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Synbio Powerhouse Ecosystem

Synbio Powerhouse is an ecosystem of companies and research organisations currently working with or interested in synthetic biology. Synbio Powerhouse is based in Finland but operates globally. (Image: Nina Pulkkis, Science Journalist Filmmaker)

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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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Finland is the happiest country in the world in 2021 — for the fourth year in a row

Finland is ranked first in the World Happiness Report 2021. The report assesses how happy people perceive to be in 150 countries. Finnish people's mutual trust was an important factor in Finland's No.1 spot in the ranking.

Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence – FCAI

FCAI is a community of AI researchers. We collaborate to create wealth and prosperity through research, education and AI methods that enable analytic data-based decisions.

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Espoo mayor’s innovation competition is also open to companies

In 2021 Espoo mayor’s innovation competition is also open to companies — economic sustainability and surviving the coronavirus pandemic are the key themes. The competition opens on 6 April.

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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.

Iso Omena Service Centre

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

Nao robot. Photo: Omnia

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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Solar Foods ranked as a top 10 startup in Finland

Nordic region’s biggest weekly business magazine, Talouselämä named Solar Foods among the most promising Finnish startups in 2020.

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Solar Foods's Solein protein is among the best inventions of 2020 — TIME

TIME magazine selected Solar Foods's Solein protein among the best inventions of 2020.

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