Finland

FINLAND has become the world’s first country to release a national soundscape. Commissioned from composer Lauri Porra, the soundscape consists of 15 compositions inspired by the country, its people and their characteristics. https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/25860-finland-becomes-world-s-first-country-to-launch-national-soundscape.html “This understated, minimalist music is meant to create a certain atmosphere,” https://finland.fi/soundscape/ →

Plastic recycling is the process of recovering waste plastic and reprocessing it into new products. It plays a crucial role in reducing the environmental impact of plastic waste by diverting it from landfills and incineration, conserving resources, and minimizing pollution. Plastic recycling is challenge. Plastic recycling has been seen so complex that lots of materials →

Who remembers Phone booths and above all phone cards? Phone cards were a technological advance in the world of public telephone traffic in the 1990s. They allowed to make calls on many phone booths in Finland and phone cards were also a popular collector’s item, collected both used and unused: Telecom companies have placed advertising →

The Finnish sauna is a substantial part of Finnish culture. It was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists at the 17 December 2020 meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The sauna in Finland is an old phenomenon and its roots are difficult to trace. Saunas →

I had most journalism work at Teknologia 2023. I spent last week two days at Teknologia 2023 and Cyber Security Nordic 2023 events in Helsinki Finland. Here are published material from the event: https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/11/07/teknologia23-messut-aukesivat/ – I took picture https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/11/08/teknologia23-suomessa-osataan-sirusuunnittelu-ja-piirituotanto/ – text and pictures https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/11/08/suomalainen-iot-yritys-voitti-tietoturvapalkinnon/ – picture and text material https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2023/11/10/teknologia23-tarjosi-passiivijaahdytysta-reunalaskentaan/ – text and pictures More →

What do Foo Fighters, Slipknot and Wintersun have in commo? The common thing are guitar and bass effect boxes come from Finland. Finnish Darkglass Electronics and Neural DSP export state-of-the-art instrument technology to the world. Neural DSP is developing technology to advance the state of the art in the music industry – mainly effect plug-ins →

‘Pong’ is now half a century old. Pretty much exactly 50 years ago, Atari released Pong. It wasn’t the first video game ever created, nor the original take on virtual table tennis – But in Pong, the early video game industry was born in 1972. A few years later, the home version of Pong would →

Finnish bank hacking disaster: 150 data breaches, 53 frauds, loot of millions, a group of friends involved, bug has been on-line for months, allowed fraudent authentication to third party services (like medical records, taxes, etc.) On Tuesday, S-Pankki (S-bank) announced a vulnerability that occurred in the spring and summer when identifying with online banking credentials. →

New European supercomputer is inaugurated in Finland. LUMI is the fastest and most energy-efficient supercomputer in Europe, ranked also the third fastest in the world. It will have an expected peak performance of 550 petaflops (550 million billion calculations per second) while being fully powered by renewable energy: LUMI uses natural cooling systems and its →

15 Finnish Inventions That Changed The World https://www.finnstyle.com/inventions.html We have Finland to thank for a lot of the products and services used worldwide today. These Finnish inventions have made lives easier, safer, or more enjoyable. →