Presenter Jacqueline JOUBERT explains what television is: the workings of the iconoscope, perfected by the French engineer BARTHELEMY; of the image: how it goes from the television studio to the small screen of the homes. The commentary is illustrated with animated diagrams, studio and cameramen images.
A topic on the European Space Agency that will equip itself with a satellite navigation system competing with the GPS system that has been used all over the world. Space Europe wants to assert its independence from the United States. Explanatory commentary on factual images and computer-generated images of satellite, boat and its position on the surface of the globe and computer-generated images Galileo program compatible with GPS.
Testimony of Colonel BRENOT, assistant to Captain FERRIE, about one of the first radio broadcasts in which he participated in 1920. He tells, very moved, this memory.
Rennais microtrottoir about smart cards and their different uses: interest to withdraw the money and pay at the merchants, use in telephone booths and access to various places (example parking) will be done with these cards.
Science fiction or reality? A new phone, the size of a television remote control, is about to be marketed on the market. It will soon be possible to call from anywhere. To present this new telephone, journalist Marc MAISONNEUVE calls Henri SANNIER from the Parc des expositions. Then he meets Marc BRUSSOL, from France Télécom.
Created in the 60s by the American military, the Internet computer network allows free and free access to all data banks and therefore to a lot of information. François BENVENISTE, from Calvanet, demonstrates its use. Example of Arcom Industries, a company specialized in electronic mechanics, which discovered computer programs useful for its development in the computers of American universities. Interviews with François BENVENISTE, Calvanet, Alain BENAJAM, Arcom Industries and Daniel ICHBIAH, journalist.