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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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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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17.3.2019
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.