engineering and technology

Semubot will be an open source project: it can be adapted, rebuilt and improved by any end user. This photo is illustrative. Credit: Renee Altrov
Tartu students build Estonia’s first humanoid robot
Kuldar Taveter is helping computers understand humans better. Photo credit: private collection
Teaching robots how to feel
The role of human beings does not disappear from the administration of justice and legal work, but it is amplified with the help of technologies. Credit: Jelena Rudi
Professor: Legal Professionals Must Invest in Digital Education and Technology to Stay Competitive
“If you start thinking about an oil spill after it happened, then it's too late!” said Jan-Victor Björkqvist, a researcher at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Photo credit: Baltic Work Boats
Preventing disasters! Researchers mapped how oil moves in the sea
Marlon Dumas, a University of Tartu professor and a computer scientist, is a keynote speaker at sTARTUp Day 2024.  Photo: Maanus Kullamaa for Excite magazine / Execution Ekspress Meedia Special Solutions
An expert view: how to integrate artificial intelligence into your company?
This year, seven researchers from Estonian universities made it to the top of the science world. Photo credit: Patrik Tamm
Here’s advice from the top talent in the science world
TalTech marine scientists have created a system that predicts how fuel leaks from shipwrecks will spread. Credit: brand estonia
Estonian scientists develop new shipwreck pollution prediction system
Estonia is taking significant steps toward embracing the concept of a circular economy. Credit: Renee Altrov
Survey: What Are the Obstacles to Transitioning to a Circular Economy in Estonia?
One of two denim fabrics with optimal laser fading: an output of 14 W and a 230 mm/s laser speed. One of two denim fabrics with optimal laser fading: an output of 14 W and a 230 mm/s laser speed. Author/Source: Nele Mandre
An Estonian industrial PhD student found a way to extend the durability of denim
ESTCube-2 is Estonia's most research-intensive satellite and has been mostly built by students. Credit: ESTCube-2
Estonia’s ESTCube-2 satellite launched into orbit
TalTech researchers seek solutions to bring more fresh air into kindergartens and classrooms. Photo credit: Pexels
Scientists build a platform to make perfect indoor air conditions
University of Tartu is launching two internationally influential projects to bring new quality to life sciences. Photo credit: Ragnar Vutt
University of Tartu spearheads excellence in digital bioengineering and personalised medicine
Computer hardware security is an increasing challenge, given the global distribution of the ecosystem needed to produce ICs. Photo credit: Renee Altrov
Taltech researchers strike a home run in hardware security
Jürgen Tuvikene
Bioinformatics offers an opportunity to defeat cancer and brain diseases
Hydrogen Valley Estonia
University of Tartu participates in establishing Hydrogen Valley Estonia to boost hydrogen economy
Pharping Hydropower Station. Photo credit: Sujitabh Chaudhary/Unsplash
Expert knowledge from TalTech transfers to Asia
Photo credit: sTARTUp Day / Lightcode Photonics LinkedIn
Robots have poor vision, so scientists built them better eyes
Photo credit: UP Catalyst
Estonia’s nano technology company UP Catalyst is creating a ’green’ battery and heading for Mars
Photo credit: Unsplash/Dale Nibbe
A new measuring device would ensure more humane street lighting
Skeleton, one of the European deep tech frontrunners, got started with these Estonian scientists trying to improve energy storage. Photo credit: Skeleton
How was the best supercapacitor invented?
TalTech campus in Tallinn. Photo credit: TalTech
New frontiers for electrical machine diagnostics is researched in TalTech
Photo credit: Unsplash / Sergio Camalich
Homes made of rice ash under construction in Kenya thanks to Estonian scientists
This shiny and flexible layer of crystals could be the future solar panel, but for the moon. Photo credit: Ants Vill
There could be crystal solar panels built on the Moon one day
Rait Kanarbik brought his one-of-a-kind hydrogen-powered coffee machine to the Europe's biggest science festival ESOF this summer, creating a lot of buzz. Photo credit: Marian Männi
Free energy is here: this hydrogen-powered coffee machine proves it

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