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Mobile phone navigation service for older people – gets them there step by step

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a mobile phone-based navigation service which guides older users to the right address, even when lost in a strange town. The result of a European project, the service helps older people to use public transport, assisting them along the entire route. This intuitive navigation service differs from standard public transport applications by offering continuous guidance during the journey, walking directions to stops and destinations, and timetable and realtime information. It helps senior travellers to find the right mode of transport,

Finnish study: Appeal of well-being applications often short-lived

According to a doctoral thesis by Research Scientist Kirsikka Kaipainen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, online and mobile applications for stress management and healthy eating reach a large number of users but their appeal tends to be short-lived. Applications can contribute to improved well-being and provide support for behavioural changes as long as they are simple, attractive and easy to integrate into everyday life. However, the societal impact of the applications may remain small unless real-world implementation, maintenance and dissemination are planned from the very

New Finnish solution shortens power cuts during storms

Shorter power cuts mean smaller losses for householdsVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a tool that can be used to shorten power cuts caused by storms and to reduce the resulting costs and damage, such as faults in household electrical appliances and frozen water pipes.The tool can be used to simulate mutual dependencies between mobile communication networks and electrical grids in different fault scenarios, including damage caused by storms. This information assists in evaluating the length of power cuts experienced by consumers, improving the reliability of networks,

New consumer health care application from Finland

ECG into your mobileA research scientist working at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a user-friendly smart phone application that allows consumers to take an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the comfort of their own homes. The pocket-size device communicates with your mobile phone. Irregularities in the heartbeat can be seen with the application which helps to prevent heart and stress-related disorders.The device allows patients suffering from heart problems to begin recording their ECG as soon as symptoms appear and to send the results to their doctor via email or the

Up to 18% more bandwidth for mobile broadband users with spectrum sharing

The first spectrum sharing trial of the Authorised Shared Access (ASA) concept with live LTE network operating in the 2.3 GHz band has been demonstrated in Finland on 25th April. The trial was carried out by Finnish CORE+ consortium coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.The new approach allows the possibility of providing extra bandwidth easily for 4G networks. By enabling mobile services to share this band with existing services based on ASA, the overall available bandwidth for mobile broadband may be extended by 18%. To guarantee future reliable availability of

VTT’s smart phone solutions offer service providers information on user behavior

VTT has developed a group of software components that provide versatile, real-time information on smart phone users and their lifestyle patterns. Behavior detection opens new business opportunities for several industries. Solutions run on the most common smart phone platforms.VTT has developed software components that enable continuous, real-time tracking of smart phone users’ life patterns and daily routines. This behavior information can be applied to different types of services related to business and free time.”These solutions make it possible, for instance, to add mobile

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