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Finnish maritime an energy technology company has expanded to space technology. The news come from an interview with Lännen Media and Wärtsilä CEO Jaakko Eskola. In addition there are talks with car and battery company Tesla for using their technology in hybrid engines.
A new type of Pole Climbing Shoes has been introduced by Joensuu based inventor Matti Pölönen. The inventor called the product Genetta, a name referencing genet, a species of civet cat known for their agility and climbing abilities.
Singer Saara Aalto will represent Finland in the Eurovision 2018 song contest held in Lisbon, Portugal. Yleisradio invited the British X Factor 2016 finalist to be the representative in November 2017. All that was left was the choice of the song.
Commercial production of lignin powder begun in Finland in the beginning of 2018. The company behind the Lineo product believes the wood product could find applications everywhere from solar panels to airospace. As a result we may even see the return of wooden airplanes.
The cultural centre of the city of Kemi has created Tärskytoloppa, a method to match people who are looking for a relationship or just new friends for hobbies.
Police in eastern Finland are investigating a case where a police impersonator called from a number coming from a phone number registered to the Finnish Police. The authorities warn the public in case more attempts are made.
This week creme de la creme of mobile communications have been gathered in Barcelona in the Mobile World Congress trade show. At the MWC 2018 all the companies showed their best gear and made predictions about the future. Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri said that the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) mobile networks is proceeding faster than expected.
IKEA, the Swedish retail chain selling furniture and other household goods, has announced plans of opening a new store in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. This would be a third store in the metropolitan area, as the company already operates locations in Espoo and Vantaa.
Nightwish is a Finnish music group that is well known internationally. The bands symphonic metal has captured the hearts and minds of metalheads around the world since it's inception in 1996.
UpCloud is a Finnish provider of hosting services. The company is acclaimed for high performance and reasonable prices - Users on UpCloud can receive significantly better price/performance ratio than on competing services like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Early in 2018 a competitor Digital Ocean dropped their pricing significantly.