ESPOO, Finland – When the N95 was originally announced back in day (seems like a lifetime ago, it was actually only two years ago) the team were showing off some of the cool location-based functionality we’d be seeing from GPS. One thing that stood out for me was the ability to see friends nearby, and that they’d show up as little dots on your map.
ROME, Italy – Earlier this week we brought you the full lowdown on the ten shortlisted developer finalists competing in the Nokia Games Innovation Challenge. The winners were announced at the Nokia Games Summit in Rome, with the most innovative game concept snatching the number one slot thanks to some clever camera tech trickery based on a principle dubbed Augmented Reality – an idea we reported on that’s currently also being explored at the Nokia Research Center.
ESPOO, Finland – Some news yesterday was added to my long list of ‘interesting’ news from the past week. While I won’t categorize all the stories I am about to discuss as ‘bad’, it certainly is the kind of news that makes you pause and look up from your navel.
ESPOO, Finland – In some parts of the world, gathering data is essential in managing disease. In Brazil, for example, the Amazonas State Health Department regularly survey portions of the population to monitor and treat outbreaks of dengue fever.
HELSINKI, Finland – Launched in June 2008, The Leadership Edge is an interesting little Nokia site dedicated to “insights into innovation from the office at the CTO at Nokia”. It’s been a little light on content until now (I’ve eagerly been checking), but earlier this week Christopher Iwata, Nokia’s Head of Research Strategy, posted a tantalizing piece looking seven years into the future, identifying key areas for research and the stuff that excites the Nokia Research Center most, including something called ‘Mixed reality’…
ESPOO, Finland – People spend most of their time indoors (up to 90 per cent, according to research). GPS only works outside. Indoor positioning then could prove to be one of those killer apps that could change the way we interact with the world. Kimmo Kalliola, research leader for Wireless Systems and Services, gave us an update on Indoor Positioning, which was first shown off last year.
ESPOO, Finland – We’re here at Nokia HQ for The Way We Live Next 2008, where the great and the good from Nokia Research Center gather to explain what they’re up to, and how they’re doing it. We’ve already seen some really cool stuff and we’re assured there’s plenty more to come. Keep an eye on this page for the latest updates as they happen.
ESPOO, Finland - Research isn’t just about new technology that’s better than what we have now. Just as important (if not more important) is technology that helps change whole countries and nations. According to Nokia’s head of research in Nokia, Jan Bloom, Nokia’s ambition is to “connect the next billion”, with 10 million new subscribers on a monthly basis. In fact, during Jan’s talk, about 6,000 new subscribers will sign up to a mobile service. Which is remarkable, given it’s currently the middle of the night there.
ESPOO, Finland - Nokia Research Center’’s chief visionary, Leo Kärkkäinen, summed up the chief, erm, reckons his job is about ‘finding the seeds of the future in the present’ and ’searching for trends that’ll affect billions, but are barely visible now’. Sounds sensible, but some of his visions for the future are pretty out there.
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