It takes a while to process the multiplicity of the two-day tech conference Next, which happened in the middle of the four-day Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg. The conversation flowed between consumer trends and music hype, pop-culture, and up-and-coming innovations. At NEXT15, business, lifestyle and technology mingle together and can no longer be separated. This years …
Programming of living organisms, super intelligent algorithms and sensors in human bodies. Although this sounds like the distant future, it can soon become a reality. Jakob Svagin, Project Manager at the hardware accelerator of the Danish Tech Challenge, identifies 3 rapidly developing technologies to keep on eye on. According to Jacob Svagin, what is common …
Solu Machines is developing a radically new approach to computers by reshaping how devices and people coexist in the connected world. Will this small group of innovative people from a basement in Helsinki be able to alter the course of an entire industry? The founder and CEO of Solu Machines, Kristoffer Lawson, talks about why …
SBT Aqua‘s stated goal is to “radically improve the standards of water quality control” to prevent the spread of water-born illnesses, and they are not far from making this a reality. As DTU students, founder and CEO Gustav Erik Skands, along with his team, Frederik Peter Aalund (CIO) and Christian Vinther Bertelsen (CTO), discovered that …
RetinaLyze is a company that aims to help patients with diabetes suffering from Diabetic Retinopathy, a common complication of the disease, by finding distortions in the retina. It is important innovation, since patients rarely ever notice symptoms before an advanced state of the disease, and by then it has a high probability to cause total …
Next week, on September 24th, in Helsinki you have the unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and generate new possibilities within Data Center, Cloud and Internet of Things/Industrial Internet sectors by joining the international conference and exhibition Nordic Digital Business Summit. Anastasia Mc Avennie – Nordic Digital Business Summit Event Director, shares her excitement about the …
Ivar Sagemo, CEO of AIMS Innovation, finds anomalies in complex IT systems. Originally published in #NordicMade magazine In comparison to how most startups are born, the beginning of AIMS Innovation was different. At first there was innovation – in 2011, two scientists at the University of Oslo came up with a technology to detect patterns. …
From Guatemala to Holland to Singapore: this year’s winners of the “Oscars” for designers come from all over the world to receive the prize in Helsingor. The Index Award: Design to Improve Life is widely recognized as the most important and prestigious design award in the world. For the past ten years, an international jury has …
I’m standing in the foyer of the Innovation House in Gloucester, MA. In the kitchen to my left people are cleaning up after lunch and starting preparations for an afternoon garden party hosted by Vivaldi later that day. Located in a beautiful 18th century mansion north of Boston, the Innovation House is locally known as the White …
Last week, leading games VC London Venture Partners (“LVP”) and Klang Games signed an investment agreement to back the gaming company’s future projects, including the upcoming mobile and tablet game, ReRunners. LVP will not only be financially investing in the game developer but also offering valuable knowledge of publishing within the gaming industry. Oddur Magnússon, Developer and …