Illustration Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) agricultural engineers Susan O’Shaughnessy and Nolan Clark adjust the field of view for wireless infrared thermometers mounted on a center pivot irrigation system. The wireless sensors are used to measure crop canopy temperature for indications of water stress. (credits: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Illustration Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) agricultural engineers Susan O’Shaughnessy and Nolan Clark adjust the field of view for wireless infrared thermometers mounted on a center pivot irrigation system. The wireless sensors are used to measure crop canopy temperature for indications of water stress. (credits: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Susan O'Shaughnessy et Nolan Clark, ingénieurs agricoles du Service de recherche agricole de USDA, ajustent le champ de vision des thermomètres infrarouges sans fil montés sur un système d'irrigation à pivot central. Les capteurs sans fil sont utilisés pour mesurer la température de la canopée des cultures pour des indications de stress hydrique. (credits: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Clean drinking water facilities, Sri Lanka (credits: Nestlé / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Clean drinking water facilities, Sri Lanka (credits: Nestlé / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Installations d'eau potable propres au Sri Lanka (credits: Nestlé / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: FDA Approval for Total Circular Compounds® Containing Recycled HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) (credits: PressReleaseFinder / Total http://www.pressreleasefinder.com/item.asp?id=23282 / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: FDA Approval for Total Circular Compounds® Containing Recycled HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) (credits: PressReleaseFinder / Total http://www.pressreleasefinder.com/item.asp?id=23282 / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Approbation de la FDA pour les composés circulaires de Total contenant du HDPE recyclé (polyéthylène haute densité) (credits: PressReleaseFinder / Total http://www.pressreleasefinder.com/item.asp?id=23282 / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Solar panels and wind turbines power street lamps inside the Sha Tin Sewerage Treatment Works (credits: Asian Development Bank / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Solar panels and wind turbines power street lamps inside the Sha Tin Sewerage Treatment Works (credits: Asian Development Bank / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Des panneaux solaires et des éoliennes alimentent les réverbères à l'intérieur des stations de traitement des eaux usées de Sha Tin. (credits: Asian Development Bank / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Illustration Photo: TerraSentia, a new lightweight, low-cost agricultural robot, could transform data collection and field scouting for agronomists, seed companies and farmers. (credits: Claire Benjamin / University of Illinois / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Illustration Photo: TerraSentia, a new lightweight, low-cost agricultural robot, could transform data collection and field scouting for agronomists, seed companies and farmers. (credits: Claire Benjamin / University of Illinois / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Illustration Photo: 3D printed collar (credits: Jake Marsico / Madeline Gannon / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Illustration Photo: 3D printed collar (credits: Jake Marsico / Madeline Gannon / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Collier imprimé par l'impression 3D (credits: Jake Marsico / Madeline Gannon / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Airbus A350 (credits: Luc / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Airbus A350 (credits: Luc / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Le corps humain (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Photo d'illustration: Le corps humain (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Photo d'illustration: La photosynthèse utilise la lumière du soleil et du dioxyde de carbone de l'air pour fabriquer des produits chimiques qui peuvent être convertis en biocarburants riches en énergie. (credits: Los Alamos National Laboratory / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: La photosynthèse utilise la lumière du soleil et du dioxyde de carbone de l'air pour fabriquer des produits chimiques qui peuvent être convertis en biocarburants riches en énergie. (credits: Los Alamos National Laboratory / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: African Health Entrepreneurs (credit: The Innovate for Life Fund)

Illustration Photo: African Health Entrepreneurs (credit: The Innovate for Life Fund)

Photo d'illustration: Les Entrepreneurs africains de la santé (crédit: The Innovate for Life Fund)

Illustration Photo: Upon completion of CarriersEdge new congested area driver training course, drivers will learn the steps to prevent collisions in truck stops and parking areas, to recognize how distracted driving and complacency can contribute to collisions and to use safe parking and backing procedures. (credits: TruckPR / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Upon completion of CarriersEdge new congested area driver training course, drivers will learn the steps to prevent collisions in truck stops and parking areas, to recognize how distracted driving and complacency can contribute to collisions and to use safe parking and backing procedures. (credits: TruckPR / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Jakarta, Indonesia (credits: Mark爱生活 / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Jakarta, Indonesia (credits: Mark爱生活 / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Mobile Industrial Robot (MiR-robot) for internal transportation and logistics (credits: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Mobile Industrial Robot (MiR-robot) for internal transportation and logistics (credits: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Robot industriel mobile pour le transport interne et la logistique (credits: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Grace Tan, right, bags up a grocery purchases for Angela Coffer and her daughters at Walmart Grocery Checkout Line in Gladstone, Missouri, USA (credits: Walmart / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Grace Tan, right, bags up a grocery purchases for Angela Coffer and her daughters at Walmart Grocery Checkout Line in Gladstone, Missouri, USA (credits: Walmart / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Grace Tan, cassière à Walmart Gladstone, Missouri, États-Unis (credits: Walmart / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Thermal power plant (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Illustration Photo: Thermal power plant (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Photo d'illustration: Centrale thermique (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Illustration Photo: Barcelona (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Illustration Photo: Barcelona (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Photo d'illustration: Barcelone (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Illustration Photo: Port Mann Weather Station. The station's sensor array consists of a rime ice detector, wind speed and direction, precipitation detection, barometric pressure, new snow, maximum/minimum and present temps and relative humidity. (credits: B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Port Mann Weather Station. The station's sensor array consists of a rime ice detector, wind speed and direction, precipitation detection, barometric pressure, new snow, maximum/minimum and present temps and relative humidity. (credits: B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: La station météorologique de Port Mann. Le réseau de capteurs de la station comprend des capteurs de givre , de la vitesse et la direction du vent, des précipitations, de la pression barométrique, de neige, des températures maximales / minimales et actuelles et de l'humidité relative. (credits: B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Les voyageurs d'un train de Chiltern Railways à destination de Londres visitent l'Australie de l'Ouest avec des casques de réalité virtuelle (VR) totalement immersifs. (credits: Matt Alexander / PA Wire / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Les voyageurs d'un train de Chiltern Railways à destination de Londres visitent l'Australie de l'Ouest avec des casques de réalité virtuelle (VR) totalement immersifs. (credits: Matt Alexander / PA Wire / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Online analytics (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Illustration Photo: Online analytics (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Illustration Photo: Online analytics (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Photo d'illustration: L'analytique en ligne (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Illustration Photo: Everett "Buddy" Parkerson of Ameren Illinois installs a smart meter in the Champaign-Urbana area (credits: Lloyd DeGrane / Midwest Energy News / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Everett "Buddy" Parkerson of Ameren Illinois installs a smart meter in the Champaign-Urbana area (credits: Lloyd DeGrane / Midwest Energy News / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Everett "Buddy" Parkerson d'Ameren Illinois installe un compteur intelligent dans la région de Champaign-Urbana (credits: Lloyd DeGrane / Midwest Energy News / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Potsdamer Platz, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany (credits: Joan / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Potsdamer Platz, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany (credits: Joan / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Potsdamer Platz, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany (credits: Joan / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Potsdamer Platz, Tiergarten, Berlin, Allemagne (credits: Joan / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Farm Fresh store (credits: Virginia Retail / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Farm Fresh store (credits: Virginia Retail / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Supermarché Farm Fresh (credits: Virginia Retail / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Photo: GovHack Prize (credit: The GovTech Prize)

Photo: GovHack Prize (credit: The GovTech Prize)

Photo d'illustration: Communauté Diagonal Ct. , une communauté à énergie positive (credits: Dennis Schroeder / NREL / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Communauté Diagonal Ct. , une communauté à énergie positive (credits: Dennis Schroeder / NREL / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: La Station F à Paris, France (credits: Présidence de la République du Bénin / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Virtual reality at Oculus Connect 2018 (OC4) in San Jose, CA, USA (credits: San José Public Library / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Virtual reality at Oculus Connect 2018 (OC4) in San Jose, CA, USA (credits: San José Public Library / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: La réalité virtuelle chez Oculus Connect 2018 (OC4) à San Jose, Californie, États-Unis (credits: San José Public Library / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Le pont du Golden Gate, San Francisco, États-Unis (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Photo d'illustration: Le paiement par téléphone mobile (credits: Wolfgang / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: The Aquabyte camera and dashboard. Aquabyte builds computer vision and machine learning algorithms that help fish farmers manage their operations better. (credit: Aquabyte https://www.aquabyte.no)

Illustration Photo: The Aquabyte camera and dashboard. Aquabyte builds computer vision and machine learning algorithms that help fish farmers manage their operations better. (credit: Aquabyte https://www.aquabyte.no)

Illustration Photo: Microsoft for Startups Stand during day two of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon (credits: Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Microsoft for Startups Stand during day two of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon (credits: Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Stand de Microsoft for Startups lors de la deuxième journée du Web Summit 2017 à l'Arena Altice de Lisbonne (credits: Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Les billets de banque en euros (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Photo d'illustration: Startup Weekend Québec le 24 novembre 2013 (credits: Québec numérique / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: With V-Auto, almost anyone can easily turn their vehicle into a "smart car" via "plug and play" (credits: Vodafone Medien / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: With V-Auto, almost anyone can easily turn their vehicle into a "smart car" via "plug and play" (credits: Vodafone Medien / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Avec V-Auto, presque tout le monde peut facilement transformer son véhicule en "voiture intelligente" via "plug and play" (credits: Vodafone Medien / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Le CARFIT PULS (crédit: CARFIT www.car.fit)

Illustration Photo: Oculus Connect 2018 (OC4) was held in San Jose, CA, where engineers, designers, and creatives from around the world come together to push virtual reality forward. (credits: San José Public Library / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Oculus Connect 2018 (OC4) was held in San Jose, CA, where engineers, designers, and creatives from around the world come together to push virtual reality forward. (credits: San José Public Library / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Internet des objets (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Photo d'illustration: Une startup (credits: Abraham Williams / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0))

Illustration Photo: The Solidworks CAD assembly showing the design of the mini-bot (credits: Kinetic Knights / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: The Solidworks CAD assembly showing the design of the mini-bot (credits: Kinetic Knights / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Renault Zoé à une borne de recharge (credits: Gabriele Ponzo / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Le paiement en ligne (CC0 Creative Commons from Pixabay.com)

Illustration Photo: Self-driving minibus (credits: Arno Mikkor (EU2017EE) / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Self-driving minibus (credits: Arno Mikkor (EU2017EE) / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Photo: FoodBytes! Austin 2017. Photo credit: Kassie Borreson / http://kassieborreson.com / @hausfraufotografie.

FoodBytes! Austin 2017
Photo credit: Kassie Borreson / http://kassieborreson.com / @hausfraufotografie. (PRNewsfoto/Rabobank)

Photo d'illustration: Robot militaire pour le transport et le déplacement de matériel ou des charges lourdes (credits: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Dietz / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Moniteur médical (credits: Fleep Tuque / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Le producteur de blé Noah Williams (à gauche) et Garrett Duyck, conservateur des sols du service de conservation des ressources naturelles, les données de suivi des capteurs de sol installés sur une champ de blé cultivé et champ de blé en jachère. Les données aideront Williams à élaborer un plan de culture de couverture qui maximise l'humidité du sol. (credits: NRCS Oregon / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0))

Photo d'illustration: Les billets de banque en euros (CC0 Creative Commons, Pixabay.com)

Illustration Photo: Navya driverless, electric and autonomous shuttle vehicle drives from door 40 to Pregny at the Palais des Nations during the Global Road Safety Film Festival 2017, Palais des Nations, Geneva. 20 February 2017. (credits: Violaine Martin / UN Geneva / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Illustration Photo: Navya driverless, electric and autonomous shuttle vehicle drives from door 40 to Pregny at the Palais des Nations during the Global Road Safety Film Festival 2017, Palais des Nations, Geneva. 20 February 2017. (credits: Violaine Martin / UN Geneva / Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))