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Involve users in the design of digital services

Society's e-services are for everyone but miss a large part of the target group. Our oldest citizens in particular do not take full advantage of digitalization. Services need to be developed to a greater extent for those who have …

Hospital clowns comes to live in new app for children

Hospital clowns in the Östergötland region work to bring joy to children on hospital wards in Linköping, Norrköping and Motala. In order to increase their presence in the lives of children, RISE has collaborated to create the Clow…

Tools for citizen dialogues and innovation

How can the day-to-day needs, interests and opinions of local residents be met and matched in the urban development planning that takes place in every town and city? How can the abilities of citizens be brought to bear? Uppsala Mu…

New EU initiative combining climate-smart construction with culture and design

New European Bauhaus is a new EU initiative aimed at creating sustainable living environments based on design, creativity and art. The goal is to create climate-smart cities and buildings that also take people’s happiness and well…

“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.

Dance with synapses reveals the possibilities of the brain

As you read this, millions of connections are being made at the synapses between the nerve cells in your brain. Developed by RISE, the installation "Dance with Synapses" offers a playful, interactive demonstration of how this occu…

Sandby Borg – difficult heritage brought to life with VR

Sandby Borg, an Iron Age fort on the Swedish island of Öland, retains the traces of one of the darkest chapters in Swedish history, when an entire community was wiped out in a bloody massacre 1,500 years ago. How does one tell suc…

Mobile app gives cultural history tour in virtual reality

Norrbyskär is one of Umeå Municipality’s ten most popular tourist destinations. Charged Utopia is an interactive mobile app developed by RISE that guides visitors through the unique cultural history of the island. A follow-up virt…