The self-driving shuttle bus now officially in the streets of Tallinn emerged from a university robotics course. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. It feels like being in a giant toy car. There’s almost no sound, no steering wheel, no pedals, and, well, no driver either. Unless …
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A good digital government is built on good math, not just good people, according to cyberlaw scholar and legal philosopher Helen Eenmaa-Dimitrieva. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. Every Estonian citizen has an ID number written on a card they use to communicate with the government. They slip …
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The NATO-funded Tallinn University of Technology scientist, Muhammad Mahtab Alam, is making lives safer with smart technology. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. Only a couple of years ago, in the pre-COVID19 world, fears were vastly different as terrorist attacks were sending shockwaves throughout Europe. The pedestrian …
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The Estonian archaeologist, Marika Mägi, argues that the Baltic Finns – the people who lived in the territories of modern Finland and Estonia – were Vikings, too, but the world ignores this fact. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. A scientist’s long crusade for making the world …
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People in many large first world countries are having less children while Estonians are finding ways to halt their long fertility decline. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. When a group of young New York documentary makers came to Estonia to report about its digital society, they …
Estonia has become the world’s centre of mycology against all odds. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. Around every fifth person in Tartu, Estonia’s second-largest town, is a student. The life revolves around the University of Tartu, founded in 1632. This small riverside town hosts some of …
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Estonian biologists have created an app to shine light on one of the most threatening issues on this planet – biodiversity loss. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. “If I would go back to the exact same forest that I visited in the 80s, I would now …
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The coronavirus will not make the climate crisis go away – if anything, it can make it worse, some Estonian scientists say; Research in Estonia investigates. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. With an estimated every third person in the world staying home, our planet is taking …
Tallinn University scientists are exploring new ways of learning in the digital age; passive listening doesn’t bring the best results, they say. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. Spending a day in a conference room with many coffee breaks and endless presentations. Sounds like a typical training …
A laboratory in Tartu, Estonia, brings new hope for a greener future by transforming harmful gases into eco-friendly fuels, materials and chemicals. This article is published in collaboration with Research in Estonia. There is too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and too much waste piling up in the world. …
