Plastic waste now has an edible second life 🍪

Illinois researchers dissolve PET bottles and corn waste, then program yeasts to rebuild the fragments into proteins and fats. A 3D printer shapes them into cookies called µBites.

Would you try one?

#VivaTech #TechNews #FoodTech

Smoke alarms could one day run on algae 🌱

Cambridge researchers are developing biocells that turn photosynthesis into low-power electricity. They can keep working even in the dark, offering a possible alternative to disposable batteries.

#VivaTech #TechNews #Innovation

September is here, and it’s time to hit the books at #VivaTech! 📚🚌

If we were all on the same bus, where would you sit? 👀

(P.S. we never said picking a seat would be easy! 😉)

The secret ingredient behind every great idea? The team 🤝

Cameron Fink, Co-Founder & CEO of Aaru, spoke at #VivaTech 2026 about why people remain the key to transforming technology and ambition into impact.

Discover his take 👉

Waste sorting remains one of recycling’s biggest challenges ♻️

Grip is building AI-powered robotic cells to recognise and pick tangled plastic, crushed packaging, and unfamiliar objects, starting with plastic contamination in organic waste.

#VivaTech #TechNews #AI

A new superpower for surgeons 👩‍⚕️

We saw AstraNICE demonstrate its NICE near-infrared coating at the Discovery Stage during #VivaTech 2026. It makes surgical tools like catheters, clips & implantable equipment easier to identify during minimally invasive procedures.

#TechNews

Your calendar said meetings. The Business Plaza said opportunities 🚀

At #VivaTech 2026, our 650 m² hub brought together networking, workshops and connections. With assistance from the Junior Enterprise of ESSEC team.

Ready to repeat in 2027?

Europe’s AI bet just got bigger 💶

Mistral AI just raised €3B in a Samsung-led round, a record European tech equity raise, nearly doubling its valuation to €21B+. The money is going into data centres & compute.

#VivaTech #TechNews #AI #Innovation

Our marketing team took #VivaTech on tour this summer, and now we’re back with another little “Where’s V” challenge 👀

Can you spot all the Vs and guess which destinations we travelled to?

Drop your answers below. Heads up! It gets progressively harder... 😉✨

Brush, scan, jet, repeat 🪥

Dyson CameraJet’s AI was trained on 470,000+ dental images to spot gaps your brush can miss and send a targeted mouthrinse jet between your teeth. Priced at $499.99, would you buy it?

#VivaTech #TechNews #AI #HealthTech #Dyson

This one will make your leadership team think twice💡

Christel Heydemann, CEO Orange took the stage at #VivaTech 2026 with a take every business leader needs to hear on what it really means to integrate AI and why the next frontier is human.

Swipe to see what she had to say 👉