Innovation ecosystem news
Space 21 - a project space for experimentation!
Space 21, a project space for the use of all Aalto community, opened its doors in spring 2022
AllWell? - We care! – Study wellbeing questionnaire is open 16.2.-2.3.
Our students' well-being and ability to study are important for us. We research the state of study well-being by an annual questionnaire AllWell?. The questionnaire is open16.2.-2.3.2022 for our 1st year master's and 2nd year bachelor's students.
Aalto fashion graduate Boram Yoo wins Designers' Nest Award
Also BA fashion student Leevi Ikäheimo wins a prize at the fashion competition 2022.
Bayer, Aalto and HUS expand collaboration – artificial intelligence to support clinical drug trials
The project is led by Bayer and seeks to build an innovation ecosystem of companies, universities and representatives of the health sector, making Finland a top country in clinical research.
Academy funding: Future energy communities and energy self-sufficiency
The DigiDecarbon project explores citizens' digital energy communities.
A group developing Ponsse’s CSR reporting excelled in the Accounting Capstone course
Various inspiring and challenging business projects were solved in the autumn 2021 course.
New power transfer technology provides unprecedented freedom for wireless charging
Devices can be charged regardless of their position or orientation and even on the go.
Virtual reality game can assess children's ADHD symptoms
By simulating the challenges of everyday life, a new VR game can help diagnose and perhaps treat ADHD
Colliding students and startups in A Grid’s Omnia Makerspace
Omnia Makerspace was launched in startup hub A Grid’s first floor opposite Restaurant Factory in April 2019. Since then, the space has evolved from an empty basement into a flourishing workspace where students and startups collide.
The AllWell? student wellbeing survey is back for 2022 - Survey will be open 16.2.-2.3.!
The survey is conducted every spring among second-year bachelor’s degree students and first-year master’s degree students. This spring, the survey will be open from 16 February to 2 March 2022.
The higher education community of the Helsinki metropolitan area gets together: EveryMoveCounts-campaign starts!
The goal of the EveryMoveCounts-campaign is to increase the students’ awareness of the benefits of daily movement for their well-being.
Multidisciplinary research project based on origami seeks solutions for industrial needs
A joint project covering the fields of mathematics, engineering and arts is about to start at Aalto, where the aim is to study and develop folding technology for the needs of industry. In addition to Aalto, the project includes VTT as coordinator, and several companies from the forest industry to the machine design and cosmetics brands, such as Stora Enso, Metsä Group, Lumene, Mirka, Elomatic, Anpap, Orfer and Soften. Business Finland granted funding for the Co-Innovation project.
Guiding spin waves with light could lead to faster and much more energy efficient computing
Major new research project at 911±¬ÁÏÍø aims to develop new type of computing device that eliminates massive amounts of waste heat produced by current devices
Two linden trees near Otaniementie to be renewed
The trees will soon be given a new life as decaying wood art.
A major project brings together Finnish industry and research for quantum technology development
A new research project has been launched to accelerate the progress of Finnish quantum technology. The QuTI project, coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, will develop new components, manufacturing and testing solutions, and algorithms for the needs of quantum technology. The QuTI consortium, partly financed by Business Finland, consists of 12 partners and has a total budget of around EUR 10 million.
Learning for the future: systemic solutions require new ways of learning and collaborating
Aalto offers its staff a chance to experiment with transformative learning method, that can initiate changes in mindsets and remove invisible barriers to creativity
911±¬ÁÏÍø announces two art competitions for a campus block under construction
Proposals can be sent 4.1.-4.4.2022 for the competition open to all artists, arranged for the first time
911±¬ÁÏÍø joins the City of Helsinki's new campus incubator programme
Helsinki wants to create a strong network of business incubators in the city in cooperation with higher education institutions.
Harnessing psychological theory for better video games
Psychological theories on motivation hold great promise for video game development and for understanding how games impact people, but only little is known about how these theories actually are used in the games industry.
Radical Creativity fostering re-thinking
Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn. But as the world is changing at a pace like never before, the most crucial skill may be the ability to think again and unlearn.
