Tietoviikko reports that Finland (my home country) is the world’s best IT country according to World Economic Forum study The Global Information Technology Report 2013. According to the study, Finland is the world’s number one country when it comes to the economy’s ability to use information technology to competitiveness and prosperity. Finland has toppled Sweden from the top spot in a ranking of economies that are best placed to benefit from new information and communication technologies (ICTs). The question still remains how this result was got because there are many things in Finland ICT that are are far from very good, so are other countries just much lousier on those aspects?
At the core of the report, the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) measures the preparedness of an economy to use ICT to boost competitiveness and well-being. In this edition, Finland (1st), Singapore (2nd) and Sweden (3rd) continue to lead the NRI, with the Netherlands (4th), Norway (5th), Switzerland (6th), the United Kingdom (7th), Denmark (8th), the United States (9th) and Taiwan, China (10th) completing the top 10.
Global Information Technology Report 2013 has a nice map that visualizes the network readiness of different countries.
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The Finnish Association of electronic sport has started with at the Sports Institute of cooperation, which can be found in the future as a result of Vierumäki to compete for players designed for training mode.
Vierumäki Sports Institute has in the past been co-operating in domestic racing game operator with ENCE eSports, and the team has seen a work-out mass College premises.
In the future, Vierumäki can be found in permanent training facilities to Finnish racing players when Seul Association and Vierumäki sports have begun working together.
Published by the Association of release, the aim of cooperation is to compete for playing traditional sports skills.
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/digitoday/esports/art-2000001924158.html?ref=rss
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Suomen elektronisen urheilun liitto ja Vierumäen urheiluopisto yhteistyöhön!
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Finland will start frequency auctions
Finland will be the first in Europe to 700 MHz frequency band for the nationwide wireless broadband networks.
The Government has today declared retrieved 700 MHz spectrum licenses for wireless broadband networks. the estimated frequency auction start late 2016.
New use of 700 MHz frequency band may start when the operating frequency band TV activity is completed in early 2017.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/11/suomi-aloittaa-taajuushuutokaupat/
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Finnish award-winning VPN solution gets extra money
Tosibox Oy, which provides easy and secure remote access has completed a second financing round. In September, ended on Citizens Finance Ltd, carried out with the issue raised € 2.31 million Tosibox. Investment will be used to accelerate product development and international marketing, international growth Real-Box.
Real-Box’s CEO Tero Lepistö formulates the company’s very ambitious target. – We want to have remote access to the new standard, known as the world’s best data security, internet access, Lepistö enthuses. The company’s Tosibox modem was awarded a year ago with Teknologia15 Elkom Fair Innovation Award.
Tosibox introduced in June first 4G network modem. The modem can be mounted on a DIN rail and has SMA antenna connectors.
The device supports the sending of text messages and receiving AT commands. Automatic APN detection occurs with Tosibox lock.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5192:suomalaiselle-palkitulle-vpn-ratkaisulle-lisarahaa&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Zalando growth continues – Competitiveness comes from motivation
New splendid rooms in the center of Helsinki. A pool table, an orange cloth had to be ordered separately. The relaxed atmosphere, where devataan MacBook. Zalando Tech Hub in Kamppi is a pleasant exception to statutory news in the middle. The growth and success is based first and foremost a truly different corporate culture, say the cam men Tuomas Kytömaa and Pekka Kosonen.
Zalando has been in software development in Finland until the years. Thursday celebrated the grand opening of the new premises.
Kosonen and Kytömaa say that the old corporate cultures are no longer simply will not work. – There can be no one leader, one who knows and invents all about it, how to keep the action. No current experts can lead the way, the men say.
For this reason, Zalando teams have a lot of power. They are responsible for their own project completion. Zalando model is called radical and agility of a small organization, it is very obvious. What about the size of the company growing?
- When a company grows, it must be divided into logical units, where the radical agility can continue Kosonen and Kytömaa say. – It allows corporate culture also works in a bigger company. In fact, better than the old bureaucratic models, convincing men.
Enthusiasm generated Motivation
Finland has for a long time lamented the poor competitiveness. It is an attempt to gain more by increasing the bit or cutting working hours holidays. – This is a micromanagering, which does not have any effect, said Pekka Kosonen.
- Working time is not the thing. What is important is that people can be motivated. That they get excited tekemistään things and take ownership of the projects.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5208&via=n&datum=2016-10-12_13:48:30&mottagare=30929
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The Chinese giant Alibaba attracts Finnish brands to China
China’s Alibaba Group, visited this week in Finland to meet with Finnish consumer goods manufacturers and retailers. The aim of the visit was to introduce the Alibaba e-commerce international places such as Tmallia and Tmall Globalia Finnish food and lifestyle brands.
hosted by Finpro and Alibaba in Helsinki opportunity provided companies with the knowledge and means to Alibaba 434 million Chinese customer reach.
Alibaba Tmall is operated by the world’s largest online and mobile marketplace for consumers. In foreign countries aimed at beginning Tmall Global allows foreign retailers to sell their products directly to Chinese consumers. The platform offers Finnish companies an affordable and easy full-service bus within the reach of hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers, Finpro estimates.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/kiinalaisjatti-alibaba-houkuttelee-suomalaisia-brandeja-kiinaan-6589931
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Insurance company realized: the old bag of tricks are not enough anymore to secure the information
The insurance company LähiTapiola transferred the cyber security emphases proactive direction. To this end, it has partnered with Nixu.
LähiTapiola develop their security purposefully moving cyber security main focus of the business in terms of detection, analysis and a rapid and effective response to major threats.
“We have moved with a service provided by Nixu that allows control of security incidents in their observation. It is the lifeblood of digitalized, networked and well in complex business environments, ”
Sgned a cooperation agreement, which includes Nixu Cyber Defense Center (CDC) information security service.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/vakuutusyhtio-huomasi-vanhat-konstit-eivat-riita-enaa-tiedon-turvaamiseen-6589919
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Nokia and Sonera experimented with 4G network NB-IoT technology
Nokia and Sonera have tested a commercial mobile network custom new IoT to meet the needs of the 4G network technology. Narrow Band IoT technology (NB-IoT) is a standardized this year, and it will continue to make more widespread use of new IoT devices and services, in particular the introduction of property maintenance.
A new type of NB-IoT network technology allows you to connect a reliable 4G network a very large number of devices that emit, for example, temperature, location information or data related to the fault situations.
NB-IoT technology to complement existing mobile networks operators, and all the major networks, component and equipment manufacturers support the standard. Sonera is developing NB-IoT-related services together with partners.
One of Sonera’s partners have Asan Security, which is a Finnish network-based video solutions developer.
The test was sent to temperature, humidity and barometric pressure sensor related data NB-IoT devices using Sonera’s 4G network in the 800 MHz frequency.
The test was conducted commercially available in the Nokia Flexi Multi Radio Base Station 10, which supports the NB-IoT technology. The test was verified by the NB-IoT technology functionality roaming connections first in the world. Thanks to the incumbent operators’ roaming networks can be contacted IoT devices around the world.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/12/nokia-sonera-kokeilivat-esineiden-internetin-4g-teknologiaa-ensimmaisena-suomessa/
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“Good ideas are generated outside of the company” – Nokia is looking for new insights into the IoT startups with contest
Twelve Startup or finds himself competing for a team victory Nokia’s Internet of Things Challenge competition. The race reflects how the network technology giant, like many other company believes it will find valuable ideas from outside its own walls,.
The official name of the competition is the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge. Seven series came to a total of 410 proposals were received following multi-stage qualifier finals survived twelve o’clock growth company or a team.
Finland became an abundance of suggestions, but none of them did not reach the climax. The United States is four finalists, two from France and Sweden, the Netherlands, Britain, Germany and Taiwan each one.
“We want to be involved in the creation of ecosystems, which are included as well as suppliers, customers and startups. More generally, the more and more innovation and good ideas will be generated outside the company, and of course we should take advantage of them, ”
“Ideas speed up product development”
This is the fourth consecutive year, while Nokia to organize a similar competition. Every year the number of entries has doubled.
The main sponsor and the judging of Nokia Growth Partners is a private equity fund, which this year began to rotate a $ 350 million investment fund IoT.
“Ideas have helped us to speed up product development, and always races left something in your hand. My staff is inspired by ideas coming from outside, “Niemi says.
“IoT is this umbrella, because it is part of Nokia’s strategy. We are IoT things in many places and in many different parts of the organization team. ”
Nokia produces itself suitable network communication technology IoT communication. However, the company also aims to look at the side, which sends the data to the network.
“Essential IOT operators is the ease of joining the network, sufficient network capacity, the need to collect data and transmit the content.”
Cash prizes will not be shared at all. Instead there is two days practical training in a business and technology mentoring, an open door to Nokia’s ecosystem, as well as contacts with private equity investors and the market in different countries.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/hyvia-ideoita-syntyy-yrityksen-ulkopuolella-nokia-etsii-uusia-oivalluksia-startupien-iot-kisalla-6589775
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IT found the security insurances – “unnecessary security is not worth the cost”
The first security insurance in Finland brought an American insurance company AIG began in 2013. Second best Nordic insurance company If P & C for about one and a half years ago.
“Security insurance sales have picked up all the time,” If’s product manager Tapio says Valtonen at the reception.
According to him, the insurance-takers are particularly trade operators, IT companies, as well as professional services such as accounting and consultancy firms.
Security insurance typically reimburses the costs caused by a data breach detection of causes and effects, and restore the data. Insurance can also be replaced by a business interruption losses.
Demand may accelerate the EU’s new Data Protection Regulation. It requires companies to specifically address the safety of personal data and requires in the event of burglary, for example, to notify the data protection authority of the burglary. Insurance can replace the additional costs brought about by the application of the Regulation.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/it-ala-loysi-tietoturvavakuutukset-tarpeettomasta-turvasta-ei-kannata-maksaa-6590628
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Denial of Service Attack crashed Finnish electronic prescription system
use of electronic prescriptions was this week in problems due to a denial of service attack, says Kela.
Electronic prescription is a part of the National Health archive or regular services.
According to Uusi Suomi magazine , the backlog was dashed on Tuesday, at 16.30 to 17 during the period from and after six service was again difficult to reach.
Souce: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/palvelunestohyokkays-kaatoi-suomen-sahkoisen-reseptijarjestelman-6590803
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Tremble, Uber! “The stupid button” Finland gives traditional taxis new weapon
You are in Paris or at the hotel bar in Espoo, but going away. You press the big button respassa the hotel or at the bar. Button flanked by roving green LED light turns on, and as soon as you step into a taxi. This is a Finnish start-up truck Bttn simple invention.
Startup office in Vallila, Helsinki is constant buzz. Box Stack feature packed client awaiting delivery Bttn-buttons
Wireless Bttn-buttons are purchased, for example, taxi firms in Europe, America and Oceania.
“A clear target group are also digital marketing agencies,”
Bttn tends extreme simplicity.
“The button is a dumb device that anyone can use and which can communicate or ask for help,” said Pesola.
The idea is that the button works without the use of training and that it always does just one thing.
Parisian taxi company Taxi Le Bleu, who wanted to go to the fight against Uber: Just over a year ago ordered a taxi company for more than 500 Bttn button, which was provided mainly in hotels. The best places has been ordered more than a hundred a day a taxi, and a total of about a year was commissioned more than 80 000 cars.
“Hotels-saving push the price back about a week, when they shall avoid service center payment of taxis,”
A single push of the current price Bttn does not publish, but something can be inferred from a couple of years ago, led by Indiegogo number of financial campaign. In the one-button got 99 dollars
Bttn has gained success in the taxi sector in the United States, where it opened an office a year ago.
The button of the intellect in the cloud
Button is a wireless network connection, and there are several different types of connections. The newest option is designed for the Internet of Things Sigfox, which has the advantage of very low power consumption and years of battery life.
a simple button intellect gets in the cloud. On the Dashboard, the buyer sees it owns buttons and defines what happens on pressing a button. Available options include email, SMS, tweet, http, ifttt, zapier and the REST API.
“In product development, a lot of resources have been used in server logic, authentication services, data security and user interface as simple as possible,”
The starting point was the Raspberry Pi
Bttn founder Harri Rautio was born the idea to simplify things extremely cheap computer Raspberry mini-pin using.
Finnkino took the keys to the movie theater for that movie viewers can press the button to summon the staff representative. Taxi company Kajo acquired buttons for restaurants orders.
The pilot phase glorified, that simple idea to carry. for a fixed period, given a first contingent financing, investors were convinced.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/vapise-uber-tyhma-nappi-suomesta-antaa-perinteisille-takseille-uuden-aseen-6589675
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Artificial intelligence Finland the growth seed?
Maximum utilization of Artificial Intelligence could double the economic growth in Finland by 2035, is estimated to consulting firm Accenture report. Country comparisons, Finland was ranked second after the United States of artificial intelligence studies the economic growth potential.
The study compared the year 2035 the economic situation in the countries in the baseline scenario, showing the expected economic growth, according to current perceptions, as well as artificial intelligence, spiced with the economic scenario.
Finland ranked artificial intelligence, economic growth potential, the second after the United States. According to the study of artificial intelligence could increase by 2.1 per cent of Finland’s gross value added in the annual growth to 4.1 per cent by 2035. Thus the Finnish economy could double in 17 years, when without any artificial intelligence, it would take 33 years.
“Advanced technologies and their economic exploitation have long formed the basis for economic development in Finland,” says Tomas Nyström, Accenture’s chief technology officer Finland.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/17/tekoalysta-suomen-kasvun-siemen/
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Digitalization arrives at the traffic – a robot cars in the experiment
Electronic transport and robotic vehicles are for the future. ” Digitalization, automation, jakamistalous and new types of services change their transport markets all over the world, “said Transport Safety Agency held Trafi CEO Kari Wihlman Helsinki conference.
“Traffic in the automation world is running a race and is essential for the detection and exploitation of new business opportunities,” said Wihlman. It is a robot buses in addition to the testing of älyväyläpalveluiden next year in the Baltic Sea. They precede the actual robot ships experiments in the future.
Digitalization permeates the entire transport system in the future. “Big Data, open data, MyData, spatial data, all based on knowledge,” said Wihlman. Vehicle tekisteriote is already in electronic form, but next year will also be tested virtual driving license, which can be used as a smart phone.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/14/digitalisaatio-saapuu-liikenteeseen-robottiautot-kokeiluun/
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Liikenteen Tila 2013
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China’s unmanned drones UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) manufacturer PowerVision has opened a R & D unit at Tampere.
Power Vision’s decision to rank Finland contributed to the knowledge here, which is well served by the Chinese company’s product development needs. created by Finnish mobile phone industry, strong know-how in particular, wireless communication systems, imaging technologies, sensors and location technologies in the development of serve particularly well suited for Power Vision R & D activities.
- Finland has an amazingly strong R & D expertise in the Power Vision technology in key sectors in the development of UAVs and robots. Finnish experts are highly reliable and loyal to the company, which is a significant issue for the Power Vision and long-term development work, “says Power Vision Oy Huber Hu.
Power Vision drones are used, inter alia, support for agriculture, energy, industry, police and rescue work. Power Vision has published this first summers of consumer products under the brand names “PowerEgg” and “PowerEye”.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5233:tampereelle-nelikopterien-tuotekehitysta&catid=13&Itemid=101
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The optical fiber would accelerate the growth of Finland
The role of optical fiber networks to regional economic development is the OECD to a study commissioned by a major. Without a working network connection to a remote location can be an even more distant. In addition, faster mobile networks need fiber to communicate with base stations.
Fibre Networks Finland should see fiber networks activating Finnish Regional Networks Association, the major regional development of an enabling structure.
OECD commissioned the investigation has shown that the fiber-optic connections to be increased by ten per cent, the employment rate rises to 1.1 per cent of the area and the area established as one of the new business per 12 000 inhabitants.
‘ Effective networking is a major part of the basic fabric of society. Reliable, rapid and sustainable development to ensure a fiber optic connection, ” says Finnish Regional Networks Association’s Chairman Jarno Laitinen.
The European Commission’s strategy is aligned with that by 2020 at least half of EU households have more than 100 Mbps internet access.
At the moment, Finnish broadband connections for about a quarter of these quick, more than 100 Mbps connections. The majority of these have been implemented optical fiber.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/14/valokuitu-vauhdittaisi-suomen-kasvua/
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ionSign from Rauma Finland develops data collection devices, which collected data can be transferred directly to the commercial Amazon, IBM or Microsoft’s Azure cloud.
Gluon GMU491 solution is wired to the process:
- The signal can be in industry standard current or voltage signal, digital pulse or switch data, Pt1000 temperature signal or fieldbus data. We support the Modbus fieldbus
The device is suitable for many kinds of data collection, as the signal source can be a sensor, gauge, programmable logic controller (PLC) or automation system. – We are currently developing solutions for the wireless sensor data acquisition device.
ionSign device integrated with the ability to export data directly to commercial cloud servers. The solution is intended for industrial and commercial IoT applications requiring the measurement data, and which is not ready “online” or available on the IP network.
- Techniques technologies are applied, for example, system integrators, data analysis houses, energy and real estate management service providers.
IonSign is a good example of the fact that Finland can make a distinct market products. The company manufactures equipment Rauma partner and used industrial designers are found in Satakunta.
- This makes the operation flexible and, at least at current volumes also cost-effective.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5245:raumalainen-ionsign-iot-data-suoraan-kaupalliseen-pilveen&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Finnish group funded ASMO-charger deliveries beginning
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Finnish funded a number of ASMO-charger deliveries beginning
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Safer and smarter advertising themselves as Finnish ASMO charger production started yesterday and the first major batch of chargers delivered on 25 October and the delivery time will be approximately 1-3 weeks. ASMO-charger gathered led by Indiegogo-financing a number of 92 938 dollar pot, even though the campaign target amount of $ 10 000.
The first version of the charger is the EU-plug and a micro-USB connector. Apple Lightning Charger situation will be offered the Lightning adapter delivery model.
ASMO-charger is available for preorder on the company’s website EUR 39.95 to 89.95 and assay provides for pre-order alternators in a lifetime guarantee.
Source: http://muropaketti.com/taskumuro/mobiiliuutiset/suomalaisen-joukkorahoitetun-asmo-laturin-toimitukset-alkamassa/?utm_source=highfi&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generic
Company web page: http://www.asmosolutions.com/
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Only few have the telly, which is required in the future
High-definition televisions are becoming more common slow terrestrial households, says Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority. High-definition or high-definition broadcasts enabling television or set-top box is the most recent survey, only 39 percent of households, in which it is possible to receive only through terrestrial TV programs.
TV terrestrial network migrates to the DVB-T2 broadcasting technology March by 2020. The new broadcasting technology allows for high-definition software supply or, alternatively, sending more basic level channels. Pay-TV channels transferred to the DVB-T2 transmissions in the past.
Cable Ready HD label tells you that the receiver has been tested in Finland, and that it can be viewed in the terrestrial television broadcasting both basic and high definition level. List of tested receivers can be found at: http://www.testatutlaitteet.fi
Cable, satellite and IPTV broadcasting technology is not going to change.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/vasta-harvalla-on-telkkari-joka-on-tulevaisuudessa-pakollinen-6591654
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Finland has achieved international fame as one of the world’s most equal and the education of the most advanced countries, and not without reason.
The Finnish education system has been repeatedly ranked among the world rankings among the best and happiness in international comparisons, Finland has proven to be one of the best countries to live in.
Finnish and other Nordic countries in the world have been found to keep the benchmark of reflection on how things should be better managed. The Nordic welfare model is also being considered
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-2000001934083.html
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FinnBuild2016: The construction sector believes in IoT technology
Digitalization is revolutionizing like other sectors, including the construction sector, but the future is still a long traditional technology. IoT will be the first, but completely 3D-printed building elements is generally still some way off.
Instead of large-scale disasters, the construction company YIT Plus Development Manager Toni Ruuska believes digitalisation alter the construction sector almost unnoticed. “People will realize the difference until afterwards in deciding whether a case is sometimes done otherwise,” he says.
Entire buildings print 3D technology are still in the distant future. The next few years is the keyword of objects and things Internet of Things, IoT, for which is being built in Finland several sensor networks. Building automation and control are given new tools IoT technology.
In the construction of IoT technologies are fitted to the working sensors that can convey real-time information on the use and the problems of the device. This machine repairs can be anticipated.
Data also allows automatic refills without any unnecessary hassle.
“Construction is now the same as the turning point in the media industry 15 years ago. Companies have to decide whether they will forcibly stick to their old practices, or feel free to step the digital world. ”
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/13/rakennusala-uskoo-iot-tekniikkaan/
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F-Secure’s development is delayed: the Internet of Things data security would already need
Security company F-Secure, a year ago, the Internet of Things uncover safety device development Sense has proved more difficult than expected. Fresh CEO Samu Konttinen rely on the product still to be completed.
A year ago, Sense, was presented to the media, and it was estimated conservatively to be completed in the spring of 2016. Then, perhaps, the target moved to the summer and autumn.
Sense is the Internet of Things security equipment for homes, through which F-Secure to protect all the computers in your home and the other linked to the wireless LAN equipment. Wireless connections have become more domestic appliances, entertainment equipment, TV sets, as well as, for example, ground source heat pumps. They often do not have any security.
However, the protection of all devices is not easy. Different types of devices do not have common interfaces, but the safety device should still be easy enough to use for ordinary people.
“We had to move the launch. We want a sufficiently high level of quality,”
F-Secure has increased the resources for product development. The device is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/f-securen-kehityshanke-myohastyy-esineiden-internetin-tietoturvalle-olisi-jo-tarvetta-6590916
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Finnish machine vision company aims to be world’s largest in infrastructure machine vision in 2025
Vionicen business idea is to scan by machine vision means of the condition of roads and railways in real time. The company recently surveyed VR Track Finnish Railways speed limit signs in good condition.
Consideration received in respect of feeding for the fact that, only the locomotive window mobile phone that tracks your image at work was needed.
“Our idea is to use a little known techniques in a new way,”
Melander became interested in the infrastructure and the integration of vision when operating in three years the Finnish Transport Agency project manager.
Vionicen fresh excerpt has garnered plenty of customers.
“In the spring we had 15 paying customers, and now the 22 most significant are the VR, the Norwegian Transport Agency Vegvesen and the City of Tampere.”
“The aim is that we already have 200 customers next year. In 2025, we have then the world’s largest infrastructure provider in the world of knowledge production,” says Melander.
Vionice currently has eight employees in Lappeenranta. The CEO does not promise extensive new recruitment, in spite of the increase in business.
“Our situation resembles the game industry. We are able to grow revenues in a scalable service model significantly increase only a couple of people.”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomalainen-konenako-aikoo-maailman-suurimmaksi-infratiedossa-vuonna-2025-6590912
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Elisa and Ambientia IoT cooperation
Software company Ambientia to strengthen its foothold in the Internet of Things with Elisa. The company can take advantage of Elisa’s IoT platform, which is based on Thingworx technology.
Elisa launched cooperation with the US ThingWorxin in 2015, since when platform has been developed and utilized offered by Elisa’s corporate customers in industrial internet solutions.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/21/elisa-ambientia-iot-yhteistyohon/
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IT outsourcing will fade – Digitalisation be sold
IT service provider Enfo tacks big market changes. The focus has shifted in the direction of outsourcing services in support of the new digitalisation of IT services.
“Before, our customers highlighted the effectiveness of the requirements and cost pressures. Now they are hoping that Enfo could help in creating new digital business. Earlier this particularly wanted to Swedish customers, now Finnish customers want the same, ”
Savo estimates that the Finnish and Swedish BI market is worth approximately EUR one billion and growing at six to eight per cent per annum.
“Bi-business growth explains a large part of our revenue growth. However, the bi-market is very fragmented; accompanied by many players, none of whom are not even 10 per cent market share. Enfo’s now accounts for about three percent, ”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/it-ulkoistus-hiipuu-digitalisaatio-kay-kaupaksi-6592576
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Mars lander was destroyed
Widely followed Schiaparelli Mars lander crashed in Wednesday’s fall miserably. An abortive landing crashed in the Finnish sensing and information technology.
Last Wednesday, the descent of the original did not go according to plan, but Schiaparelli was crushed by too high speeds on the surface of Mars.
Measuring systems of the atmospheric pressure and humidity developed by the Finnish Meteorological Institute measuring devices DREAMS-P and H-DREAMS. They were also involved in Vaisala sensor technology.
Vaisala humidity sensors and pressure sensors are part of the same types of devices as the Finnish Meteorological Institute in NASA’s Curiosity rover involved.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/23/mars-laskeutuja-tuhoutui-mukana-meni-suomalaistekniikkaa/
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Gigabit broadband should be available to all real estate and homes in 2025, outlined the European Commission in September. Finnish operators’ current investment pace is inaccessible.
The European Commission justifies the objective of the fact that in 2025 gigabit connections, many such services and applications would become possible, which fail to meaningfully current connections.
The Commission cites the example taken from the patient computed tomography images with Charging current 20 megabit connections it would take 14 minutes, and gigabit connections to only 40 seconds.
As another example, it has been suggested to download 4k resolution (Ultra-HD) movie: 11 hours now, and half an hour gigs of broadband. Downloading or smartphone content: approximately four hours now, and later only 11 minutes.
Even in the 2020s will be fast 5g networks alone will not solve the problem, because they too require in order to speed fixed connections.
Finnet Association estimates that reaching the target would require the withdrawal of an optical fiber to every Finnish approximately 2.3 million homes, businesses, and other property.
Work is thus still a lot of face if Finland intends to achieve the EU target set – now optical fiber is pulled to approximately 500 000 in real estate, and an additional 100 000 to the apartment.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomi-ei-nykytahdilla-mitenkaan-ylla-kansainvalisiin-tavoitteisiin-pitaisi-herata-6593455
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Finnish companies go slowly to IoT-business
Internet of Things promises a lot: new business opportunities for data collection, analytics than services. The world companies go up fast, the frenzy of IoT, but we are quite slow. – Digital affairs does not adequately be prepared to invest, says IoT services to develop Ambientia CEO Ville Availa.
Availan that companies are investing yes to traditional equipment and factories huge amounts of money, but IoT efforts are still limited. – Techniques should also be tested to a sufficient extent, nearly all the ideas will not be successful. Hackathon culture is fortunately a bit to open the doors in the right direction.
remote monitoring in the cloud
Other companies willing to develop comprehensive solutions. As SKS Automation, which is presented to the Tampere Energy Fair 2016 IoTKey control of a new system of machines and processes, as well as predictive condition monitoring. The solution is to scale Mølla way of a unique entity.
- We provide our customers with a system that can be used, for example, to optimize preventive maintenance according to the situation. Controlled items can be tracked on a computer or mobile devices. Intelligent Transmitter monitors independently, for example, alarm limits, and generates a message as soon as the limit values are met, the image SKS Automation CEO Rami Hakala.
IoTKey advantage of one of the most popular IoT network technologies, ie LoRa.
Lora technology choice Hakala of its suitability for industrial use. – Lora outdooes has a range of 15 kilometers and passes signals on well inside.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5284:suomalaisyritykset-lahtevat-hitaasti-iot-bisnekseen&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Finland shares knowledge – the fifth open
Many European countries already start to get to a stage where they can enjoy the benefits of open data production, says a recent report from Capgemini. Finland is one of the pioneer countries that still ranks, but many other countries are developing even faster than Finland, too.
Mainly in all European countries that is already 81 per cent have special open data policy, says a new report commissioned by the European Commission’s “Open Data Maturity in Europe 2016: Insights into the European state of play ”.
Finland ranks of open data index in terms of research as the fifth among the pioneer countries, which also includes Spain, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Austria. Finland exceeds the EU average as open data policy, use the effects.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/24/suomi-pihtaa-tietojaan-viidenneksi-avoin/
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IoT company safety award
Tosibox provides encrypted remote connections is selected as the security company. The award was presented Finnish security trade magazine, supported by companies and organizations.
Finnish Security Awards came Tosibox In the security business category. The award was presented Security & Risk Management magazine.
Real-Box products will bring more security quickly growing Internet of Things. The products are intended for use in industrial and building automation systems, but they can be used to create a secure VPN connection between almost any type of equipment.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/17/iot-yritykselle-turvallisuuspalkinto/
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Digital and IoT will increase investment in software
The majority of large enterprises in research and product development is intended for the development of software and a variety of service ideas, occurs PwC’s publication of the Report on the Global Innovation 1000. According to Finland has reached six companies. The share of software and services to increase the digitalisation and IoT solutions.
Major global companies spend on R & D budgets on the ever-growing share of software development. Most of this very trend is in North America, told US-based consulting firm PwC report.
” Software enable all sectors of new business models, and, inter alia, by means of the Internet of Things (IoT), companies can combine their products, customers and producers, says Tuomas Törmänen, PwC Strategy & Sector.
Software and dotting the share of services throughout the product development grew globally by 54 per cent to 59 per cent from 2010 to 2015. By 2020, the figure will rise to 63 per cent, so the share of manufactured products in the future is only just over a third of product development.
Software is needed to maintain competitiveness.
Worldwide software-related R & D grew by 65 percent from 2010 to 2015, 86 billion to $ 142 billion. Most of the fastest displacement of investments to software in North America.
” For Business we need more experts to develop software to analyze the data and produce platforms for the collection and analysis of data more efficient, ‘
Mapping also shows that by 2018 the health sector becomes the industries largest R & D investor.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/26/digi-iot-nostavat-ohjelmistopanostuksia/
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BBC Micro:bit is piloted Espoo
Supporting schoolchildren digital teaching the BBC Micro: bit PC card will be piloted in Espoo, Finland. The project is supported by the BBC Micro: bit Foundation leader Zach Shelby in addition to Etteplan’s IoT, Vice President of Jaakko Ala-Paavola and educational organization Mehackit.
Great Britain has been since March 2016, divided into about a million persons studying in the seventh grade schoolchildren BBC Micro: bit computer board. Now supporting educational projects in British Foundation will help the Finnish secondary schools with Mehackit-company training.
“It’s been amazing to see the enthusiasm of the students’ and teachers’ ‘, Ala-Paavola says. He believes that the platform enables the programming interface for other subjects teaching.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/26/bbcn-korttimikroa-pilotoidaan-espoossa/
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The award snapped – solar energy will be delivered to your door
The research center VTT sian idea for a tailor-made package of solar energy, Fortum won the Hack the Solar -kehittäjäkisan. Award winners received EUR 10 000.
Fortum selected a developer event 12 team, the challenge was. develops products and services. The winning idea main idea is to create customer tailored solar energy package based on the customer’s own consumption data, which includes information on the appropriate panel, battery, inverter, and the size of the main fuse.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/27/palkinto-napsahti-aurinkoenergia-tulee-kotiovelle/
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A new kind of travel along radio technology develops Kyynel has received $ 10 million in capital funding. ” Investors are looking for large growth, ‘
A tear was founded only five years ago. The company operates internationally more recognizable KNL Networksname. The company develops long-range radio system based on software radio technology, for example, are sailing the seas cargo ships.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/28/oululainen-kyynel-radio-sai-lisaa-tukea/
Company: http://www.kyynel.net/
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Nixu acquires Swedish security consultant – “We want to grow rapidly in Sweden”
Nixu security company to buy the Swedish computer security consulting company Safeside Solutions AB.
Net debt-free acquisition price is approximately EUR 1.75 million
Safesiden of 2015, net sales amounted to approximately EUR 2.4 million and Nixu according to the company to grow profitably.
“We want to grow in Sweden rapidly to become one of the largest service providers in the cyber security and then find the already existing teams and integration is a quick way to boost growth equal”, Nixu CEO Petri Kairinen says.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/nixu-ostaa-ruotsalaisen-tietoturvakonsultin-haluamme-kasvaa-ruotsissa-nopeasti-6594825
Tomi Engdahl says:
Engineer is paid too little!
Ericsson President and CEO Olli Sirkka Finland is not completely lost his Finnish debate on the competitiveness of our country. By cutting wages or by lengthening working hours a little bit, it does not improve. According to Sirkka should go in another direction. – We have an engineer too little paid. That’s why we do not get here to attract talent from elsewhere.
Actually, Sirkka not blame the Finnish engineer salary, but all of it to pay for. This problem kiky Agreement lengthening of working hours is not correct. the competitiveness of creative work such a model can not be cured anyway.
Ericsson is going through hard times the company’s Finnish units. Uptime is a Group-wide co-operation negotiations. In Finland, the company has 900 employees, including 800 in Kirkkonummi and the rest of Oulu. Pico base station development has already decided to move away from Oulu to Canada.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5305:insinoorille-maksetaan-liian-vahan&catid=13&Itemid=101
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The Finnish Innovation controls the electrical equipment
Reactive Technologies’ (from Oulu Finland) technology can control the connected devices in smart electrical network. The solution has been tested in the UK and now it is declared for commercial customers. Latest money at the company received an investment company Octopus Capital.
(Grid Data and Measurement System) Reactive Technologies GDMS solution, the devices receive data via the electricity network. For example, the system may prompt the freezer to raise the temperature of half a degree. GDMS allows extremely fast, automated response network load. Appliances are controlled via a grid of small frequency changes.
“GDMS counts of smart grids construction costs significantly and enables everyday devices such as refrigerators and air conditioners smartifying expose them to Internet security threats,”
the importance of data collection has been on the rise in electricity networks, the future electricity networks are experiencing great changes, when the solar panels, battery systems and electric cars are becoming more common.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/28/suomalaisinnovaatio-ohjaa-sahkolaitteita/
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VTT will bring the robot to the shopping center
VTT Technical Research Centre shopping center will test Ideapark service robots operate autonomously shopping environment. First trial Pepper robot starts at Lempäälän mall.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/18/vtt-tuo-robotin-kauppakeskukseen/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Why forest resources is still used in bulk production, the data and Digitalisation also allows for radically higher value-added? This question sought answers to last week’s international photonics and metsäbiotalouden Forest & Photonics event in Koli. In the future, forest machines must have an even more intelligent and networked.
VTT’s research director Harri Kopola usutti keynote address at the event companies to pull down barriers and to cooperate with the risk that competitors scare and would be tempted to protect the existing core business.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/31/metsakoneet-tiukemmin-verkko-ohjaukseen/
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Now you want a remote controller IoT household appliances
Remote control of home appliances interested in Finnish, survives Siemens commissioned the poll. It bodes well for the future of IoT device developers.
Siemens’ survey, at present, almost 70 per cent of Finnish stays at home to monitor the progress of home appliances. In other countries, mainly machinery are allowed to self. Yet in all countries, a majority believed the remote control to bring relief to uncertainty.
Most Finnish interested in the possibility of controlling smart equipment washing machine (34.7%) of the oven (28.7%), coffee maker (25.5%) and dishwasher (24.5%).
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/10/31/halutaan-etaohjattavia-kodinkoneita/
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Mobile data is transferred to an average of 8.4 gigabytes per month
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority statistics show that mobile network broadband subscriptions is transferred to an average of 8.4 gigabytes of data per month. The new mobile operator Moi speaks for itself, and through its associations of data passing an average of more than 12 gigabytes.
- Moi customers’ data usage by up to 90 percent passing the 4G network
Finnish data has focused on homes with WLAN access points. – We have been replaced by an exceptionally large number of fixed broadband access to mobile connections. Finnish mobile technology has made this possible
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5316&via=n&datum=2016-10-31_13:44:33&mottagare=30929
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University of Oulu’s Microelectronics Research Unit new manufacturing method for ceramic components, which opens up the opportunity to implement electronic and communication applications in a wealth of new features have been developed. Thanks to this method ceramic components can be made directly to 3D printing or as part of printable electronics.
Until now, ceramic components manufacturing has required very high heat treatment of 850-2000 degrees Celsius
Dr. Hannah Student Kähäri developing the manufacturing process to be successful manufacture ceramic components at room temperature.
The method of production of the basic idea of the core is a partial dissolution of the ceramic powder. After pressing, the component to dry at room temperature sufficiently dense and hard size changes.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5328&via=n&datum=2016-11-01_14:10:14&mottagare=30929
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A Finnish company wants to revolutionize the logic circuits
Finland will seldom innovation in the semiconductor industry, but the Espoo Pixpolar trying to do this with a new logic technology. It is based on the JFET structure or field-effect transistor, which has many advantages compared to the traditional side of CMOS-based logic.
, the technology will be implemented in different logic voltage pairs, unlike CMOS logic. Increased the technique is implemented in any semiconductor material.
- Based on JFET transistor logic power consumption would be at least as low as the CMOS logic, because the technology eliminates the far gate leakage current and the channel leakage current
The replacement of a single MOSFET needs two JFETs, so the new logic chip level technology takes up more space
The new logic technology may be implemented as a voltage level control, which is not correct to take the current CMOS logic.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5315&via=n&datum=2016-10-31_13:44:33&mottagare=30929
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Finland may become the northern intersection of data
Early next year to start operations in Helsinki Equinix new exchange point, which brings Germany to future sea cable to Finland 2.4 terabytes data connections to Europe. Equinix Country Manager Sami Holopainen can see that the support of the Northeast Passage data cable from Finland will become the main hub for Europe and Asia, between the data traffic.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5317&via=n&datum=2016-10-31_13:44:33&mottagare=30929
Tomi Engdahl says:
Technology is no longer shrinking
The technology industry has had a number of difficult years. However, in the technology industry Jorma Turunen, CEO sees signs of better already. – On the basis of the past few months from order trends in turnover of technology industry companies is expected to be in the winter at about the same level as last year, Turunen estimates.
The technology industry companies Turunen says that every opportunity to succeed, as long as the competitiveness of the operating environment is taken care of. The segment’s revenue this year is expected to remain around 70 billion.
Technology Industries of Finland, net sales of enterprises totaled just over EUR 68 billion in 2015. This year in January-July net sales were two percent lower than last year during the same period. Exports of goods fell by eight per cent.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5322:teknologiateollisuus-ei-enaa-kutistu&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
Technology Industrial companies have Industry Association considers all the potential to succeed, as long as competitiveness is taken care of. The order backlog is still lower than last year. Only the maritime industry, as well as the electrical and electronics industry promises to improve slightly.
he turnover of technology industry companies in Finland was a year ago more than EUR 68 billion. This year in January-July net sales were two percent lower than last year during the same period. This year’s net sales will be approximately EUR 70 billion.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/01/tuotanto-junnaa-edelleen-kasvua-robotiikalla/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Total exports fell in August – electrical engineering rose
Finland value of goods exports in August fell by two per cent from the year before, according to statistics of Customs foreign trade. Exports amounted to slightly more than EUR 3.9 billion. In electrical engineering, generators and engines, the export increased by 22 percent from last year.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/03/kokonaisvienti-laski-elokuussa-sahkotekniikka-nousi/
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The Tampere-based VLSI Solution is a circuit design house for quite a rarity in Finland. The first MP3 decoder circuitry, the company introduced 15 years ago. Now VLSI presents the development of the card, which is intended for the so-called. that is, high-definition sound to produce a variety of high-resolution audio devices.
VLSI’s Managing Director Teppo Kareman of the new VS1005 circuit – which is the heart of the development of the card – has already been delivered to customers in approximately one hundred thousand copies.
VLSI during the 15-year history of the sound processing has become commonplace. – Today’s youth is already so accustomed to the processed sound that does not even bother to think about the matter. Great pictured voice transmission recording studio to listen to the end-user is currently a top-notch compared to the vinyl era
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5335:tamperelaispiirilla-huippuluokan-aanta&catid=13&Itemid=101
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“Bullseye” – defense course in the IT industry created a safe operator
first in the history country coding course, which could be described as the IT sector in exchange for the traditional national defense course held in Finland in September. The subject of the course was omadata (MyData), ie the principle that every citizen should have the right to control the information collected about themselves and their use.
six people sit in the data fields of the Board of Directors of companies in the technology industry and electricity. Included were data, Innofactor, Basware, Affecto, F-Secure and Gofore.
Companies paid workers’ wages when they worked at course for the common good in front of a total of three days a week for three weeks.
Coders designed a website for an imaginary operator, through which a citizen may be able to give consent for their data, possibly against payment and purchase omaData enabled services.
The topic should be topical and important. MyData-subject he characterizes as “Bullseye”.
In addition, the group developed a prototype service, which the citizen would be able to sort out your transport carbon footprint a few keystrokes. Citizens need only disclose the use of a service, for example, VR, HSL and other transport companies’ information about themselves.
“It was liberating, when you got a day to think about only one thing and nothing else. Colleagues Goforella knew the situation and reacted with understanding.”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/napakymppi-it-alan-maanpuolustuskurssi-loi-turvallisen-operaattorin-6596496
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Digitalist Ville Tolvanen criticizes corporate websites – “should one eye open waiting for the company to inform”
Business website can be outdated concept, which lives in the old world, atleast if the latter asks the Messenger digitalisation Ville Tolvanen.
Tolvanen confuse how companies assume that customers will find their information published on their website. No one will generally read the business homepages, Tolvanen says.
Multi-channel also creates problems.
“I have sometimes thought that what should happen in my life that I would go saarioinen.fi-page”, Tolvanen says.
Tolvanen that this approach is completely wrong and people get information in today’s world in the same way. Now you should go to the new world from the top down to draw the transformation and not just trying to digitize old, Tolvanen says.
At the same categories of outdated concepts Tolvanen list of e-mail.
Young people are using instant messaging, Tolvanen says that “to e-mail on steroids”
Tolvanen idea is that they want people to get yes in modern times to catch a variety of other tools such as instant messaging and what social media tools.
Source. http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/digitalisti-ville-tolvanen-suomii-yritysten-kotisivuja-pitaisi-yksi-silma-auki-odottaa-mita-firma-tiedottaa-6596422
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finnish schools get programmable little robots
Supercell-founders of Me Foundation donates Finnish schools 250 compact programmable Robbo robots. The purpose is to provide schools with new ways to teach programming and robotics. At the same aims BBC Micro: bit-board computers to Finland brought Mehackit its partners.
Me Foundation donated Robbo-pienoisrobottien addition, schools will receive coding and robotics educational materials. Coding schools! called the project specifically aims to support primary schools after-school activities at various locations. Target schools is 25, and 250 robots.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/05/suomalaiskouluihin-ohjelmoitavia-pikkurobotteja-supercellin-perustajat-taustalla/