The Lépine competition was won this Sunday, October 31 at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center in Paris by a Parisian resident. Omar Seck is a 37-year-old computer engineer, he lives in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Yvelines. He was awarded the most prestigious prize, that of the President of the Republic, for his coffee table which turns into a computer station.
This invention necessarily resonates with teleworking, which has been reinforced with the pandemic. Its multi-function table named “JobstableThere is a screen that can be folded up, an integrated touch keyboard, speakers and hard drives also integrated.
An entirely Ile-de-France podium
It is even a rain of winners in the Ile-de-France region. The second prize, the Grand Prix of the Senate awarded to Eric Le Méné, also from Ile-de-France, it is based in the Val-de-Marne in Arcueil. He designed “Express gel“, a terminal for applying disinfectant gel by misting.
The National Assembly prize goes to a parisian company, Digitall Paris for its “intelligent car anti-theft device”. In total, around 100 prizes were awarded among the 300 or so inventions in competition.