{"id":12944,"date":"2015-05-09T21:06:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colleensparis.com\/?p=12944"},"modified":"2015-05-10T08:39:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T06:39:37","slug":"best-of-foire-de-paris-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2015\/05\/best-of-foire-de-paris-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Foire de Paris 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The hashtag for Foire de Paris (or in French “mot-di\u00e8se)<\/p><\/div>\n

For me, the annual Foire de Paris is more than a home show. This year instead of concentrating on the furniture, home decor and renovations, I concentrated on the innovations and inventions: The “Maker Fair<\/a><\/strong>” (exploration of new forms and new technologies), which made its first appearance at the Foire; the Grand Prize in Innovations (Grand Prix de l’Innovations – new for 2015); and the annual inventions competition, Concours L\u00e9pine<\/a> (read more about Concours L\u00e9pine<\/a>). The L\u00e9pine competition is its 114th appearance with about 600 inventions. Those who have won before can have a stand but not compete again.<\/p>\n

My favorite finds this year at Foire de Paris<\/a> were the gyropod (Segway-style) wheel chair, the Maker Fair, the vacuum cleaner without a cord that follows your movement with motion technology, without being pulled, and the telephone chargers. Practical information for Foire de Paris<\/a><\/p>\n

Inventions and Innovations<\/strong>
\nOn Sunday, I wondered what all the red, white and blue was decorating the building. Inside the Maker Fair pavilion<\/p>\n

\"Gyropod<\/a>

Gyropod (Segway-style) wheel chair (Nino Robotics), intuitive to use, connects to iOS\/Android for settings, mounts itself into a car using a ramp, easy-to-remove handle, etc.<\/p><\/div>\n

were robots speaking and moving their fingers and one turned its eyes to hearts if you hugged it. I tried on a goggles to control at a distance a drone with a camera and LED lighting. The 3-D art machine was making a statue, the young girls were soldering circuit boards. This was the fair’s second Paris appearance in as many years, and their first at the Foire de Paris.<\/p>\n

At the Innovations stand, I saw the “gyropode assis<\/em>“; a wheel chair version of the Segway. The gyropod moves forward and back with your movement, spins on a dime, and a finger pushing either side of the handle turns the chair. To get in and out, lift the steering mechanism. I couldn’t believe they did not win the gold medal. The chair will be released on the market in July 2015.<\/p>\n

So excited about this and thinking of my mother-in-law and others I know with mobility difficulties, I made a YouTube video “Nino Robotics Foire de Paris<\/a><\/strong>“. Since they took their chance entering the Innovations competition, Ninobot<\/strong> could not enter the Concours L\u00e9pine.<\/p>\n

The most unique invention this year in the Concours L\u00e9pine, (Pavilion 1) was Fabrice Cruette’s WC Aquarium. The water tank is a transparent aquarium that not only replaces the fresh toilet water, but evacuates the impurities of the fish tank — you never have to clean it!<\/p>\n

Music<\/strong>
\nEvery year the home show has a theme. The theme for 2015 is Summer Festival – Tropiques en F\u00eates (Tropical Festival).\u00a0 Sunday was a day of music and dancing through the alleys of the show and on stage: the dancing dragon, the drums, and the colorful costumes. This year there were about 400 dancers, percussionists and musicians representing France’s outlying areas of Polynesia, La R\u00e9union, Guyana, etc.<\/p>\n

Food<\/strong>
\nOne of my plans this year was to eat at one of the Village of food trucks, which were located near Pavilion 2. I had to try the latest Parisian craze: the hamburger! There were three or four food trucks highlighting hamburgers. Mine was good (very filling), but I guess I will have to try another food truck next time so I can begin the burger d\u00e9gustation<\/em> (tasting) with another Dr. Pepper! Yep! Orangina lost out to an American classic.<\/p>\n

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