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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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Mix wood fibres and spider silk and you get a rival for plastic — innovation by Aalto University and VTT

Aalto University and VTT created a unique bio-based material that outperforms most of today's synthetic and natural materials.

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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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One of the most sustainable conference cities in the Nordics (GDS-Index)

The Global Destination Sustainability Index measures, benchmarks and improves the sustainability strategy and performance of meetings, events and business tourism destinations.

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VTT is re-thinking the recycling of polystyrene in Europe

VTT is re-thinking the state of polystyrene production, consumption and recycling. The aim is to offer a technically and economically feasible solution to recycling polystyrene waste in Europe.

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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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