Science at theUM [S03-ep11]: Walking Home
This week on *A l’UM * science, Benoit Bardy, a researcher at the Euromov Digital Health in Motionlaboratory , breaks down how we walk in our houses and apartments. For our latest report from SMEL, Sébastien Mas introduces us to Medimeer, an experimental platform for marine ecology. A program co-produced with Divergence FM and broadcast every Wednesday at 6 p.m. on 93.9.
Christmas is fast approaching, and before we can all finally gather around a table laden with food, perhaps you spent this weekend decorating—or figuring out how to fit a 1.50-meter Christmas tree into a 60-square-meter apartment that’s already crammed with stuff.
You’ve probably noticed on such occasions how every time you rearrange your living space, it creates a sort of disconnection—as if your body were on autopilot, guided by a memory etched with small domestic routes, main thoroughfares, paths, and detours that we only become aware of when an unexpected obstacle reveals, often in a startling way, the mechanics of this intimate map.
Our guest today is something of a walking wizard. Benoit Bardy, a researcher at the Euromov laboratory, has been studying how we move around indoors—specifically, how we navigate obstacles in our homes, whether they’re tables or even noises. Together with his team, he has just published an article in the journal Frontiers titled “Obstacles Shape the Way We Walk at Home.”
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In the second half of the program, we conclude our series of reports on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment Station with its director, Sébastien Mas, who also heads the Medimeer marine ecology experimental platform. This facility, which is unique in France and throughout the Mediterranean region, offers cutting-edge scientific expertise in conducting controlled experiments in the field of marine biology.
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Co-production: Divergence FM / University of Montpellier
Host: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Interview: Aline Périault / Lucie Lecherbonnier
Report: Aline Périault / Lucie Lecherbonnier
Director: Alice Rollet
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