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FT visits Estonia to find out about its digital leap (video)

Estonian World / March 28, 2013

Citizens and entrepreneurs are reaping benefits from Estonia’s 1996 ‘Tiger’s Leap’ technology programme. Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business news and information newspaper, visited Estonia to discover why policy makers from around the world are trekking to the tiny Baltic state. I Report by Richard Milne Produced and edited by Helen Barrett, filmed by […]

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ZeroTurnaround completes its first foreign acquisition

Estonian World / March 23, 2013

The software developer ZeroTurnaround, founded in Tartu, Estonia, has acquired the Danish software company Javeleon together with the rights to all related intellectual property. The co-founders of Danish company, Allan Gregersen and Michael Rasmussen, will join forces with ZeroTurnaround’s teams in Tartu and Tallinn. Javeleon was founded in 2012 to commercialise technology built upon research

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Ericsson releases film about e-Estonia (full film)

Estonian World / March 19, 2013

Telecommunication company Ericsson recently released an hour-long, documentary-style film called “Life in a networked society” about e-services in Estonia. “Life in a networked society” looks into Estonia’s e-elections, e-taxes, e-school, e-medicine and other innovative solutions in public services which cut bureaucracy and costs. The film includes conversations with decision-makers such as Minister of Economic Affairs and

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Flowscape navigating robot fish created at the Tallinn University of Technology (video)

Estonian World / March 13, 2013

The EU funded European research project, based in Estonia, has built an electronic version of lateral line sensing on an underwater fish robot called FILOSE (Robotic FIsh LOcomotion and SEnsing). All fish have this sensing organ, but so far it had no technological counterpart on man-made underwater vehicles. Unlike any other animal, fish have a

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Estonia becomes the first in the world to open a nationwide electric vehicle fast-charging network

Estonian World / February 20, 2013

A fast-charging network makes Estonia the first country in the world where you can easily drive your EV around in towns or in the countryside without worrying about the driving range or pollution. The network, consisting of 165 fast chargers, was officially opened for use today; a single operator is responsible for the administration of

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Estonia to conduct its first space mission

Inga Külmoja / February 14, 2013

Estonia is to conduct its first space mission in April 2013. Around 100 students and scientists have contributed to creation of the tiny one-kilogram satellite, which was nearly six years in the making. The satellite, called ESTCube-1, was used as the basis for 40 research projects and three doctoral theses. Mart Noorma, Vice-Dean for Studies

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European Innovation Academy – new level in startup programs

Anni Sinijärv / February 4, 2013

European Innovation Academy Winter Session which took place in Tallinn, brought together 100 students from 30 different countries. The goal of the European Innovation Academy Winter Session was to design new business models during five days and to develop them to global level. The main aim of European Innovation Academy is to unleash the entrepreneurial

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Is the London-based money transfer firm TransferWise the next big thing to come out from Estonia?

Silver Tambur / January 25, 2013

Europas – Europe’s equivalent of Tech Startup Oscars – took place in Berlin on Tuesday evening with over 1,000 guests gathering to celebrate the best of the continent’s tech entrepreneurship. Estonian-owned TransferWise was among them and didn’t come away empty-handed. Among the audience were two young, London-based Estonian startuppers – Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann

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TechSisters brings more women into Estonian IT-scene

e-Estonia / December 7, 2012

The global shortage of high-tech workers is hitting smaller countries harder than bigger ones. In search of a solution, ProgeTiiger (CodeTiger) and TechSisters are two Estonian initiatives that are fighting the same issue – helping to uncover hidden talent and shaping the IT workplace of the future. In the beginning of September, a bit of

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