Legal expertise needed to create the smart city of the future

LuxTurrim5G partner in spotlight

Smart technology offers new business opportunities and better services to citizens. However, its adoption in the urban environment involves legal balancing, since no relevant case law yet exists. The purpose and goal of the legal research in the project is to ensure the legal, safe and appropriate use of data in new business models, taking into account regulation related to data protection, telecommunications and other fields. The project studies and analyses regulation under national and EU law, as well as the established practice of courts, competition authorities and data protection authorities.

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VTT - Applied Research for Smart City 5G and IoT

LuxTurrim5G partner in spotlight

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is one of Europe’s leading research institutes owned by the Finnish state with the task to advance the utilisation and commercialisation of research and technology in commerce and society. Through scientific and technological means, VTT turns large global challenges into sustainable growth for businesses and society. VTT’s research is guided by the goals of climate action, resource sufficiency, good life, safety and security, and industrial renewal. LuxTurrim5G Ecosystem research touches all of the aforementioned themes. VTT’s research and development focus is especially on 5G telecommunication systems and networks as well as positioning solutions.

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Vaisala’s solutions supporting smart cities

LuxTurrim5G partner in spotlight

Vaisala’s precise weather and environmental data as well as accurate air quality solutions give smart cities real-time insights to improve quality of life. Vaisala’s state-of-the-art air quality monitoring sensors, digital street services, and efficient weather modeling for drone transport help drive quick decision-making. This type of informational advantage gives smart cities the real-time situational awareness needed to improve people’s quality of life and optimize various operations in cities.

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Agora Network’s automated delivery kiosk boosts last-mile logistics

LuxTurrim5G partner in spotlight

Agora Networks Oy is a company whose goal is to revolutionize the “last mile” of local logistics with a completely new type of intelligent parcel delivery kiosk and business model. The Agora 24/7 parcel delivery kiosk is a new piece of smart urban furniture which is combined with outdoor advertising, air quality measurement and, for example, a local area network base station.

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LuxTurrim5G Ecosystem Partner in spotlight – Aalto University

LuxTurrim5G partner in spotlight

Aalto university is known as a community where science and art meet technology and business. In the joint research and development activities of the LuxTurrim5G ecosystem all those elements are in active use. Several research groups from Aalto contribute the joint development in their expert areas such as radio technology, thermal management, design of the smart poles and smart urban furniture and business models.

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L7 Drive brings the energy subsystems to a new level

LuxTurrim5G Ecosystem Linked Company in spotlight

L7 Drive Ltd. is a clean technology company designing and engineering leading edge smart energy subsystem technologies. Their Internet of Energy expertise in power electronics optimization, through the application of proprietary control & gateway technology, enables new levels of performance without sacrificing safety, reliability and cost that the industry demands.

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Rumble Tools enables taking the LuxTurrim5G services to the sky

LuxTurrim5G partner in spotlight

Rumble Tools was founded in 2016 and is based in Imatra, Finland. Rumble Tools aims to create a fully autonomous drone system comprising of custom drone with tailored payload and peripherals as well as a docking station that charges the drone and handles data collection and distribution. Rumble Tools has already deployed drone systems to multiple sites, ranging from industrial site surveillance to border control.

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Premix tackles 5G energy efficiency challenges with new materials

LuxTurrim5G partner in spotlight

Premix is an innovative manufacturer of functional plastic materials. Their tailored material solutions control static electricity and enable fast wireless data transfer in various industries such as automotive, electronics, diagnostics, healthcare & wellbeing and wireless communication. In LuxTurrim5G, Premix focuses on developing new antenna cover materials to enable higher efficiency in 5G base stations.

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Orbis cabling and integration expertise is key for smart pole functionalities

LuxTurrim5G partner in spotlight

The Finnish family-owned Orbis Oy has been at the forefront of technology development trends since 1949. Today, the company is developing solutions for the digital society for next-generation mobile networks as well as smart cities. Orbis Oy is responsible for the cabling, connections and assembly of the LuxTurrim5G smart poles, which means active spring for the Orbis crew.

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Sensible 4 takes all-weather autonomous driving to a new level

LuxTurrim5G partner in spotlight

Sensible 4’s software makes self-driving vehicles of all types operate smoothly and safely in changing conditions. The company has developed a unique LiDAR-based software built with state-of-the-art sensor fusion technology which makes self-driving cars operate safely in all weather conditions. Integrated as an operation system for the GACHA self-driving electric shuttle bus designed by Muji, Japan, this has been seen as a promising solution for the autonomous vehicles market. In the LuxTurrim5G ecosystem the GACHA robot bus is a key element both for studies to utilize the 5G connectivity for remote driving and acting as a moving sensor platform gathering data.

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