Autonomous vehicle which drives itself; the driving does not need to steer the vehicle. War museum, Invalides, Paris, France Partnership between Valeo and Safran in automobiles and flying machines since 2013, developing various forms of new technology from autonomous cars which drive themself; 3D parking vision showing the car and its immediate surrounds in a live view. Various forms of surveillance from heat seeking visionary devices to 3D live-viewing in both drones and land based vehicles. Auto et défense: premiers aboutissements du partenariat entre Valeo et Safran. Voitures du futur, drones capables de davantage détecter des obstacles: l'équipementier automobile Valeo et le groupe d'aéronautique Safran. Technologie de Safran dans les voitures de Valeo et il y aura beaucoup de technologie de Valeo dans les produits à la fois aéronautiques, militaires et de sécurité de Safran

The Freegan Pony is an alternative restaurant housed in a squat. It was founded in 2015 by Aladdin Charni with three other collaborators. The restaurant specialises in cheap vegetarian cuisine, serving meals which guests reserve a place through a Facebook group, paying €2 a meal. The restaurant meals contain unsold and donated food, collected from wholesellers at the Paris Rungis vegetable market. The Freegan Pony is located at the Porte de la Vilette on the outskirts of Paris, at the entrance to the peripherique outer circle motorway. Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freeganism is the practice of reclaiming and eating food that has been discarded. People who attempt to live an ethical lifestyle by reusing trash and rubbish thrown away by others. Freeganism is an ill-defined activity and is a subset of the larger anti-capitalist and environmental protest movements. It embraces alternative, anti-consumerist lifestyles. Freegan practices also include co-operative living, squatting and "freecyling", or matching things that people want to get rid of with things other people need

Marie de Tilly in her apartment, Rue Chaillot, Paris..Marie de Tilly gives lessons on French Etiquette. She lives in a bijou Hausman apartment in central Paris, not far from the Champs Elysées. She has trained people with these skills for several years; working across the Paris area and even takes her work worldwide, giving classes to a range of people. She is especially popular in Russia and the ex-Soviet countries such as Kasakhstan. Her skills are sought after by individuals, families and businessmen wishing to aspire to enter French High Society. Her students, whether they are Russian or French, want to learn the necessary airs and graces to blend seemlessly into Parisian haute societé. Paris, France

Claude Monet's painting: 'Red poppies at Argenteuil'. 1873. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. For reference purposes only. This painting refers to images ..monet_argenteuil_france002 - 005..Sites of Claude Monet's paintings in Argenteuil. The famous impressionist painter who lived in this town on the outskirts of Paris, during the 1870's. His home faces the railway station, and is a ten minute walk from the Seine river, and the town centre. He painted many of his most memorable pictures nearby his house, on the riverbanks, of the railway station, bridges around the town and Argenteuil basin.

Good deals on restaurants in Paris. This Spring in Paris is la saison de la bonne affaire (good deal). With business wilting because of "La Crise" (the recession), Paris restaurants are resorting to the oldest and most effective trick in the book to fill tables again: lower prices. All over town, restaurants are offering new lower-priced menus and prix-fixe meals and proposing special good-deal promotions.

Eric, Ikuko and Yulis Lenté pictured in their "passive home" with enough wood to comfortably heat their home for ± one month during winter. They only need to use wood when there is no sunlight for a period of several days. Even in winter cold of -10 degrees, the sun's rays are sufficient to heat the ultra-low-energy house. A "Maison Passive", Les Yvelines, near Paris, France. Home of Eric and Ikuko Lente and their children Anakin and Yulis. Only need ten small sacks of wood to help heat the house over a whole winter period, otherwise the house is heated by the sun's rays through the windows, and is virtually self-sufficient. Windows are triple glazed and doors triple stepped for optimum insulation. Hot water is made by natural convection roof panels through solar water heating. The house uses so little energy that the family sells electricity from solar panels€2000 to the grid. The house is entirely insulated and covered in wood inside and out. Flat roof is covered in Sedum plants for ecological, insulative and drainage. All solar, heat exchange and water controls are easily accessed inside the house. The term passive house (Passivhaus in German) refers to a rigorous, voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, reducing its ecological footprint. It results in ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or cooling. Passive design is not an attachment or supplement to architectural design, but a design process that is integrated with architectural design. Une maison passive est un bâtiment économe en énergie. Les pertes de chaleur sont tellement limitées qu’un faible apport de chauffage est suffisant. La puissance d’un fer à repasser (+- 2000 W), permet de chauffer confortablement une maison pendant l’hiver ! Pendant l’été, les pare-soleils évitent la surchauffe de l’habitation. Une maison passive consomme en moyenne 4 fois moins d’énergie.

Watching the wedding celebrations nearby a cardboard cut-out of Prince William and Catherine in the pub decor..Many nationalities, especially English, Australians and French, coming together at midday in the English traditional style 'Frog and Rosbif' Pub in the centre of Paris, to watch the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in London. At 119 rue Saint Denis, Paris, France

"JOSEPHINE POUR LA BEAUTÉ DES FEMMES". Lucia Iraci, fondatrice de l'association Joséphine pour la Beauté des Femmes. L'association est née en décembre 2006 d'un constat alarmant : 80 % des personnes pauvres sont des femmes, les plus vulnérables étant les moins de 25 ans et les plus de 45 ans, beaucoup d'entre elles, il est difficile de travailler, de se loger ou même d'élever ses enfants. Comme il est alors très compliqué pour ces femmes de dépenser leur argent et leur temps pour prendre soin d'elles. Au fur et à mesure, ces femmes perdent confiance en elles et s'isolent aussi bien professionnellement que socialement. Le Salon Social Joséphine est un lieu de partage qui, au-delà des soins de beauté pratiqués, leur offre un soutien moral permanent afin qu'elles se réintègrent dans les meilleures conditions: Lucia Iraci, fondatrice de l'association Joséphine pour la Beauté des Femmes en exterieur de Salon a Barbes, Paris

Valentine's day, kissing at the Paris Townhall, inspired by and in hommage to Robert Doisneau's famous picture, Give a "Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville" was called for by 'Vive Paris Capitale' and 'merciparis.fr', to Parisiens and people who hold Paris close to their hearts. This celebration of the most beautiful day of the year for lovers, a Valentine's Day in romantic Paris, brought together a mixture of couples, amateur photographers, journalists and television, to witness lovers kissing and just celebrate love