1902

The year Francisco Tárrega composed the waltz that later became the Nokia ringtone

Inventors of next-generation DNA sequencing receive Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki
Business & innovationTechnology

Inventors of next-generation DNA sequencing receive Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki

Technology Academy Finland awards one million euros to two scientists who developed a faster, cheaper way to sequence DNA – a system that led to huge implications for genomics, medicine and biology. They were just looking for “something exciting to explore,” they say.

Ideas for a better life: Millennium Technology Prize livestream and online innovation forum
Business & innovationWebpick

Ideas for a better life: Millennium Technology Prize livestream and online innovation forum

The 2020 Millennium Technology Prize winner is announced at a livestreamed ceremony on May 18, 2021. The ceremony is followed by a virtual event, the Millennium Innovation Forum, held online on May 19.

2008

The first time international startup event Slush was held

Finland’s carbon handprints and roadmaps show path to carbon neutrality by 2035
Life & societyEnvironment

Finland’s carbon handprints and roadmaps show path to carbon neutrality by 2035

Finland has set itself the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2035, one of the most ambitious targets of any country in the industrialised world. Is that feasible, and how does the Finnish government plan to do it? And what’s a “carbon handprint”?

#6

in the Networked Readiness Index, measuring ability to utilise ICT

Source: Global Information Technology Report