News from innovation ecosystem
Apprenticing for a profession
Entrepreneur and angel investor Timo Ahopelto believes that Finland is experiencing a renaissance of entrepreneurship.
The mind of an entrepreneur
What is an entrepreneurial individual like and is it possible to shape such a person at university?
Experience the robot bus in Otaniemi!
Two robot buses have arrived to Otaniemi and they are now available for passengers.
Huge leap in digital computing energy efficiency speeds up deployment of IoT
Finnish Minima Processor Ltd receives €1.6 million in equity funding.
Under debate - quantum computing already studied in Finland
A unique programming course for the D-Wave quantum computer makes use of refrigeration technology developed at 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
Less food waste
CGI and 911±¬ÁÏÍø begin project to reduce food waste in restaurant and canteen kitchens.
Colors from darkness: Researchers develop alternative approach to quantum computing
Microwaves created at near absolute zero temperature provide uniquely correlated and controllable states.
Baker's yeast to help in fight against blue-green algal toxins
A team of students from 911±¬ÁÏÍø and the University of Helsinki will take part in the iGEM competition a world-wide, synthetic biology event.
New policy ideas by students for a sustainable and circular economy
Students in 911±¬ÁÏÍø's Design for Government course address complex public sector and government challenges.
Sustainable development important and challenging in wood construction today
International conference enables mutual, experience-based learning.
Constructing refugee camps might cause massive carbon dioxide emissions
Architect Matti Kuittinen developed a model for low-carbon rebuilding, which will facilitate constructing in accordance with sustainable development.
Fibres from textile waste to be turned into new attractive consumer products
Trash textiles are a valuable resource that should not be left untapped. Aalto and VTT are participating in an EU project called Trash-2-Cash.
Aalto-1 satellite integrated into the dispenser in Delft in the Netherlands
When the last tests have been completed, Aalto-1 will continue its journey to the launch site of the Falcon 9 rocket on the west coast of the USA.
Students at the world’s edge
Students of the Sustainable Global Technologies studio course talk about their experiences in Mexico, Uganda and the island of Lesbos on 16 May.
Small Business Center's operations to be transferred to Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences
The personnel of the Center will continue working for Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences.
Individuals who were exposed to the Finnish Great Depression invest more cautiously
This effect can be seen in financial decision-making 15 years later, even if the depression did not have a direct impact on the individual's wealth.
From everyday ideas to innovations in health care
Technology and the challenges of everyday life meet in innovation workshops organised in connection with the Health Capital Helsinki collaboration.
Awarded method makes textile fibre from waste cotton
A greener textile industry requires expertise in chemistry, design and economy, stresses Herbert Sixta who leads the development of Ioncell-F.
A process revolutionising cotton recycling wins the H&M Global Change Award
The Ioncell-Fâ„¢ process adapted for the conversion of waste-cotton into new textile was awarded as one of five winners among 2,700 proposals.