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11.12.2020
Smart technology to treat older people with memory disorders
Sensory room based on smart technology reduced depression and need for medication amongst people with memory disorders in Helsinki.
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18.11.2020
Drones contribute to advancing the carbon-neutral Helsinki-Uusimaa Region
Drones can be used to transport objects, monitor environmental changes and survey the safety of different areas – while keeping the amount of produced emissions at bay. A project run by three Finnish organisations pilots carbon-neutral drone services in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region.
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5.11.2020
Impressive EU Horizon 2020 Results in Helsinki-Uusimaa
The Horizon 2020 program has created quality jobs, consequently having a positive impact on the entire EU economy, in its different members states and regions like our own Helsinki-Uusimaa.
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12.10.2020
Integrify’s coding bootcamps help immigrants find meaningful work
Founded in the aftermath of the 2015 refugee crisis, Integrify offers intensive software development and data science courses to educated immigrants. The aim is to match tech companies with talented coders and speed up their social integration.
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30.9.2020
Lauri Reuter: “We won’t necessarily need animals for food anymore”
Investments in food technology are necessary in order to truly create a sustainable food system. This far, there haven’t been enough of those in the Nordics. Lauri Reuter, a researcher turned investor, wanted to speed things up and co-founded the first food technology fund in the Nordic countries.
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17.9.2020
Helsinki Smart Region’s new website showcases what smart stands for in Helsinki-Uusimaa
Smart and sustainable mobility, smart health, quantum computing, low-carbon industry and sustainable circular economy. These are just a few of the themes having global frontrunners in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region.
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9.9.2020
Picturesque Hanko wants to be the solar power capital of Finland
In summer, many Finns head towards Hanko to enjoy its bright sun and sandy beaches. However, that’s not all the southern city has to offer. Hanko has installed solar plants all over the city and aims to double the solar energy produced in Finland.
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4.2.2020
Mari Pantsar: “Companies that take ecological sustainability into account will be the only ones to exist in the future”
Mari Pantsar leads The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra’s Carbon neutral circular economy theme. According to her, the key to a more sustainable society lies in moving from resource effectiveness towards resource wisdom and the circular economy.
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10.4.2019
Helsinki Ring of Industry joins forces to attract investments
Helsinki Ring of Industry is a collaboration of 10 neighbouring municipalities around the Helsinki metropolitan area. Unlike the densely built metropolitan area, the Helsinki Ring of Industry caters to space requiring industries such as metal working, machine building, chemical, food & beverage, and logistics.
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17.3.2019
Solar Foods makes food out of thin air
Solar Foods is a research-based company whose goal is everything but modest: to disconnect food production from agriculture. The startup makes science fiction reality by producing edible protein from electricity and air.
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18.10.2018
Take a peek at the future: Helsinki-Uusimaa Region at the Forefront of Smart Mobility
Picture a winter morning when, instead of scraping the ice off your car windows, you could have 10 more minutes of shut-eye on a driverless bus taking you from your home street to the metro. This is not sci-fi, but a glimpse at the present and near future of traffic in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Region.
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8.12.2017
Naava enters US with smart green wall
Naava’s active green walls provide visual and indoor air quality benefits inside facilities. Together with its US partner Delos, Naava brings innovative products that may positively impact human health and wellness in the built environment to the US.
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17.11.2017
Aiforia revolutionizes the work of pathologists
Aiforia™ is a versatile deep learning AI tool, like pathologist’s tireless assistant, which frees pathologists to focus on the most challenging cases.
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12.10.2017
Farmer Markus Eerola makes environmentally friendly production an asset
Markus Eerola comes from a long line of farmers: he represents already the 8th farmer generation in his family. Eerola is managing the Knehtilä Farm which has its roots in the 18th century. Now Eerola has transformed the family farm into a modern and ecological enterprise.