Finland.
A library becomes shared civic space. A museum roof becomes a square. A microphone can be thrown across the room. Finland offers different ways to make a new possibility easy to approach.
Start with Solar Foods Factory 01.
A new kind of harvest, under one roof.
In Vantaa, Solar Foods grows a protein ingredient using microbes, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and electricity. The next test is making the process work at scale.
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Borrow a little possibility.
Helsinki’s Oodi brings books, studios, workspaces and shared equipment together in a public place where spending money is not the price of admission.
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A new way to put wind to work.
Rotating sails add wind-assisted thrust to existing ships, reducing engine load when route and wind conditions are favourable.
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Computer science, climbed and played.
Helsinki’s Ruoholahti playground turns computing into physical play, with a giant keyboard, a computer tower and activities about instructions and information.
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An art museum, with public life above.
The hills in this Helsinki square are the roof of an art museum. They make space and bring light below while giving the city somewhere to sit and play above.
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A softer way to take the floor.
A soft microphone can be thrown across a room, with its audio muted while it moves.
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Four buttons make feedback hard to postpone.
Four buttons can make feedback part of the visit rather than homework afterwards. HappyOrNot connects a quick response with the place and time it was given.
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A hearing aid can be part of your style.
A hearing aid becomes something its wearer can choose to display as jewellery.
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Make a useful start part of a public service.
A public benefit becomes a practical collection of baby essentials, connected to early contact with maternity services.
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