Forskningsparken - Oslo Science Park

At Forskningsparken, new technology is developed every day. New products, gadgets, apps, sensors, services, websites, etc. Are they adding to our cognitive load, or are they making our lives easier and better? We like to believe the latter. But how can we constantly improve? We believe that sharing knowledge is a good start. This week, Amber Case from the Calm Tech Institute gave an inspiring talk as part of the series "Calm Tech Café". Good tech, she says, should be a “pass-through”: understandable at a glance, operable by feel, and informative without speaking. A few unfiltered takeaways: 🫱 Your hands have eyes, too! Re-introducing textures and tactile buttons in technology makes everything easier. 🎛️ Sometimes, more, not less, creates calm. If you have all the information you need at a glance (think aircraft cockpits or car control panels), your attention can be put where it is most needed. 🔵 Use colour to convey or compress information. And maybe ditch the blue LED lights as a standard? It may be the colour we associate with "expensive" and "future", but it's not calm. Read more about the topic here: https://lnkd.in/gWhDCJJk Thank you for coming! Anne-Marie Korseberg Stokke Tobias Dahl Martin Rydving SINTEF Digital Startuplab

"The right amount of technology is the minimum needed to solve the problem"* Next week, as a part of Oslo Innovation Week, we are super excited to welcome Amber Case to our humble Calm Tech Café. ☕ Join us in meeting room KINO Tuesday Oct 21 at 8.30 AM. No sign-up required! Amber Case is an internationally recognized design advocate, author and speaker, and the founder of Calm Tech Institute. Launched in May 2024, Calm Tech Institute is dedicated to redefining technologies that enhance human life without causing stress or distraction. Among the products given a Calm Tech Certification™ is the reMarkable Paper Pro. Her talk will cover how to use the *Principles of Calm Technology™ to design the next generation of connected devices. She’ll look at notification styles, compressing information into other senses, and designing for the least amount of cognitive overhead. Tobias Dahl Martin Rydving Kristian Hesthaug Anne-Marie Korseberg Stokke SINTEF Digital Startuplab

«Vi kan ikke tillate at vitenskapen blir et politisk virkemiddel» Sigrid Bratlie kunne ikke ignorere det hun fant da hun begynte å grave i informasjonen knyttet til pandemiens opphav. Tok hun virkelig feil? Stammet ikke covid-viruset fra naturen – til tross for at sterke vitenskapelige miljøer påsto det? I en samtale med Bjørn Erik Reinseth i Forskningsparken fikk vi høre om hennes spennende reise fra tvil til overbevisning, og om den motstanden hun har møtt. Se opptak av hele samtalen her: https://lnkd.in/dnrnxUqw

When you're not the expert – team up with one! ⚡ We love to collaborate with other companies, institutions and research environments to create events that add value to the Forskningsparken community. Last week, together with SINTEF Digital and CC-NorChip, we invited all those interested in #semiconductor and #sensor technology to "Coffee & Chips" in Lyng. A great line-up – and turnout! This event will continue as a get-together every 2nd Friday of each month at Parken Bakeri in Forskningsparken. Next time is November 14. Stay tuned for speaker announcements! https://lnkd.in/dRZYP5yD Organizers: Vegard Standeren Olsen, Charlotte Berrefjord Bergløff, Anne-Marie Korseberg Stokke Speakers: Ingelin Clausen, Henrik Hovde Sønsteby, Lasse Olav Irvam, Preben Hågensen Storås, Elizaveta Vereshchagina

💥Hadde Trump faktisk rett? Den 14. oktober kommer forsker og forfatter Sigrid Bratlie for å ta en prat med vår administrerende direktør Bjørn Erik Reinseth. De skal snakke om boken «Mysteriet i Wuhan» der Bratlie hevder at vår tids verste virusutbrudd mest sannsynlig startet i et laboratorium. Forskningsparken er et sted for kunnskap, forskning, samtale og debatt. Vi inviterer jevnlig derfor interessante stemmer som kan gi våre leietakere og gjester nytt påfyll. Arrangementet er gratis og åpent for alle, men krever påmelding: https://lnkd.in/daj5BAQ6

Care for some coffee and chips? ☕ 🏿 SINTEF and Oslo Science Park introduce a lecture series focusing on #semiconductor and #sensor technology in Europe – with coffee and chocolate chip cookies included! 🍪 We kick off with a breakfast seminar on October 8 at 08.30 in Forskningsparken - Oslo Science Park. The program includes a presentation of CC-NorChip, SINTEF researcher Elizaveta Vereshchagina and the companies InVivo Bionics and Optronics Group. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/dFiJq7yN Tobias Dahl Charlotte Berrefjord Bergløff Ralph W. Bernstein Vegard Standeren Olsen Ingelin Clausen Universitetet i Oslo (UiO) Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU) Electronic Coast UiT Norges arktiske universitet Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge

How can we design technology that becomes a part of a user’s life, rather than a distraction from it? 📵 On one Tuesday each month, we invite a speaker to share their take on #calm_technology. Co-hosted by SINTEF Digital and Startuplab, it has become a series of intimate, yet open and inviting talks in Parken Bakeri, Forskningsparken. Everyone is welcome, plus there is free coffee and pastries! Last week, Thomas Ramberg from Dory reflected on how technology can be visible without being intrusive, elegant without being distracting, and helpful without demanding attention. Next time, on October 21, we have the honour of welcoming Amber Case to the Calm Tech Café. She is an internationally recognised design advocate and speaker. She studies the interactions between humans and technology, and how technology affects culture. She is the founder of The Calm Tech Institute, a new certification body that rewards companies that design products in harmony with humans - a certification recently given to reMarkable. This event is also featured in the Oslo Innovation Week program. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dZupGtwf Tobias Dahl Martin Rydving Kristian Hesthaug Anne-Marie Korseberg Stokke