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Safer medicines with smart tags

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) often works in environments lacking in infrastructure. Without good roads, electricity and water, providing medical help becomes more difficult. A large proportion of the medicines and vaccines given…

Improved indoor wireless coverage

Many of those living in modern, energy-efficient buildings suffer from poor indoor wireless coverage. On the surface, this issue may not sound particularly pressing – perhaps easily solved by simply opening a window – however, whe…

Common questions about 5G

Mikhail Popov is a senior researcher at RISE. Here he's answering some of the internet's most common questions about 5G.

“Picture the city as a giant, shared smartphone!”

Digitalisation and smart cities make our lives easier; however, for a city to be truly smart requires a common platform and coherent digital services.

Collaboration reduced unnecessary searching at A&E

Everything needs to run smoothly at an accident and emergency department. Life-or-death decisions and prioritisations are made all day, every day. There is no time to waste going from room to room in search of equipment or patient…

Printed electronics discover horse injuries

Lameness is a problem in equestrian sports. Injuries are difficult to pick up, while early identification can be crucial in providing the correct treatment. A new research project in Norrköping is intended to demonstrate how flexi…

Internet of Things – more than just connected gadgets

The Internet of Things is already a hot topic, even though it’s barely off the ground. So says RISE researcher Claus Popp Larsen, who is calling for a common technical platform and open data.

When we can measure everything – what will we want to know?

Society is connected, including schools, and when almost every gadget is able to measure its surroundings, we can gain a better understanding of what goes on in classrooms. RISE is currently working with Microsoft, Stockholm Unive…

Fibre optics give products a longer lifespan and increased safety

Rolling bearings with built-in fibre optics that measure loads and temperature in the warehouse have been used in pilot tests for a few years and are approaching commercialisation. Together with technology partners Proximion and R…

Open platform for new services in the smart home

Television, data and telephony, these are three services that have been delivered to Swedish homes via broadband for a number of years now. What though might an open platform for new smart services using the Internet of Things loo…

Safer and more productive with digitalised mining

When an industry with a history extending over 1,000 years back in time meets modern digital technology exciting things happen. By connecting Boliden's mine in Kankberg, both efficiency and productivity increased. But the digitali…