Finland

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/18/technology/self-driving-bus-helsinki-finland/?sr=fbCNN081816self-driving-bus-helsinki-finland0509PMStory →

http://inktankmedia.fi/finnish-apps-that-are-taking-over-the-world/ There is more apps coming from Finland than just huge mobile game hits (like Angry Birds, Clash of Clans, etc.). →

Assembly Summer 2016 computer festival was held last weekend. It was about computer gaming and Demoscene. The demoscene is an international computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos: small, self-contained computer programs that produce audio-visual presentations. I was not at the place this year, but I looked at some of the computer demo productions →

Finland is  in northern Europe with an area of 338,432 km2  of which 72% forest, 10% water, 8% cultivated land. Energy in Finland 2016 publication gives you overview of energy consumption in Finland. →

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36763904 Long history ends now. →

There has been so many bad news around the world and about Finland, so here is time for some good news (most picked from Finnfacts): Finland remains world’s least fragile country article tells that for the sixth year in a row Finland has been recognised as the least fragile country in the global Fragile State →

http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/5/12099612/hyperloop-one-helsinki-stockholm-30-minutes-study Some people see that Elon Musk’s vision woud be suitable for fast transportation between Finland and Sweden. Will this be reality some day or just big hype? →

Many Finnish phones have received over the weekend and Monday a text message scam.Messages appear to be from the Croatian and Slovenian telephones, ie + + 385- and 386-numbers.  Did you get this text message? Remove it! I got the message and dis that. Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority Viestintävirasto has written a security note on →

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/10774930.html How well do you know Finland? →

enewable energy is generally defined as energy that is collected from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Based on REN21‘s 2016 report, renewables contributed 19.2% to humans’ global energy consumption and 23.7% to their generation of electricity in 2014 and 2015. Efficient →