DNA BASED STORAGE AND ENCRYPTION NOW SURFACING
To face the threat of quantum computers able to decipher classical encryption algorithms, there exists another way than quantum resistant algorithms and quantum intrication based interception detection : the VERNAM protocol. Totally secure, this method relies on a very long random key, leading to a problem of storage capacity. A brand new technique, consisting in storing data on a DNA sequence, and providing two distant users with “DNA files” warranting totally secure communication between them, has been tested with success, thanks to some works by the French CNRS labs. Industrialisation might anyhow bee a long way ahead.
ELECTRICITY COMPANIES CAN TURN TO DRONES FOR LINES INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
Drone Volt, a French start up expert in embedded AI, announces its LineDrone DLR SX has been successfully tested and qualified by EDF’s labs. The system is developed in a joint effort with the Canadian Hydro-Québec, and the Belgium Ampacimon, which develops software and sensors to optimize electricity grids. The drone can land on hight tension lines to inspect them and launch maintenance operations without stopping electricity distribution.
