Leaving traces is the theme of our latest Magazine issue
In this issue’s Openings column, Vice President for Research Ossi Naukkarinen points out that we have both the ability as well as an obligation to perform acts that can have a big impact long into the future. Although some of our actions will amount to little more than ‘ripples’ that wane away before anyone notices them, others might grow to unpredictable heights.
The main article deals with weak signals: what they are, how they are studied and what they can tell us. The piece also contains concrete advice on how to master weak signals.
Tips for reducing your personal carbon footprint are available via a mobile app developed by a startup, Spark Sustainability. The company’s story got started from a desire to change the world.
The Who column interviews Media Lab alumna Ksenia Avetisova, who is now in charge of the Enhanced Reality Centre of Excellence at TietoEVRY. For her, technology is a tool to empower, not replace, people.
On the go recounts how alumna and NHG Research Director Riikka-Leena Leskelä returned É«É«À²â€™s virtual lecture halls this corona spring and what she learned there.
Two articles take a peek at multidisciplinary cooperation and promising new health care solutions. The first details how biomaterials could be used to repair tissue damage and showcases a student-driven renovation of a hospital roof terrace that has the goal of facilitating the recovery of mental health patients. The On science article focuses on wearable electronics solutions, such as smart gloves, that enable the tailoring of individualised rehabilitation regimens for stroke patients.
The latest issue is published in Finnish and in English. A digital version can be read on , in addition to which some articles are available at the address aalto.fi/magazine.
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New Academy Research Fellows and Academy Projects
A total of 44 Aalto researchers received Academy Research Fellowship and Academy Project funding from the Research Council of Finland – congratulations to all!
FITech Network University's new project increases the network’s capabilities in continuous learning
FITech's new FITech FORWARD project aims to develop the member universities’ ability to create offerings of continuous learning and micro-credentials to meet the current skill needs in the field of technology. Besides Aalto University, also Tampere University, University of Oulu, and University of Vaasa are involved in the project.
Pollinators – tiny helpers in the work for biodiversity
Bee-assisted biomonitoring has started on the Otaniemi campus.