Advanced Plastic Recycling

The United Nations warns that among all the billion tons of plastic that have been produced in the past 50 years only 9% have been recycled. Where did the rest go? Unfortunately, there are now 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans, covering almost 40% of their surface. With this being one...

22 Jun 2022

Is Nuclear Power Making a Comeback?

For safety concerns (in particular for the risk of accidents and the process of storing radioactive nuclear waste after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan), part of Europe had begun a nuclear phase-out, but the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine has put this process into discussion.The ...

7 Jun 2022  ·  4 min read

A farewell to our Finnish friends

The past few weeks have been so cool! Coming from the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Ella, Roope, Mila, Verner, Sanni, Mikael, Salla, and Lenni have joined our team, demonstrating their creativity, dedication, and problem-solving solution oriented attitude. With a background...

24 May 2022  ·  4 min read

2022 Top trends in renewable energy

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a short-term price rise (natural gas prices have hit their highest level since 2008), but it may also accelerate our transition towards sustainability. Due to the conflict and the political consequences that it led to, governments throughout the world had...

18 May 2022  ·  4 min read

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality

A few years ago, no one could have ever imagined that we would have been able to attend a virtual concert or meet virtual friends in another world. But nowadays, the line between the real and the digital world continues to blur…VR, AR and MR: definitionsUsing VR glasses, Virtual Reality immediately...

5 Apr 2022  ·  4 min read

The future of transportation

In the past few years, we saw the start of a transportation revolution, from short-distance trips in town to longer trips in orbit. Going on vacation will never be the same; so won’t be going to the supermarket. URBAN MOBILITY During the past years, E-scooters have populated our streets and...

29 Mar 2022  ·  4 min read

Smart cities

According to Statista, “the revenue from smart city infrastructure is forecast to grow to more than 100 billion U.S. dollars by 2025, a share of more than 40 percent of the total smart city revenue worldwide”. Governments all around the world are implementing interfaces and communication networks,...

17 Mar 2022  ·  4 min read

3D-printed houses

Did you know that 3D printing has been around for more than 30 years? Back in 1981, Dr. Hideo Kodama from the Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute, Japan, wrote about a new “rapid prototyping” method and applied for a patent that, due to a missing deadline, never got. However, he was the...

10 Mar 2022  ·  4 min read

CONNECTED KNOWLEDGE 2021

In today’s data driven society where everything is connected to numbers, processes, documents and information, how can this data be utilized to generate actionable insights? With MAPEGY, #datamakesadifference in enabling #sustainableinnovation. Syed Mujtaba Ishaq, Head of Sales at MAPEGY/...

5 Nov 2021  ·  4 min read

A Focus on Electric Vehicles

At MAPEGY, we love hearing about innovative solutions to everyday problems. The electric car, for example, continues to revolutionize the market, with companies such as Tesla pioneering how we view this technology. Now, Hyundai has committed $7.4bn to invest in building electric cars in the US1....

20 May 2021  ·  4 min read