CaSE: Hypermine: aiming to maximise mineral recovery & minimise environmental impact
Hypermine, a spinout of VTT, has announced the successful closure of its seed funding round. With demand for critical minerals like copper surging, Hypermine’s laser-based hyperspectral mineralogy sensor, developed at VTT, boosts decision accuracy by hundredfold, improves profit by up to 10%, and slashes energy and water use.
Case: SharpCell – Making airlaid nonwovens more sustainablE
With the help of VTT, airlaid material producer SharpCell has worked towards minimising the environmental impact of its products and accelerated the innovation process. Read the story
AI-powered tram senses mood on board and prevents disturbances
The emotional atmosphere inside a tram or bus is continuously measured by combining cameras, sensors, data analytics, audio and video analysis with AI. Through this real-time information, passenger comfort and safety can be improved.
Small modular reactors pave the way for nuclear district heating in Finnish homes
The Finnish, VTT-backed technology company Steady Energy will build a pilot facility for a small modular reactor (SMR) plant inside the former Salmisaari coal plant in central Helsinki.
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