis&#233; est une micro-d&#233;cision vers une agriculture sobre, sans demander aux producteurs d&#8217;en porter seuls le co&#251;t.</p><p>On ne r&#233;soudra pas la crise agricole avec un seul levier. Mais l&#8217;exemple de Planteva montre que cibler le bon maillon, ici, le semis, peut enclencher un cercle vertueux: plus de stabilit&#233; &#233;conomique, moins de pression sur l&#8217;eau et l&#8217;&#233;nergie, et un m&#233;tier qui redevient un peu plus attirant.</p><p>Et vous, dans votre secteur, quel est ce levier invisible ? Ce geste fondateur, souvent n&#233;glig&#233;, qui pourrait transformer tout un syst&#232;me si on d&#233;cidait de le repenser ?</p><p><em>Si vous travaillez sur un projet porteur de sens en tech, j&#8217;aimerais beaucoup en entendre parler. &#201;crivez-moi, votre histoire est peut-&#234;tre la prochaine &#224; &#234;tre racont&#233;e. &#128172;</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Merci de lire GoodTech Stories! Abonne-toi pour recevoir mes articles.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decoding the Language of the Body in Motion]]></title><description><![CDATA[HOP Tech: AI for Faster, Fairer, and Smarter Medicine]]></description><link>https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/decoding-the-language-of-the-body</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/decoding-the-language-of-the-body</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helene Gey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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understand them?</p><p>That&#8217;s the promise of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/hop-tech/">HOP TECH</a>. This Quebec-based company is developing an AI platform that can <strong>transform dynamic neurophysiological signals</strong> generated by responses to exertion, stress, or cognitive tasks into <strong>predictive digital biomarkers</strong>. Unlike static, point-in-time measurements, HOP Tech focuses on how the body reacts and adapts to stimuli, similar to a VO&#8322; Max test. By analyzing real-time responses, the AI can generate a <strong>personalized adaptation profile</strong> that reveals an individual&#8217;s overall physical and mental health status.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;We believe that the body&#8217;s neurophysiological and acoustic signals already contain the intelligence needed to prevent, diagnose, and treat better. Our role is to build tools that make that intelligence accessible, fast, and clinically useful.&#8221; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-antoine-pelletier-79322b31/">Marc-Antoine Pelletier</a>, CEO</p></blockquote><p>By cross-analyzing multiple sensors (heart rate, temperature, activity, sweat, voice, etc.), the platform can anticipate disease progression, evaluate treatment effects, or detect imbalances even before symptoms appear. The goal: to provide researchers and clinicians with <strong>faster, more sensitive tools that accurately reflect the real-life experiences</strong> of patients.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Q_lq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ed065a2-070e-4c89-b39e-e83c1a3478c9_1207x1000.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Q_lq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ed065a2-070e-4c89-b39e-e83c1a3478c9_1207x1000.png 424w, 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The result: delayed diagnoses, reactive monitoring, and critical time lost.</p><p>Take Type 2 diabetes: lab results can take days, and treatment adjustments may require another appointment, sometimes months later. Meanwhile, the patient&#8217;s condition evolves, but the system remains out of sync.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a broader issue: <strong>structural bias</strong> in medical research. Study cohorts are often skewed or underrepresented by age, sex, or ethnicity, which limits the accuracy and applicability of medical innovations.</p><h2>Homeodynamic Biomarkers: HOP Tech&#8217;s Core Technology</h2><p>Unlike others in the space, HOP Tech is not defined by its sensors. Its strategic asset lies in unique IP: dynamic digital biomarkers, called <em>homeodynamics, </em>derived from how the body responds to real-world stimuli such as walking, stress, posture shifts, or cognitive effort.</p><p>These data are collected and analyzed via proprietary software. HOP Tech&#8217;s ecosystem includes three integrated components:</p><ul><li><p>A <strong>HOP Watch</strong>, a smart device designed specifically for clinical trials to collect neurophysiological and bioacoustic signals;</p></li><li><p>A <strong>mobile app</strong> for patient engagement and monitoring;</p></li><li><p>A <strong>secure AI analytics platform</strong> built to meet regulatory standards and scale with clinical use cases.</p></li></ul><p>Using non-invasive sensors, the system captures hundreds of physiological variables (heart rate, sweating, movement, temperature, stress response, etc.). Each standardized test (rest, posture change, 6-minute walk&#8230;) can generate over 800 unique variables, which are merged and processed through a range of AI models.</p><p>These include classic decision trees and advanced deep learning models such as transformers, the same sequential processing technology used by ChatGPT. This algorithmic diversity ensures both clinical adaptability and interpretability.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;HOP Tech isn&#8217;t a smartwatch company. We offer a complete AI-driven solution for the creation of digital biomarkers, from discovery to market launch.&#8221; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-corcos/">Simon Corcos</a>, CTO.</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IEvi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb334b2e-16ca-4c9b-a6d9-8fb6167e03e8_1000x1500.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IEvi!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb334b2e-16ca-4c9b-a6d9-8fb6167e03e8_1000x1500.png 424w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image courtesy of HOP Tech</figcaption></figure></div><p>Already tested in clinical trials for d<strong>iabetes, heart failure, autism, respiratory conditions, and cardio-oncology</strong>, these biomarkers enable a more dynamic, personalized, and responsive approach to care.</p><h2>Toward Accessible, Rapid, Personalized Medicine</h2><p>HOP Tech&#8217;s innovation isn&#8217;t just in analytical precision, it&#8217;s in the <strong>medical time it saves</strong> and the <strong>quality of decisions</strong> it supports. Where traditional testing might take days or weeks, HOP Tech&#8217;s platform delivers a <strong>complete, actionable physiological profile </strong>in minutes.</p><p>By analyzing hundreds of sensor-derived variables, the system produces <strong>interpretable clinical scores</strong>, including risk assessment, therapy monitoring, early imbalance detection, and complication prediction. These <strong>dynamic, continuous insights </strong>are far more reflective of a patient&#8217;s real health than one-off clinical tests.</p><p><strong>Example</strong>: In a diabetes clinical study, a simple 6-minute walk test enabled the estimation of blood glucose within ~10% of lab-measured HbA1c, valuable for <strong>real-time treatment adjustments starting from the very first visit.</strong></p><p>This reduces clinic visits, improves treatment adherence, and eases strain on the healthcare system. In the long term, HOP Tech aims to adapt its technology for low-resource settings, an ambition that remains in development.</p><h2>Building Ethically-Centred AI</h2><p>HOP Tech places <strong>ethics, equity, and transparency </strong>at the heart of its technology. All algorithms are systematically audited to detect potential biases related to age, sex, or ethnicity. This &#8220;fair-by-design&#8221; approach ensures trustworthy and inclusive outcomes.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;HOP Tech doesn&#8217;t build technology for technology&#8217;s sake. We&#8217;re developing medical AI that serves a more human, more equitable, and more responsive healthcare, where every minute saved can change a care trajectory.&#8221; Marc-Antoine Pelletier, CEO.</p></blockquote><p>The platform also utilizes federated learning, where patient data is never centralized. Only AI models are sent and trained locally, then updated securely. This protects privacy while enabling cross-institutional and even international collaboration.</p><h2>Built for Research, and Beyond</h2><p>HOP Tech&#8217;s foundation is in bespoke research partnerships with hospitals, biobanks, and pharma companies, efforts that have strengthened and validated its platform. Each project generates new biomarkers, expanding IP and technical capabilities.</p><p>The long-term vision is to establish dynamic biomarkers as clinical standards, integrated into hospital and regulatory practices, capable of tracking multiple conditions and supporting proactive, personalized medicine. The platform&#8217;s flexibility also supports custom study design with high levels of rigor and personalization.</p><h2>A New Era of Inclusive, Responsible, and Sustainable Healthcare</h2><p>HOP Tech&#8217;s impact goes beyond technology. The team is involved in initiatives aimed at r<strong>educing healthcare access inequality and enhancing diversity</strong> in clinical research. Projects are underway with Indigenous communities, tailored to their specific needs and respecting their autonomy. Cohort diversity is a core criterion in every study, ensuring the tools developed are broadly relevant.</p><p>And by enabling faster diagnosis with fewer in-person visits, HOP Tech&#8217;s tech also helps reduce healthcare&#8217;s carbon footprint.</p><h2>AI in Service of Life</h2><p>HOP Tech isn&#8217;t trying to replace doctors or turn medicine into science fiction. It&#8217;s doing something else entirely: putting artificial intelligence at the service of life, decoding the body&#8217;s physiological signals to heal faster, more fairly, and more intelligently.</p><p>HOP Tech represents the best of what AI can bring to medicine: technology grounded in science, guided by ethics, and driven by a deeply human vision. It doesn&#8217;t replace care; it amplifies it, for smarter, fairer, and more sustainable health.</p><p><em>If you&#8217;re working on something meaningful in tech, I&#8217;d love to hear from you. Send me a message, maybe your story is next. &#128172;</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/decoding-the-language-of-the-body?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/decoding-the-language-of-the-body?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>Version fran&#231;aise</strong></p><h2>D&#233;coder le langage du corps en mouvement</h2><h3>HOP Tech : L&#8217;IA au service d&#8217;une m&#233;decine plus rapide, plus &#233;quitable et plus intelligente</h3><h2>Une nouvelle fa&#231;on d&#8217;&#233;couter le corps humain</h2><p>Et si le corps nous transmettait d&#233;j&#224; tous les signaux dont nous avons besoin pour pr&#233;venir la maladie, adapter un traitement ou anticiper une d&#233;gradation clinique, &#224; condition de savoir les &#233;couter et les comprendre ?</p><p>C&#8217;est la promesse de HOP Tech. Cette entreprise qu&#233;b&#233;coise d&#233;veloppe une plateforme d&#8217;intelligence artificielle capable de transformer des signaux neurophysiologiques dynamiques, issus de r&#233;actions &#224; un effort, &#224; un stress ou &#224; une t&#226;che cognitive, en biomarqueurs num&#233;riques pr&#233;dictifs. Contrairement aux mesures ponctuelles, HOP Tech s&#8217;int&#233;resse &#224; <strong>la mani&#232;re dont le corps r&#233;agit et s&#8217;adapte</strong> &#224; un stimulus; un peu comme dans un test de VO&#8322; Max : en observant cette r&#233;ponse en temps r&#233;el, l&#8217;IA peut g&#233;n&#233;rer un <strong>profil d&#8217;adaptation personnalis&#233;</strong>, r&#233;v&#233;lateur de l&#8217;&#233;tat de sant&#233; global (physique et mentale).</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Nous croyons que les signaux neurophysiologiques et acoustiques du corps contiennent d&#233;j&#224; l&#8217;intelligence n&#233;cessaire pour mieux pr&#233;venir, diagnostiquer et traiter. Notre r&#244;le, c&#8217;est de cr&#233;er les outils qui rendent cette intelligence accessible, rapide et utile en condition clinique.&#8221; Marc-Antoine Pelletier, CEO.</em></p></blockquote><p>Gr&#226;ce &#224; une analyse crois&#233;e de plusieurs capteurs (fr&#233;quence cardiaque, temp&#233;rature, activit&#233;, sudation, voix&#8230;), la plateforme permet d&#8217;anticiper la progression d&#8217;une maladie, d&#8217;&#233;valuer l&#8217;effet d&#8217;un traitement ou de d&#233;tecter des d&#233;s&#233;quilibres avant m&#234;me l&#8217;apparition de sympt&#244;mes. L&#8217;objectif : offrir aux chercheurs et cliniciens des outils de d&#233;pistage et de suivi <strong>plus rapides, plus sensibles et plus proches de la r&#233;alit&#233; v&#233;cue par les patients</strong>.</p><h2>Pour une m&#233;decine plus rapide et plus repr&#233;sentative</h2><p>Le syst&#232;me m&#233;dical actuel repose sur des mesures ponctuelles : prises de sang, imagerie, tests standardis&#233;s. Ces donn&#233;es statiques offrent une image &#224; l&#8217;instant T, souvent d&#233;corr&#233;l&#233;e de la r&#233;alit&#233; &#233;volutive du patient. R&#233;sultat : des diagnostics retard&#233;s, des suivis peu r&#233;actifs et une perte de temps m&#233;dical critique.</p><p>Prenons l&#8217;exemple du diab&#232;te de type2. Il n&#8217;est pas rare que les r&#233;sultats de laboratoire prennent plusieurs jours, et qu&#8217;un nouveau rendez-vous soit n&#233;cessaire pour adapter le traitement&#8230; parfois quatre &#224; six mois plus tard. Pendant ce temps, la condition du patient &#233;volue. Le syst&#232;me, lui, reste en d&#233;calage.</p><p>&#192; cela s&#8217;ajoute un autre enjeu majeur : <strong>les biais structurels</strong> de la recherche m&#233;dicale. Les cohortes d&#8217;&#233;tude sont souvent d&#233;s&#233;quilibr&#233;es, sous-repr&#233;sent&#233;es selon l&#8217;&#226;ge, le sexe ou l&#8217;origine ethnique, ce qui limite la port&#233;e et la justesse des innovations th&#233;rapeutiques.</p><h2>Les biomarqueurs hom&#233;odynamiques : le c&#339;ur technologique de HOP Tech</h2><p>Contrairement &#224; d&#8217;autres acteurs du domaine, HOP Tech ne se d&#233;finit pas par ses capteurs. Ce qui constitue son <strong>actif strat&#233;gique</strong>, c&#8217;est une propri&#233;t&#233; intellectuelle unique : des <strong>biomarqueurs num&#233;riques dits hom&#233;odynamiques</strong>, c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire d&#233;riv&#233;s de la r&#233;ponse du corps &#224; des stimulations r&#233;elles: marche, stress, variations posturales, effort cognitif, etc.</p><p>Ces donn&#233;es sont collect&#233;es et analys&#233;es par une plateforme logicielle propri&#233;taire. <strong>Concr&#232;tement, l&#8217;&#233;cosyst&#232;me de HOP Tech repose sur trois &#233;l&#233;ments int&#233;gr&#233;s :</strong></p><ul><li><p>une <strong>HOP Watch</strong>, montre intelligente con&#231;ue sp&#233;cifiquement pour les essais cliniques pour la collecte des signaux neurophysiologiques et bioacoustiques,</p></li><li><p>une <strong>application mobile</strong>, qui accompagne le suivi du patient,</p></li><li><p>et une <strong>plateforme d&#8217;analyse IA</strong> s&#233;curis&#233;e, conforme aux normes r&#233;glementaires, et con&#231;ue pour &#233;voluer avec les cas d&#8217;usage.</p></li></ul><p>&#192; partir de plusieurs centaines de variables physiologiques extraites par des capteurs non invasifs &#8212; fr&#233;quence cardiaque, sudation, activit&#233; motrice, temp&#233;rature corporelle, r&#233;ponse au stress, etc. &#8212;, la plateforme HOP Tech exploite une vaste biblioth&#232;que d&#8217;analyse sp&#233;cifiquement d&#233;velopp&#233;e pour ses cas d&#8217;usage cliniques. Chaque t&#226;che standardis&#233;e (repos, test orthostatique, marche de 6 minutes&#8230;) g&#233;n&#232;re plus de 800 variables uniques, qui sont ensuite fusionn&#233;es et trait&#233;es par une gamme d&#8217;algorithmes d&#8217;intelligence artificielle.</p><p>Ces mod&#232;les vont des arbres de d&#233;cision classiques aux architectures de deep learning avanc&#233;es, comme les <em>transformers</em>, les m&#234;mes technologies de traitement s&#233;quentiel que celles utilis&#233;es par ChatGPT. Cette diversit&#233; algorithmique permet d&#8217;adapter le niveau de complexit&#233; au contexte clinique, tout en pr&#233;servant une exigence d&#8217;interpr&#233;tabilit&#233;.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;HOP Tech n&#8217;est pas une compagnie qui vend des montres intelligentes, nous offront une solution compl&#232;te de cr&#233;ation de biomarqueurs digitaux &#224; base d&#8217;IA, de la d&#233;couverte &#224; la mise en march&#233;.&#8221; Simon Corcos, CTO</em></p></blockquote><p>D&#233;j&#224; test&#233;s dans des projets cliniques en <strong>diab&#232;te</strong>, <strong>insuffisance cardiaque</strong>, <strong>autisme</strong>, <strong>maladies respiratoires</strong> et <strong>cardio-oncologie</strong>, ces biomarqueurs ouvrent la voie &#224; une m&#233;decine plus dynamique, personnalis&#233;e et r&#233;active.</p><h2>Vers une m&#233;decine accessible, rapide et personnalis&#233;e</h2><p>L&#8217;innovation de HOP Tech ne se mesure pas seulement &#224; la pr&#233;cision de ses analyses, mais aussi au <strong>temps m&#233;dical qu&#8217;elle permet de gagner</strong> et &#224; la <strong>qualit&#233; des d&#233;cisions qu&#8217;elle facilite</strong>. L&#224; o&#249; une batterie de tests classiques peut n&#233;cessiter plusieurs jours, voire des semaines, la plateforme g&#233;n&#232;re en quelques minutes un <strong>profil physiologique complet et exploitable</strong>.</p><p>Gr&#226;ce &#224; l&#8217;analyse de centaines de variables issues de capteurs, elle produit des <strong>scores cliniques interpr&#233;tables</strong> : &#233;valuation du risque, suivi th&#233;rapeutique, d&#233;tection pr&#233;coce de d&#233;s&#233;quilibres, pr&#233;diction de complications&#8230; Ces indicateurs offrent une <strong>vue dynamique et continue de l&#8217;&#233;tat de sant&#233;</strong>, bien plus repr&#233;sentative que les mesures ponctuelles habituellement utilis&#233;es en clinique.</p><p>Exemple : dans une &#233;tude clinique sur le diab&#232;te, un test simple de six minutes (le Six Minute Walk Test) a permis d&#8217;estimer la glyc&#233;mie d&#8217;un patient avec un &#233;cart de pr&#233;cision d&#8217;environ 10&#8239;% par rapport &#224; l&#8217;HbA1c sanguin mesur&#233; en laboratoire. Un outil pr&#233;cieux pour ajuster un traitement <strong>en temps r&#233;el, d&#232;s la visite initiale</strong>.</p><p>Cette approche r&#233;duit les allers-retours cliniques, facilite l&#8217;adh&#233;sion th&#233;rapeutique et contribue &#224; d&#233;sengorger le syst&#232;me de sant&#233;. &#192; terme, HOP Tech esp&#232;re pouvoir adapter sa technologie &#224; des contextes &#224; faibles ressources, m&#234;me si cette ambition demeure prospective pour l&#8217;instant.</p><h2>Construire une IA avec l&#8217;&#233;thique en ligne de code</h2><p>HOP Tech place <strong>l&#8217;&#233;thique, l&#8217;&#233;quit&#233; et la transparence</strong> au c&#339;ur de sa d&#233;marche technologique. Tous ses algorithmes sont syst&#233;matiquement audit&#233;s afin de d&#233;tecter d&#8217;&#233;ventuels biais li&#233;s &#224; l&#8217;&#226;ge, au sexe ou &#224; l&#8217;ethnicit&#233;. Cette approche &#8220;fair-by-design&#8221; garantit la fiabilit&#233; et l&#8217;inclusion des r&#233;sultats.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;HOP Tech ne fait pas de la technologie pour la technologie. Nous d&#233;veloppons une IA m&#233;dicale au service d&#8217;une m&#233;decine plus humaine, plus &#233;quitable et plus r&#233;active, l&#224; o&#249; chaque minute gagn&#233;e peut changer une trajectoire de soin.&#8221; Marc-Antoine Pelletier, CEO.</p></blockquote><p>La plateforme recourt &#233;galement au &#8220;federated learning&#8221; : les donn&#233;es des patients ne sont jamais centralis&#233;es. Seuls les mod&#232;les d&#8217;IA sont envoy&#233;s localement, form&#233;s, puis mis &#224; jour de mani&#232;re s&#233;curis&#233;e. Une mani&#232;re de renforcer la confidentialit&#233;, tout en facilitant la collaboration interinstitutionnelle, y compris &#224; l&#8217;&#233;chelle internationale.</p><h2>Une plateforme pens&#233;e pour la recherche, et au-del&#224;</h2><p>HOP Tech s&#8217;est d&#8217;abord d&#233;velopp&#233;e gr&#226;ce &#224; des collaborations de recherche sur mesure avec des h&#244;pitaux, des biobanques et des compagnies pharmaceutiques, ce qui a permis de renforcer et de valider sa plateforme. Chaque projet permet de g&#233;n&#233;rer de nouveaux biomarqueurs, enrichissant la propri&#233;t&#233; intellectuelle et les capacit&#233;s de la plateforme.</p><p>L&#8217;ambition &#224; long terme est de faire de ses biomarqueurs dynamiques des <strong>standards cliniques reconnus</strong>, int&#233;gr&#233;s aux pratiques hospitali&#232;res et r&#233;glementaires, capables de suivre plusieurs pathologies simultan&#233;ment et de soutenir une m&#233;decine plus personnalis&#233;e et proactive. La flexibilit&#233; de la plateforme permet &#233;galement d&#8217;adapter les outils &#224; des &#233;tudes sp&#233;cifiques, tout en pr&#233;servant un haut niveau de contr&#244;le, de rigueur et de personnalisation.</p><h2>Une nouvelle &#232;re pour la sant&#233; : inclusive, responsable, durable</h2><p>L&#8217;impact de HOP Tech va au-del&#224; de l&#8217;innovation technologique. L&#8217;&#233;quipe s&#8217;engage activement dans des projets visant &#224; r&#233;duire les <strong>in&#233;galit&#233;s d&#8217;acc&#232;s aux soins</strong> et &#224; am&#233;liorer la repr&#233;sentativit&#233; dans la recherche clinique.Des projets sont en vue avec des <strong>communaut&#233;s autochtones</strong>, int&#233;grant leurs besoins sp&#233;cifiques tout en respectant leur autonomie. La diversit&#233; des cohortes constitue un crit&#232;re essentiel dans chaque &#233;tude, garantissant que les outils d&#233;velopp&#233;s sont v&#233;ritablement utiles &#224; tous.</p><p>Enfin, en permettant des diagnostics plus rapides et moins de d&#233;placements inutiles, la technologie de HOP Tech contribue &#233;galement &#224; <strong>r&#233;duire l&#8217;empreinte carbone de la sant&#233;</strong>.</p><h2>Une intelligence artificielle au service du vivant</h2><p>HOP Tech n&#8217;essaie pas de remplacer les m&#233;decins, ni de transformer la sant&#233; en science-fiction. Elle propose autre chose : <strong>une intelligence artificielle au service du vivant</strong>, capable de d&#233;coder les signaux physiologiques du corps pour mieux soigner, plus vite, et de mani&#232;re plus juste.</p><p>HOP Tech incarne ce que l&#8217;IA peut apporter de meilleur &#224; la m&#233;decine : une technologie fond&#233;e sur la science, guid&#233;e par l&#8217;&#233;thique, et port&#233;e par une vision profond&#233;ment humaine. Une IA qui ne remplace pas le soin, mais l&#8217;amplifie, pour une sant&#233; plus juste, plus intelligente et durable.</p><p><em>Si vous travaillez sur un projet porteur de sens en tech, j&#8217;aimerais beaucoup en entendre parler. <strong>&#201;crivez-moi, votre histoire est peut-&#234;tre la prochaine &#224; &#234;tre racont&#233;e.</strong> &#128172;</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Merci de lire GoodTech Stories! Abonne-toi pour recevoir mes articles.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology Meets the Outback]]></title><description><![CDATA[How long-range connectivity is helping restore ecosystems in the heart of the Australian desert]]></description><link>https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/technology-meets-the-outback</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/technology-meets-the-outback</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helene Gey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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That&#8217;s the case with </em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/morse-micro/">Morse Micro</a><em>, an Australian company redefining the boundaries of connectivity and supporting biodiversity conservation at scale.</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading GoodTech Stories! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h3>The Desert, Rewired</h3><p>In the heart of the Australian outback, the <strong><a href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/research/ecosystem/our-research/wild-deserts">Wild Deserts</a></strong> project aims to restore a large area of arid land by reintroducing locally extinct species and rebuilding a balanced ecosystem. But monitoring such a vast, remote area, with no traditional telecommunications infrastructure, is no small feat.</p><p>That&#8217;s where <strong><a href="https://www.morsemicro.com/">Morse Micro</a></strong> comes in. The Sydney-based semiconductor company has developed a wireless communication technology based on the <strong>Wi-Fi HaLow</strong> standard (IEEE 802.11ah), designed specifically for long-range, low-power IoT. Unlike traditional Wi-Fi, which struggles beyond a few dozen meters, HaLow can transmit data over hundreds of meters, or even beyond a kilometer in ideal conditions like the desert.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qrrR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6f638b5-549c-4dba-9f6d-18987b9642d9_1488x900.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qrrR!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6f638b5-549c-4dba-9f6d-18987b9642d9_1488x900.png 424w, 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After constructing <strong>feral-proof fencing</strong> and eradicating invasive predators like rabbits, foxes, and feral cats, scientists from University of New South Wales (UNSW) and their partners have begun reintroducing <strong>seven native mammal species</strong>, including the bilby, mulgara, and the burrowing bettong, a nocturnal marsupial known to shift up to <strong>three tonnes of soil per year</strong>, helping to regenerate the land.</p><p>The project also includes a <strong>100 km&#178; &#8220;training zone&#8221;</strong> where animals adapt to wild conditions and learn predator avoidance before full release. In this context, the ability to deploy long-range, low-power cameras and sensors, without cell towers or cables, offers a game-changing way to monitor rewilding success in real time, while minimizing human disturbance in these fragile habitats.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q-MQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34deb308-cf9d-4fbf-9930-ccf42f0665a4_1488x837.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q-MQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34deb308-cf9d-4fbf-9930-ccf42f0665a4_1488x837.png 424w, 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Compared to older protocols like LoRa or Zigbee, Wi-Fi HaLow offers:</p><ul><li><p>Connectivity for <strong>hundreds of devices</strong> on a single access point</p></li><li><p>Up to <strong>1000&#215; more data</strong> than LPWAN solutions</p></li><li><p>Strong performance in harsh or obstructed environments (walls, basements, rural zones)</p></li><li><p>Interoperability with existing Wi-Fi standards and WPA3-level security</p></li></ul><p>This makes it a versatile solution for everything from <strong>climate conservation</strong> to <strong>smart buildings</strong> and <strong>next-gen energy networks</strong>.</p><h3>Seeing Further: The Power of Smart Video</h3><p>One of Morse Micro&#8217;s first large-scale commercial use cases is <strong>video security</strong>. Most Wi-Fi-connected home cameras today are limited to indoor or nearby outdoor use. To monitor a gate, driveway, or property edge, you&#8217;re often forced to run expensive cables or rely on cellular connections.</p><p>Wi-Fi HaLow changes that. A single access point can cover an entire property, up to a kilometer in radius. Combined with <strong>edge AI</strong>, these cameras can intelligently distinguish between people, animals, or irrelevant movement, enabling faster, smarter alerts and decisions.</p><p>In the <strong>Wild Deserts</strong> project, this same capability powers advanced wildlife monitoring: identifying species, tracking intrusions, and observing ecosystem health over vast distances, all without laying infrastructure or paying for cellular data.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not just building chips. We&#8217;re enabling new ways to help, protect ecosystems, manage energy better, and respond to what the world really needs. That&#8217;s where tech for good becomes real,&#8221; says <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andymcf/">Andy McFarlane</a>, VP of Marketing.</p></blockquote><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MlS8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F577c4044-15bb-4be8-8370-0ab7f30ee2a8_1333x1000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MlS8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F577c4044-15bb-4be8-8370-0ab7f30ee2a8_1333x1000.jpeg 424w, 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Smart meters have been around for a while. Still, the rise of <strong>electric vehicles</strong>, <strong>home batteries</strong>, and <strong>rooftop solar</strong> has shifted the paradigm: energy production is increasingly <strong>decentralized</strong>, and the edge of the grid needs to be smarter than ever.</p><p>In Australia, the AEMC (Australian Energy Market Commission) is proposing that, from 2028, all new smart meters should be able to transmit data with a latency of no more than 5 seconds. This kind of real-time visibility is essential for balancing supply and demand, especially during heatwaves when air conditioning strains the grid.</p><p>Wi-Fi HaLow is a natural fit:</p><ul><li><p>High-volume data transmission</p></li><li><p>No recurring connectivity fees</p></li><li><p>Strong signal penetration in complex or buried environments (basements, utility rooms)</p></li></ul><p>By <strong>adding intelligence at the edge</strong>, Morse Micro is helping utilities move toward smoother, more resilient energy distribution, something every country will need as consumption patterns evolve.</p><h3>A Platform for Good, Open to All</h3><p>For Morse Micro, impact also means <strong>accessibility</strong>. The company offers <strong>developer kits</strong> through platforms like <a href="https://www.mouser.com/c/?q=MM8108">Mouser</a>, inviting researchers, NGOs, and innovators to explore new ways to use HaLow in the field.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;We want to empower ideas we could never have imagined, whether from conservation scientists or curious engineers in remote areas,&#8221; says Andy McFarlane, VP of Marketing.</p></blockquote><h3>What&#8217;s Next?</h3><p>While IoT has long promised transformation, large-scale adoption has often fallen short. Wi-Fi HaLow may be the missing ingredient. A connectivity solution that doesn&#8217;t just connect, but <strong>enables action where it matters most</strong>.</p><p>Whether you&#8217;re tackling challenges in conservation, agriculture, or energy, Wi&#8209;Fi HaLow could be the missing piece to bring your vision to life. The technology is here. What&#8217;s your idea?</p><p><em>If you&#8217;re working on something meaningful in tech, I&#8217;d love to hear from you. Send me a message, maybe your story&#8217;s next. &#128172;</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/technology-meets-the-outback?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/technology-meets-the-outback?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>Version fran&#231;aise</strong></p><h2>L&#8217;Outback, nouvelle fronti&#232;re de la technologie</h2><h3>Comment la connectivit&#233; &#224; longue port&#233;e aide &#224; restaurer des &#233;cosyst&#232;mes au c&#339;ur du d&#233;sert australien</h3><p><em>Dans un monde satur&#233; de technologie, certaines innovations se distinguent non pas par ce qu&#8217;elles rendent possible en ligne, mais par ce qu&#8217;elles rendent possible hors ligne. C&#8217;est le cas de </em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/morse-micro/">Morse Micro</a><em>, une entreprise australienne qui red&#233;finit les fronti&#232;res de la connectivit&#233; et qui soutient la conservation de la biodiversit&#233; &#224; grande &#233;chelle.</em></p><h3>Le d&#233;sert rebranch&#233;</h3><p>Au c&#339;ur de l&#8217;outback australien, le projet <strong><a href="https://www.unsw.edu.au/research/ecosystem/our-research/wild-deserts">Wild Deserts</a></strong> vise &#224; restaurer une vaste zone de terrain aride en r&#233;introduisant des esp&#232;ces localement &#233;teintes et en reb&#226;tissant un &#233;cosyst&#232;me &#233;quilibr&#233;. Mais surveiller une telle superficie, isol&#233;e, sans infrastructure traditionnelle de t&#233;l&#233;communications, n&#8217;est pas une mince affaire.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que <strong><a href="https://www.morsemicro.com/">Morse Micro</a></strong> entre en jeu. Bas&#233;e &#224; Sydney, cette entreprise de semi&#8209;conducteurs a d&#233;velopp&#233; une technologie de communication sans fil bas&#233;e sur la norme <strong>Wi&#8209;Fi HaLow</strong> (IEEE&#8239;802.11ah), con&#231;ue sp&#233;cifiquement pour l&#8217;IoT &#224; longue port&#233;e et faible consommation. Contrairement au Wi&#8209;Fi classique, qui peine au&#8209;del&#224; de quelques dizaines de m&#232;tres, HaLow peut transmettre des donn&#233;es sur des centaines de m&#232;tres, voire au&#8209;del&#224; d&#8217;un kilom&#232;tre, dans des conditions id&#233;ales, comme le d&#233;sert.</p><p>S&#8217;&#233;tendant sur plus de <strong>400&#8239;km&#178;</strong> dans l&#8217;une des r&#233;gions les plus recul&#233;es de la Nouvelle&#8209;Galles du&#8239;Sud, <strong>Wild&#8239;Deserts </strong>est l&#8217;un des projets de r&#233;introduction de la nature les plus ambitieux d&#8217;Australie. Apr&#232;s avoir construit une <strong>cl&#244;ture anti&#8209;pr&#233;dateurs</strong> et &#233;limin&#233; des pr&#233;dateurs invasifs comme les lapins, les renards et les chats sauvages, des scientifiques de l&#8217;University of New South Wales (UNSW) et leurs partenaires ont commenc&#233; &#224; <strong>r&#233;introduire sept esp&#232;ces de mammif&#232;res natives</strong>, dont le bilby, le mulgara et le bettong fouisseur, un marsupial nocturne capable de d&#233;placer jusqu&#8217;&#224; trois tonnes de sol par an, contribuant &#224; r&#233;g&#233;n&#233;rer la terre.</p><p>Le projet pr&#233;voit &#233;galement une <strong>&#171;&#8239;zone d&#8217;entra&#238;nement&#8239;&#187; de 100&#8239;km&#178;</strong> o&#249; les animaux s&#8217;adaptent aux conditions sauvages et apprennent &#224; &#233;viter les pr&#233;dateurs avant leur lib&#233;ration compl&#232;te. Dans ce contexte, la capacit&#233; de d&#233;ployer des cam&#233;ras et des capteurs longue port&#233;e, &#224; faible consommation, sans tours cellulaires ni c&#226;bles, offre un moyen r&#233;volutionnaire de surveiller en temps r&#233;el le succ&#232;s de la restauration &#233;cologique, tout en minimisant les interf&#233;rences humaines dans ces habitats fragiles.</p><h3>Un maillon discret mais crucial</h3><p>La Wi&#8209;Fi HaLow appartient &#224; une nouvelle g&#233;n&#233;ration d&#8217;infrastructures IoT qui permet un d&#233;bit de donn&#233;es &#233;lev&#233;, de l&#8217;informatique en p&#233;riph&#233;rie (edge&#8239;computing) et de l&#8217;intelligence en temps r&#233;el. Compar&#233;e aux protocoles plus anciens comme LoRa ou Zigbee, la Wi&#8209;Fi HaLow offre&#8239;:</p><ul><li><p>La connectivit&#233; de <strong>centaines d&#8217;appareils</strong> sur un seul point d&#8217;acc&#232;s.</p></li><li><p>Jusqu&#8217;&#224; <strong>1000&#8239;&#215; plus de donn&#233;es</strong> que les solutions LPWAN.</p></li><li><p>Une performance solide dans des environnements difficiles ou obstru&#233;s (murs, sous&#8209;sols, zones rurales).</p></li><li><p>Une interop&#233;rabilit&#233; avec les standards Wi&#8209;Fi existants et une s&#233;curit&#233; de niveau WPA3.</p></li></ul><p>Cela en fait une solution polyvalente, servant aussi bien la <strong>conservation climatique</strong> que les b&#226;timents intelligents et les r&#233;seaux &#233;nerg&#233;tiques de nouvelle g&#233;n&#233;ration.</p><h3>Voir plus loin&#8239;: la puissance de la vid&#233;o intelligente</h3><p>L&#8217;un des premiers cas d&#8217;usage commercial &#224; grande &#233;chelle de Morse&#8239;Micro est la <strong>surveillance vid&#233;o</strong>. La plupart des cam&#233;ras connect&#233;es Wi&#8209;Fi domestiques sont aujourd&#8217;hui limit&#233;es &#224; un usage int&#233;rieur ou en ext&#233;rieur proche. Pour surveiller un portail, une all&#233;e ou le bord d&#8217;une propri&#233;t&#233;, il faut souvent tirer des c&#226;bles co&#251;teux ou d&#233;pendre de connexions cellulaires.</p><p>La Wi&#8209;Fi HaLow change la donne. Un seul point d&#8217;acc&#232;s peut couvrir une propri&#233;t&#233; entie&#768;re, jusqu&#8217;&#224; un kilom&#232;tre de rayon. Combin&#233;es &#224; l&#8217;IA embarqu&#233;e (<strong>edge&#8239;AI</strong>), ces cam&#233;ras peuvent distinguer de mani&#232;re intelligente les personnes, les animaux ou les mouvements sans importance, permettant des alertes et des d&#233;cisions plus rapides et plus pertinentes.</p><p>Dans le projet Wild&#8239;Deserts, cette m&#234;me capacit&#233; alimente la surveillance avanc&#233;e de la faune&#8239;: identification des esp&#232;ces, suivi des intrusions, observation de la sant&#233; de l&#8217;&#233;cosyst&#232;me sur de vastes distances, le tout sans installer d&#8217;infrastructures ni payer pour des donn&#233;es cellulaires.</p><blockquote><p>&#171;&#8239;Nous ne fabriquons pas seulement des puces. Nous permettons de nouvelles fa&#231;ons d&#8217;aider, de prot&#233;ger les &#233;cosyst&#232;mes, de mieux g&#233;rer l&#8217;&#233;nergie, et de r&#233;pondre &#224; ce dont le monde a vraiment besoin. Voil&#224; o&#249; le tech&#8239;for&#8239;good devient r&#233;el.&#8239;&#187; -&#8239;Andy&#8239;McFarlane, VP Marketing</p></blockquote><h3>R&#233;seaux plus intelligents, meilleure r&#233;silience</h3><p>Autre domaine en pleine mutation&#8239;: l&#8217;<strong>infrastructure &#233;nerg&#233;tique</strong>. Les compteurs intelligents existent depuis un certain temps. Pourtant, l&#8217;essor des <strong>v&#233;hicules &#233;lectriques, des batteries domestiques et des panneaux solaires</strong> sur les toits a chang&#233; la donne&#8239;: la production d&#8217;&#233;nergie est de plus en plus d&#233;centralis&#233;e, et le bord du r&#233;seau (edge&#8239;of&#8239;grid) doit &#234;tre plus intelligent que jamais.</p><p>En Australie, l&#8217;Australian Energy Market Commission propose qu&#8217;&#224; partir de 2028, tous les nouveaux compteurs intelligents puissent transmettre des donn&#233;es avec une latence maximale de 5&#8239;secondes. Cette visibilit&#233; en temps r&#233;el est essentielle pour &#233;quilibrer l&#8217;offre et la demande, surtout lors des vagues de chaleur o&#249; la climatisation met le r&#233;seau &#224; rude &#233;preuve.</p><p>La Wi&#8209;Fi HaLow est un choix naturel&#8239;:</p><ul><li><p>Transmission de donn&#233;es &#224; haut volume.</p></li><li><p>Pas de frais r&#233;currents de connectivit&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Forte p&#233;n&#233;tration du signal dans des environnements complexes ou enterr&#233;s (sous&#8209;sols, locaux techniques).</p></li></ul><p>En ajoutant de l&#8217;intelligence &#224; la p&#233;riph&#233;rie, Morse&#8239;Micro aide les services publics &#224; &#233;voluer vers une distribution d&#8217;&#233;nergie plus lisse et plus r&#233;siliente, une r&#233;ponse dont chaque pays aura besoin &#224; mesure que les habitudes de consommation &#233;voluent.</p><h3>Une plateforme pour le bien, ouverte &#224; tous</h3><p>Pour Morse&#8239;Micro, l&#8217;impact signifie aussi <strong>accessibilit&#233;</strong>. L&#8217;entreprise propose des <strong>kits de d&#233;veloppement </strong>via des plateformes comme <a href="https://www.mouser.com/c/?q=MM8108">Mouser</a>, invitant chercheurs, ONG et innovateurs &#224; explorer de nouvelles fa&#231;ons d&#8217;utiliser la HaLow sur le terrain.</p><blockquote><p>&#171;&#8239;Nous voulons donner le pouvoir &#224; des id&#233;es que nous n&#8217;aurions jamais pu imaginer, qu&#8217;elles viennent de scientifiques de la conservation ou d&#8217;ing&#233;nieurs curieux dans des zones recul&#233;es.&#8239;&#187; - &#8239;Andy&#8239;McFarlane, VP Marketing</p></blockquote><h3>Et apr&#232;s&#8239;?</h3><p>L&#8217;IoT a longtemps promis une transformation, mais l&#8217;adoption &#224; grande &#233;chelle a souvent &#233;t&#233; limit&#233;e. La Wi&#8209;Fi HaLow pourrait bien &#234;tre l&#8217;ingr&#233;dient manquant&#8239;: une solution de connectivit&#233; qui ne se contente pas de connecter, mais permet d&#8217;<strong>agir l&#224; o&#249; &#231;a compte le plus.</strong></p><p>Que vous meniez des travaux en conservation, en agriculture ou en &#233;nergie, la Wi&#8209;Fi&#8239;HaLow pourrait &#234;tre la pi&#232;ce manquante pour concr&#233;tiser votre vision. La technologie est l&#224;. Quelle est votre id&#233;e&#8239;?</p><p><em>Si vous travaillez sur un projet porteur de sens en tech, j&#8217;aimerais beaucoup en entendre parler. <strong>&#201;crivez-moi, votre histoire est peut-&#234;tre la prochaine &#224; &#234;tre racont&#233;e.</strong> &#128172;</em></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:218693340,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Helene Gey&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Context Over Cameras: The Quiet Power of Josephine’s Sensor Intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[How a Quebec startup is turning predictive AI into a tool for dignity for seniors, without ever crossing the line into intrusion.]]></description><link>https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/context-over-cameras-the-quiet-power</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.goodtechstories.com/p/context-over-cameras-the-quiet-power</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Helene Gey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:24:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WI6w!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9da52088-7478-4738-bdba-0543a359eb06_1920x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WI6w!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9da52088-7478-4738-bdba-0543a359eb06_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2>When Technology Watches Without Watching</h2><p>Population aging is a demographic fact. Dignity for seniors is a moral imperative. But in a tech world obsessed with data capture, a key question emerges: can we design monitoring technologies that protect without invading privacy? Can we sense without seeing, alert without spying, predict without surveilling?</p><p>That&#8217;s precisely the challenge <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/josephine-care/">Josephine Care</a>, a young Montreal-based health tech company, has taken on. It combines IoT (Internet of Things), machine learning, and a radically ethical approach to enhance the safety of seniors living alone, without relying on cameras or audio recordings.</p><h2>An Insight Born from Everyday Life</h2><p>Josephine began with the story of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stchahwan/">Sleiman-Tanios C.</a>, a developer by training and lifelong tech entrepreneur. The first seed was planted when his niece was born with a severe disability. Feeling powerless, he turned to the one thing he knew how to do: build technology.</p><p>Years later, while working on an Alzheimer&#8217;s project for a client, another conviction took hold: older adults are an at-risk population, often underserved, or poorly served, by technology. Panic-button solutions weren&#8217;t enough: too reactive, too dependent on the user.</p><p>At home, Sleiman had casually installed a range of smart sensors, including humidity, door opening, and motion. When he downloaded the data, he was shocked: he could reconstruct nearly his entire routine.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t surveillance, it was contextual behaviour,&#8221; he realized. <em>You can know everything&#8230; without seeing anything.</em></p></blockquote><h2>An Invisible but Powerful Tech Stack</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0cmd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feb86f9da-6ddc-4451-87a0-fe16bfd8b26e_1488x837.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0cmd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feb86f9da-6ddc-4451-87a0-fe16bfd8b26e_1488x837.png 424w, 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These sensors, movement, humidity, temperature, vibration, door status, send binary data (e.g. door open/closed, presence/no presence) to a central hub, which uploads to the cloud via Wi-Fi.</p><p>Unlike typical edge AI architectures, no analysis is done locally. The intelligence lies in comparative reasoning: the system learns what&#8217;s &#8220;normal,&#8221; and detects anomalies or <em>absence</em> of expected activity.</p><p>For example:</p><p>&#8220;The shower usually lasts 14 minutes. It&#8217;s at 25 now. No movement afterward.&#8221; &#8594; Possible fall.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t image recognition AI, it&#8217;s contextual AI. It reasons in negative space, in deviations, in micro-variations. Every profile is personalized: what&#8217;s normal for one resident isn&#8217;t for another. That calibration takes about a month, but enables finely tuned insights, without invading privacy.</p><h2>Tech at the Service of Ethics</h2><p>At Josephine, ethics isn&#8217;t an afterthought; it shapes the product architecture itself.</p><ul><li><p><strong>No cameras. No microphones. Ever. </strong>This is a public commitment, verified and governed.</p></li><li><p><strong>Contextualized, but anonymous data. </strong>Each sensor knows where it is, but captures no visual or audio information.</p></li><li><p><strong>An experience designed for peace of mind. </strong>No apps to install. Families get simple, configurable text messages like: <em>&#8220;Your mother got up this morning. All is well.&#8221; </em>Only critical alerts are pushed.</p></li><li><p><strong>Change-aware governance. </strong>When the system detects unusual behavior, it doesn&#8217;t trigger a blind alarm, it asks: <em>&#8220;New medication? Out of town?&#8221; </em>This helps avoid alert fatigue and fosters trust.</p></li></ul><p>Here, <strong>privacy constraints fuel innovation</strong>. The refusal to spy led the team deeper into signal processing, behavioural modelling, and ethical design, a case study in <em>AI for Good</em>, grounded in real-world needs.</p><h2>Predictive, Not Just Reactive</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Article content&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Article content" title="Article content" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v5wA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc5a7a5b-0381-4ee9-932f-221fe3bf7d79_1488x837.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"></figcaption></figure></div><p>Josephine goes beyond detection. It&#8217;s building predictive capabilities for early-stage decline by aggregating micro-indicators, such as fewer movements, skipped meals, and disrupted sleep.</p><p>This is already producing tangible impact. In a pilot with the <strong>CAN Health Network</strong>, Josephine is deploying in 300 residential units in Qu&#233;bec. The goal: prove measurable reduction in unplanned hospital visits by catching early signs of frailty.</p><p>As Sleiman puts it:</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Our models are inspired by credit scores. It&#8217;s not one event that alerts us, it&#8217;s a pattern.&#8221;</p></blockquote><h2>Rethinking Care Technology</h2><p>Josephine Care is more than a tech product. It&#8217;s a vision for society: A future where technology doesn&#8217;t replace people, but supports them. Where AI doesn&#8217;t dehumanize; it anticipates, reassures, and empowers.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;We can see everything without seeing anything. What we do is feel the home, we read the pulse of the space through binary signals.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>The message to tech founders is clear: Creating truly useful, respectful, and scalable solutions means rejecting false tradeoffs between innovation and privacy. Intrusion is not the price of effectiveness. Technical complexity doesn&#8217;t need to be visible to be credible.</p><p>And sometimes, it&#8217;s in the simplest sensors and the quietest data that the most intelligent systems are born.</p><p><em>If you&#8217;re working on something meaningful in tech, I&#8217;d love to hear from you. <strong>Send me a message, maybe your story&#8217;s next.</strong> &#128172;</em></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:218693340,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Helene Gey&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>Version fran&#231;aise</strong></p><h2>Voir sans regarder : la force tranquille des capteurs intelligents de Josephine</h2><h3>Comment une startup qu&#233;b&#233;coise transforme l&#8217;IA pr&#233;dictive en outil de dignit&#233; pour les a&#238;n&#233;s, sans jamais franchir la ligne de l&#8217;intrusion.</h3><h2>Quand la technologie surveille sans surveiller</h2><p>Le vieillissement de la population est un fait d&#233;mographique. La dignit&#233; des a&#238;n&#233;s, un imp&#233;ratif moral. Mais dans un monde technologique obs&#233;d&#233; par la capture de donn&#233;es, une question centrale &#233;merge : <strong>peut-on concevoir une technologie de veille qui prot&#232;ge sans violer l&#8217;intimit&#233;?</strong> Peut-on sentir sans voir, alerter sans &#233;pier, pr&#233;dire sans surveiller ?</p><p>C&#8217;est pr&#233;cis&#233;ment le d&#233;fi que rel&#232;ve <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/josephine-care/">Josephine Care</a>, une jeune entreprise technologique bas&#233;e &#224; Montr&#233;al, qui combine IoT (Internet of Things), machine learning et une approche &#233;thique radicale pour am&#233;liorer la s&#233;curit&#233; des personnes &#226;g&#233;es vivant seules, <strong>sans jamais utiliser de cam&#233;ra ni d&#8217;enregistrement audio</strong>.</p><h2>Une intuition n&#233;e du quotidien</h2><p>&#192; l&#8217;origine de Josephine, il y a l&#8217;histoire de <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stchahwan/">Sleiman-Tanios C.</a>, d&#233;veloppeur de formation et entrepreneur technologique depuis l&#8217;adolescence. La premi&#232;re graine a &#233;t&#233; sem&#233;e lorsque sa ni&#232;ce est n&#233;e avec un handicap s&#233;v&#232;re. Confront&#233; &#224; son impuissance, il a cherch&#233; &#224; mobiliser ce qu&#8217;il savait faire de mieux : la technologie.</p><p>Des ann&#233;es plus tard, apr&#232;s avoir travaill&#233; sur un projet li&#233; &#224; l&#8217;Alzheimer pour un client, une conviction s&#8217;est impos&#233;e : <strong>les personnes &#226;g&#233;es sont une population &#224; risque souvent d&#233;laiss&#233;e technologiquement, ou mal desservie</strong>. Les solutions de type &#8220;bouton d&#8217;alerte&#8221; ne suffisent pas. Trop r&#233;actives, trop d&#233;pendantes de l&#8217;utilisateur.</p><p>Et puis, chez lui, Sleiman avait install&#233;, par paresse, dit-il, une s&#233;rie de capteurs domotiques : humidit&#233;, ouverture de porte, d&#233;tection de mouvement. En t&#233;l&#233;chargeant les donn&#233;es, il a eu un choc : il pouvait reconstituer presque toute sa routine.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Ce n&#8217;&#233;tait pas de la surveillance, c&#8217;&#233;tait <strong>du comportement contextuel&#8221;</strong>. Une prise de conscience : <strong>&#8220;on peut tout savoir&#8230; sans rien voir.&#8221;</strong></p></blockquote><h2>Un stack technologique invisible mais puissant</h2><p>La solution Josephine s&#8217;appuie sur un r&#233;seau de capteurs <strong>Zigbee &#224; faible consommation</strong>, install&#233;s dans les appartements des a&#238;n&#233;s (g&#233;n&#233;ralement une dizaine par logement). Ces capteurs - mouvement, humidit&#233;, temp&#233;rature, vibration, ouverture de porte, envoient des donn&#233;es binaires (porte ouverte/ferm&#233;e, pr&#233;sence/d&#233;placement, etc.) &#224; un hub central, qui transmet au cloud via Wi-Fi.</p><p>Contrairement aux architectures classiques d&#8217;IA embarqu&#233;e, <strong>aucune analyse n&#8217;est faite en p&#233;riph&#233;rie (edge)</strong>. Toute l&#8217;intelligence r&#233;side dans <strong>le raisonnement comparatif</strong> : la machine conna&#238;t les routines normales, d&#233;tecte les anomalies et les absences d&#8217;&#233;v&#233;nements attendus. Par exemple : &#8220;La douche dure normalement 14 minutes. Elle en est &#224; 25. Aucun mouvement ensuite.&#8221; &#8594; possible chute.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas une IA de reconnaissance d&#8217;image. C&#8217;est une IA de contexte, <strong>qui pense en n&#233;gatif</strong>, en d&#233;calage, en micro-variations. Et surtout, <strong>chaque profil est personnalis&#233;</strong> : ce qui est &#8220;normal&#8221; pour un r&#233;sident ne l&#8217;est pas pour un autre. Ce calibrage initial prend environ un mois d&#8217;apprentissage, mais permet une granularit&#233; fine sans jamais violer l&#8217;intimit&#233;.</p><h2>La technologie au service de l&#8217;&#233;thique</h2><p>Chez Josephine, l&#8217;&#233;thique n&#8217;est pas un suppl&#233;ment de conscience. Elle <strong>structure l&#8217;architecture m&#234;me du produit</strong>.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Pas de cam&#233;ra, pas de micro, jamais.</strong> C&#8217;est un engagement affich&#233; publiquement, v&#233;rifi&#233; et gouvern&#233;.</p></li><li><p><strong>Des donn&#233;es contextualis&#233;es, mais anonymes.</strong> Chaque capteur sait o&#249; il est, mais ne capte rien de visuel ou sonore.</p></li><li><p><strong>Une UX pens&#233;e pour la paix d&#8217;esprit.</strong> Pas d&#8217;applications complexes &#224; t&#233;l&#233;charger. Les familles re&#231;oivent simplement des messages texte : &#8220;Votre m&#232;re s&#8217;est lev&#233;e ce matin, tout va bien&#8221;, &#233;galement configurables (seules les alertes critiques peuvent &#234;tre envoy&#233;es). Adaptable, rassurant, non intrusif.</p></li><li><p><strong>Une gouvernance du changement</strong> : quand le syst&#232;me d&#233;tecte un comportement inhabituel, il ne d&#233;clenche pas une alarme aveugle. Il <strong>interroge la famille</strong> : changement de m&#233;dication ? d&#233;part en vacances ? Cela &#233;vite l&#8217;&#8221;alerte fatigue&#8221;, tout en renfor&#231;ant la confiance.</p></li></ul><p>Autrement dit : <strong>l&#8217;&#233;thique est ici un moteur d&#8217;innovation.</strong> Ce sont les contraintes de respect de la vie priv&#233;e qui ont forc&#233; l&#8217;&#233;quipe &#224; aller plus loin en machine learning, en traitement de signaux faibles, en calibration comportementale. Un cas d&#8217;&#233;cole d&#8217;<strong>&#8220;AI for Good&#8221; ancr&#233;e dans le r&#233;el</strong>.</p><h2>Une IA pr&#233;dictive&#8230; et mesurable</h2><p>L&#8217;ambition ne s&#8217;arr&#234;te pas &#224; la d&#233;tection. Josephine d&#233;veloppe une capacit&#233; de <strong>pr&#233;diction du d&#233;clin de bien-&#234;tre</strong>, gr&#226;ce &#224; l&#8217;agr&#233;gation de micro-indicateurs : moins de d&#233;placements, moins de douches, moins d&#8217;acc&#232;s &#224; la nourriture, sommeil perturb&#233;.</p><p>Cette approche a d&#233;j&#224; des effets tangibles. Dans le cadre d&#8217;un partenariat avec le <strong>CAN Health Network</strong>, Josephine est en cours de d&#233;ploiement dans <strong>300 unit&#233;s d&#8217;un complexe r&#233;sidentiel</strong> au Qu&#233;bec. L&#8217;objectif : d&#233;montrer une <strong>r&#233;duction mesurable des hospitalisations non planifi&#233;es</strong>, en d&#233;tectant plus t&#244;t les signaux faibles de fragilit&#233;.</p><p>Comme le dit Sleiman :</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Nos mod&#232;les s&#8217;inspirent du score de cr&#233;dit. Ce n&#8217;est pas un seul &#233;v&#233;nement qui alerte, c&#8217;est une tendance.&#8221; Un changement de paradigme.</p></blockquote><h2>Penser autrement la technologie du soin</h2><p>Josephine Care n&#8217;est pas une simple solution technologique. C&#8217;est une proposition de soci&#233;t&#233;. Celle d&#8217;un futur o&#249; <strong>les technologies ne remplacent pas l&#8217;humain, mais le prolongent</strong>. O&#249; l&#8217;IA ne d&#233;shumanise pas, mais permet d&#8217;anticiper, d&#8217;apaiser, d&#8217;accompagner.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; On peut tout voir sans rien voir. Ce qu&#8217;on fait, c&#8217;est qu&#8217;on sent la maison, c&#8217;est le pouls de la maison qu&#8217;on capte &#224; travers des donn&#233;es binaires. &#187;</p></blockquote><p>Un message fort pour les dirigeants d&#8217;entreprises technologiques: <strong>cr&#233;er une solution vraiment utile, respectueuse et &#224; grande &#233;chelle demande de d&#233;passer les faux dilemmes entre innovation et vie priv&#233;e.</strong> L&#8217;intrusion n&#8217;est pas un prix in&#233;vitable &#224; payer pour l&#8217;efficacit&#233;. La complexit&#233; technique n&#8217;a pas besoin d&#8217;&#234;tre visible pour &#234;tre cr&#233;dible.</p><p>Et parfois, c&#8217;est dans les capteurs les plus simples, les donn&#233;es les plus discr&#232;tes, que naissent les intelligences les plus fines.</p><p><em>Si vous travaillez sur un projet porteur de sens en tech, j&#8217;aimerais beaucoup en entendre parler. <strong>&#201;crivez-moi, votre histoire est peut-&#234;tre la prochaine &#224; &#234;tre racont&#233;e.</strong> &#128172;</em></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:218693340,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Helene Gey&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Merci de lire GoodTech Stories! 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9doC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe6ec797-ee40-47b9-90f6-7bdb91b39cb5_1920x1080.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9doC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe6ec797-ee40-47b9-90f6-7bdb91b39cb5_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9doC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe6ec797-ee40-47b9-90f6-7bdb91b39cb5_1920x1080.png 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>&#127467;&#127479; Version fran&#231;aise ci-dessous </p><p><em>Images courtesy of Dracula Technologies.</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Helene's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Every day, billions of sensors and connected devices quietly consume a single-use resource: the battery.</p><p>Though largely invisible, the problem is enormous. With energy-intensive production, short product lifetimes, and poor end-of-life management, disposable batteries have become a significant environmental burden.</p><p>With its printed organic photovoltaic technology, <strong><a href="https://dracula-technologies.com/">Dracula Technologies</a></strong> is working to reverse that trend. By harvesting ambient light, even indoors, the company offers a sustainable, industrial-grade alternative to powering everyday electronics with <strong>no recharging, no maintenance, and most importantly, no batteries.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2xX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc23a5f35-06bd-4b4b-8b6f-a9ad551cc78a_6016x4016.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o2xX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc23a5f35-06bd-4b4b-8b6f-a9ad551cc78a_6016x4016.jpeg 424w, 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In 2023, over 15 billion batteries were consumed globally, according to the Battery Waste Global Market Report 2023.</p><p>That number is expected to surge as IoT expands. Yet fewer than half of those batteries are properly recycled. Their end-of-life generates major environmental costs, risks of heavy metal pollution, and logistical complexity, particularly in industrial and professional environments.</p><h1><strong>Rising Regulatory Pressure in Europe</strong></h1><p>The environmental footprint of batteries is no longer just a technical concern; it&#8217;s increasingly a regulatory one. Since August 2023, the new <strong>EU Battery Regulation</strong> has enforced stricter sustainability, repairability, and recycling targets. It also introduces minimum thresholds for recycled content (up to 16% for cobalt and 6% for lithium) and raises battery collection targets.</p><p>For electronics manufacturers, this marks a <strong>radical shift</strong> in product lifecycle management; every battery becomes a logistical, financial, and compliance challenge.</p><p>In this context, solutions like Dracula Technologies, which eliminate disposable batteries entirely, make strong strategic sense. They enable companies to scale connected devices <strong>while staying ahead of tightening regulations</strong>.</p><h1><strong>Inventing What Didn&#8217;t Exist Yet</strong></h1><p>When Dracula Technologies launched in 2012, everything had to be built from scratch. The team was still working out of CNRS (France&#8217;s national research center) labs and already held key patents foundational to today&#8217;s technology. One of their first major challenges? Proving that <strong>energy could be printed,</strong>  demonstrating that inkjet printing (Drop-on-Demand) could work with conductive inks, was still a novel concept at the time.</p><p>Dracula Technologies specializes in <strong>energy harvesting,</strong> technologies that generate power from environmental sources such as vibrations, waves, friction, or temperature differences. Among these, light stands out as the most accessible, stable, and measurable, accounting for <strong>nearly 60%</strong> of the current ambient energy-harvesting market.</p><p>Unlike traditional photovoltaics (which rely on heavy materials and rare-earth elements like silicon), Dracula takes a lighter, more sustainable path:&nbsp;<strong>carbon-based organic materials</strong>, free of critical metals, and compatible with flexible, cost-effective printing processes.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NIL0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff1c37c81-50e4-4721-ae98-387d120c214b_6000x4000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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batteries fall short.&#8221;<br></em> &#8212; <strong>J&#233;r&#244;me Vernet, VP Strategy, Dracula Technologies</strong></p></blockquote><p>These modules can be paired with micro-energy storage to create fully autonomous systems that require no recharging, maintenance, or replacement.</p><h1><strong>A Made-in-France Solution, Built to Last</strong></h1><p>Based in <strong>Valence, France</strong>, Dracula Technologies has chosen a local, modular production model designed for scalability. Its current 2,500 m&#178; site supports a production capacity of <strong>150 million cm&#178; per year</strong>, with plans to <strong>scale up by 4-8 times over</strong> the next 12&#8211;24 months.</p><p>The modules are made of <strong>99% recyclable PET</strong> and designed to minimize the use of critical components. This approach reduces dependency on rare metals and limits supply chain risks.</p><p>It also ensures that Dracula can meet growing demand across Europe, the U.S., and Asia, while maintaining traceability, quality, and a low carbon footprint.</p><h1><strong>Real-World Applications with Impact</strong></h1><p>Dracula isn&#8217;t just replacing batteries; it&#8217;s enabling <strong>entirely new use cases</strong>, especially in constrained or hard-to-access environments. Current deployments include:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Smart labels</strong> for display, product tracking, or cold chain monitoring (with Linxens, Paragon ID, Truvami)</p></li><li><p><strong>Autonomous asset trackers</strong>, able to transmit location throughout a product&#8217;s lifespan - no charging needed</p></li><li><p><strong>Smart buildings/homes</strong>, using energy-harvesting sensors for presence detection, workspace optimization, and security enhancements</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!R9at!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa5df86b9-6b56-4d37-8023-d224d050befc_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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The demonstration proved that a small surface area of an organic solar cell could power the entire device, including the electronics, display, sensors, and data transmission via protocols such as Bluetooth Low Energy or Zigbee.</p><p>This use case is a clear example of Dracula&#8217;s potential: <strong>replacing batteries in compact, connected devices without sacrificing functionality.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Oejh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94ebee25-3154-4fdc-9f1e-7bb958b63822_6016x4016.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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As J&#233;r&#244;me Vernet explains:</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;If we want to build truly scalable IoT, devices need to be autonomous, simple, customizable, and sustainable. That&#8217;s exactly what our technology makes possible.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p>By combining digital printing, format flexibility, and compatibility with ultra-low-power components, Dracula is paving the way toward a <strong>smarter, more responsible electronics future</strong>.</p><p><em>If you&#8217;re working on something meaningful in tech, I&#8217;d love to hear from you. Send me a message, maybe your story&#8217;s next. &#128172;</em></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:218693340,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Helene Gey&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#127467;&#127479; Version fran&#231;aise</p><h1><strong>Quand la lumi&#232;re remplace les piles</strong></h1><p>Une alternative recyclable, et sans m&#233;taux rares pour alimenter l&#8217;&#233;lectronique connect&#233;e</p><p><strong>Chaque jour, des milliards de capteurs et d&#8217;objets connect&#233;s consomment silencieusement une ressource &#224; usage unique : la pile.</strong></p><p><strong>Invisible, ce probl&#232;me n&#8217;en est pas moins massif. Entre production &#233;nergivore, usage &#233;ph&#233;m&#232;re et fin de vie mal g&#233;r&#233;e, la pile jetable est devenue un fardeau &#233;cologique &#224; grande &#233;chelle. Avec sa technologie photovolta&#239;que organique imprim&#233;e, Dracula Technologies entend inverser la tendance. En exploitant la lumi&#232;re ambiante, m&#234;me en int&#233;rieur, l&#8217;entreprise propose une alternative durable et industrielle, capable d&#8217;alimenter les objets &#233;lectroniques du quotidien - sans recharge, sans maintenance et surtout sans pile.</strong></p><h2><strong>Le probl&#232;me : des piles partout, des d&#233;chets pour longtemps</strong></h2><p>&#192; l&#8217;&#232;re de l&#8217;IoT (Internet of Things), les piles sont partout : dans les capteurs de temp&#233;rature, les &#233;tiquettes connect&#233;es, les badges d&#8217;acc&#232;s, les traqueurs d&#8217;actifs, les t&#233;l&#233;commandes... En 2023, <strong>plus de 15 milliards de piles ont &#233;t&#233; consomm&#233;es dans le monde</strong>, selon le rapport <em>Battery Waste Global Market Report 2023</em>.</p><p>Ce chiffre pourrait encore exploser avec l&#8217;essor de l&#8217;Internet des objets (IoT). Pourtant, <strong>moins de la moiti&#233; des piles sont correctement recycl&#233;es</strong>. Leur fin de vie g&#233;n&#232;re des co&#251;ts environnementaux &#233;lev&#233;s, des risques de pollution aux m&#233;taux lourds, et une complexit&#233; logistique majeure, notamment dans les environnements professionnels ou industriels.</p><h2><strong>Une pression r&#233;glementaire croissante en Europe</strong></h2><p>La question de l&#8217;empreinte environnementale des piles n&#8217;est plus seulement technologique : elle devient aussi r&#233;glementaire. Depuis ao&#251;t 2023, le nouveau R&#232;glement europ&#233;en sur les piles et les d&#233;chets de piles impose des exigences renforc&#233;es en mati&#232;re de durabilit&#233;, de r&#233;parabilit&#233; et de taux de recyclage des batteries. En parall&#232;le, des seuils de <strong>contenu recycl&#233; obligatoire</strong> sont instaur&#233;s (jusqu&#8217;&#224; 16&#8239;% pour le cobalt ou 6&#8239;% pour le lithium), et les objectifs de collecte des piles usag&#233;es sont revus &#224; la hausse. Pour les fabricants d&#8217;objets &#233;lectroniques, cela signifie une transformation radicale du cycle de vie produit, o&#249; chaque pile devient un enjeu logistique, &#233;conomique et r&#233;glementaire.</p><p>Dans ce contexte, des solutions comme celle de Dracula Technologies, qui <strong>&#233;liminent totalement l&#8217;usage de piles jetables</strong>, prennent tout leur sens. Elles permettent non seulement de r&#233;pondre &#224; la demande croissante d&#8217;objets connect&#233;s, mais aussi de se conformer &#224; une r&#233;glementation en pleine mutation.</p><h2><strong>Inventer ce qui n&#8217;existait pas</strong></h2><p>Quand Dracula Technologies d&#233;marre en 2012, tout est &#224; construire. L&#8217;&#233;quipe &#233;volue encore dans les laboratoires du CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) et d&#233;tient d&#233;j&#224; les brevets cl&#233;s sur lesquels reposera la technologie actuelle. L&#8217;un des premiers d&#233;fis ? Prouver que l&#8217;on peut imprimer de l&#8217;&#233;nergie et d&#233;montrer que l&#8217;impression jet d&#8217;encre (<em>Drop-on-Demand</em>) pouvait fonctionner avec des encres conductrices, une id&#233;e encore peu explor&#233;e &#224; l&#8217;&#233;poque.</p><p>L&#8217;entreprise s&#8217;inscrit alors dans la grande famille des solutions dites d&#8217;&#8220;energy harvesting&#8221; - des technologies capables de g&#233;n&#233;rer de l&#8217;&#233;nergie &#224; partir de l&#8217;environnement : vibrations, ondes, frottements, diff&#233;rences de temp&#233;rature&#8230; Mais parmi toutes ces sources, la lumi&#232;re est la plus accessible, la plus stable, et la plus mesurable, repr&#233;sentant aujourd&#8217;hui pr&#232;s de 60&#8239;% du march&#233; de la r&#233;cup&#233;ration d&#8217;&#233;nergie ambiante.</p><p>Contrairement au photovolta&#239;que traditionnel, bas&#233; sur des mat&#233;riaux lourds et des terres rares (comme le silicium), Dracula opte pour une voie plus l&#233;g&#232;re et durable&#8239;: des mat&#233;riaux organiques &#224; base de carbone, sans m&#233;taux critiques, compatibles avec des proc&#233;d&#233;s d&#8217;impression souples et &#233;conomes.</p><h2><strong>L&#8217;&#233;nergie ambiante, imprim&#233;e sur film souple</strong></h2><p>La proposition de Dracula Technologies est aussi radicale que sobre : capter la lumi&#232;re qui nous entoure, m&#234;me &#224; tr&#232;s faible intensit&#233;, pour alimenter les objets connect&#233;s sans pile. Gr&#226;ce &#224; sa technologie <strong>LAYER&#174;</strong>, Dracula d&#233;veloppe des modules photovolta&#239;ques organiques souples, imprim&#233;s par jet d&#8217;encre, et capables de g&#233;n&#233;rer de l&#8217;&#233;lectricit&#233; &#224; partir de <strong>seulement 50 lux</strong>, soit la lumi&#232;re d&#8217;un couloir ou d&#8217;un entrep&#244;t.</p><blockquote><p>&#171;&#8239;Nous avons une technologie qui fonctionne l&#224; o&#249; les autres ne fonctionnent pas, &#224; basse lumi&#232;re, &#224; l&#8217;int&#233;rieur, dans des environnements o&#249; les panneaux classiques ou les batteries sont inadapt&#233;s.&#8239;&#187;<br> &#8212; J&#233;r&#244;me Vernet, VP Strat&#233;gie, Dracula Technologies</p></blockquote><p>Ces modules peuvent &#234;tre associ&#233;s &#224; un microstockage d&#8217;&#233;nergie, cr&#233;ant ainsi un syst&#232;me autonome, sans maintenance, sans recharge et sans remplacement.</p><h2><strong>Une production made in France et pens&#233;e pour durer</strong></h2><p>Implant&#233;e &#224; <strong>Valence</strong>, Dracula Technologies a fait le pari d&#8217;une production locale, modulaire et dimensionnable. Avec un premier site de 2 500 m&#178; et une capacit&#233; de production actuelle de 150 Millions de cm&#178; annuels , l&#8217;entreprise pr&#233;voit une mont&#233;e en puissance de x4 &#224; x8 dans les 12 &#224; 24 mois &#224; venir.</p><p>Les modules d&#233;velopp&#233;s par Dracula Technologies sont compos&#233;s &#224; <strong>99&#8239;% de PET recyclable</strong> et con&#231;us pour minimiser l&#8217;usage de composants critiques. Cette approche permet de <strong>r&#233;duire la d&#233;pendance aux m&#233;taux rares</strong> et de limiter les risques li&#233;s aux cha&#238;nes d&#8217;approvisionnement mondiales.</p><p>Ce choix permet non seulement de r&#233;pondre &#224; la demande croissante des march&#233;s europ&#233;ens, am&#233;ricains et asiatiques, mais aussi de garantir la tra&#231;abilit&#233;, la qualit&#233; et une empreinte carbone r&#233;duite de la solution.</p><h2><strong>Des usages concrets et &#224; impact</strong></h2><p>Dracula Technologies ne se contente pas de proposer un substitut aux piles : sa solution permet de d&#233;velopper de nouveaux cas d&#8217;usage, notamment dans des environnements difficiles ou contraints.</p><p>Parmi les applications d&#233;j&#224; en cours de d&#233;ploiement :</p><ul><li><p><strong>&#201;tiquettes intelligentes</strong> pour l&#8217;affichage, le suivi de produits ou la cha&#238;ne du froid (avec Linxens, Paragon ID, Truvami)</p></li><li><p><strong>Tra&#231;eurs d&#8217;actifs (asset trackers) mobiles autonomes</strong>, capables de transmettre leur position sans recharge, sur toute la dur&#233;e de vie du produit</p></li><li><p><strong>Immeubles / maisons intelligent(e)s</strong> avec des capteurs &#233;nerg&#233;tiques d&#233;tectant la pr&#233;sence afin d&#8217;optimiser l&#8217;occupation des bureaux ou am&#233;liorer la s&#233;curit&#233;.</p></li></ul><h2><strong>Un test produit concluant avec ST Microelectronics</strong></h2><p>Parmi les d&#233;monstrations r&#233;alis&#233;es , Dracula Technologies a collabor&#233; avec STMicroelectronics sur un prototype d&#8217;illuminom&#232;tre autonome, c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire un capteur mesurant le niveau de lumi&#232;re ambiante, enti&#232;rement aliment&#233; par le module photovolta&#239;que LAYER&#174;. Ce projet a permis de d&#233;montrer qu&#8217;une petite surface de cellule organique suffit &#224; alimenter l&#8217;ensemble du dispositif : la carte &#233;lectronique, l&#8217;afficheur, les capteurs et la transmission de donn&#233;es, notamment via des r&#233;seaux de proximit&#233; comme Bluetooth Low Energy ou Zigbee.</p><p>Ce cas concret illustre parfaitement le potentiel de l&#8217;approche : remplacer les piles dans des dispositifs compacts et int&#233;gr&#233;s, sans sacrifier la connectivit&#233; ni l&#8217;intelligence embarqu&#233;e.</p><h2><strong>Un changement de paradigme dans l&#8217;&#233;lectronique</strong></h2><p>En all&#233;geant la d&#233;pendance aux piles, Dracula Technologies s&#8217;inscrit dans une logique de durabilit&#233; &#224; long terme ainsi que de transformation industrielle. Comme le souligne J&#233;r&#244;me Vernet :</p><blockquote><p>&#171;&#8239;Si on veut vraiment faire de l&#8217;IoT de masse, il faut que les objets soient autonomes, simples, personnalisables et durables. C&#8217;est exactement ce que permet notre technologie.&#8239;&#187;</p></blockquote><p>En combinant <strong>impression num&#233;rique</strong>, <strong>flexibilit&#233; des formats</strong>, et <strong>compatibilit&#233; avec les composants ultra-basse consommation</strong>, Dracula ouvre la voie &#224; une &#233;lectronique plus responsable&#8230; et plus intelligente.</p><p><em>Si vous travaillez sur un projet porteur de sens en tech, j&#8217;aimerais beaucoup en entendre parler. &#201;crivez-moi</em> :<em> votre histoire est peut-&#234;tre la prochaine &#224; &#234;tre racont&#233;e. &#128172;</em></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:218693340,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Helene Gey&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.goodtechstories.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Helene's Substack! 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