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Espoo's Kera district is the new standard in smart city piloting environments

The Kera district in Espoo is setting a new sustainable smart city pilot environment standard — with Nokia providing the 5G platform and the city and local companies the smart city infrastructure.

Circular economy

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Paptic fights plastic pollution with a scalable wood-based packaging material

Paptic produces a wood-based, easily scalable and reusable packaging material that replaces the short life-span products that litter oceans and other water areas.

Circular economy

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Introducing FLEXOUND — interview with Mervi Heinaro, CEO of the augmented audio startup

FLEXOUND has created an audio system that lets you feel the sound touch your skin. CEO Mervi Heinaro talks about how FLEXOUND Augmented Audio™ technology is disrupting the audio industry.

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FLEXOUND's augmented audio technology changes how people experience sound

FLEXOUND is a deep tech startup that has developed FLEXOUND Augmented Audio™ — the audio system that lets you feel the sound touch your skin.

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Iso Omena Service Centre — a meeting place where innovations spring to life

Iso Omena Service Centre is Espoo's intelligent innovation to offer quality public services in a city made of five big centres and numerous smaller ones spread out on a 312 km² area.

Built environment

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Omnia AI Lab — an accelerator of a digitally equal community

How will AI affect our day-to-day living? Omnia AI Lab, the City of Espoo's adult education initiative, is here to do just that: Put the every day into artificial intelligence.

Education & learning

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Introducing Aalto Design Factory — interview with Kalevi Ekman, Director

Aalto Design Factory is Aalto University's product design and learning hub established in 2008. Kalevi Ekman, the Director, talks about why Design Factory produces the best product designers in the world.

Education & learning

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Aalto Design Factory — a training ground for the world’s best product designers

Aalto Design Factory trains the world’s best product designers. Nowadays, the Espoo-based product development and learning hub has a global network of Design Factories.

Education & learning

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Laguuni water sports oasis sets fresh example of Espoo’s innovative spirit

Laguuni is no ordinary water sports centre. Located amongst some of the biggest Finnish companies in a beautiful natural environment, it shares the same innovative spirit and passion as the innovators around it.

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Introducing Sensible 4 — interview with Harri Santamala, CEO

Sensible 4 is the developer of the world's first all-weather self-driving technology. Harri Santamala talks about the Espoo-based startup's story so far.

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Sensible 4's self-driving technology is the future of sustainable urban mobility

Sensible 4 renews sustainable urban mobility with the world's first all-weather self-driving technology. The Espoo-based autonomous vehicle technology startup is expanding to Asia and Europe.

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DENSO came to Espoo for the quality startups, stayed for the quality of living

DENSO Helsinki Innovation Lab was opened in A Grid in 2018. In Espoo’s innovation ecosystem, DENSO creates new mobility solutions for smart cities.

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