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Aalto at Slush 2024: World changing innovations are born from radical creativity

Aalto University introduces 12 new world-changing innovations at Slush, including learning tools for radical creativity –– a must for any business undergoing processes of development, change or transformation.
Digital light show. Photo: Mikko Raskinen
Welcome to Slush 2024!

Aalto University and startup and technology event Slush have a long history together –– after all, Slush has roots deep in the Aalto ecosystem. Genuine social and global change is created by combining research with sustainable development goals, radical creativity and entrepreneurial thinking. 

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Slush showcases ambitious solutions to challenges such as health and well-being, energy storage and environmentally friendly insulation and packaging materials.

Come and meet our researchers on booth 7B2!

Present on Wednesday 20.11.2024

Ottoscreen's hearing measuring system

Otoscreen

Early help for hearing loss

Innovation portfolio
Microscopic view showing numerous small, glowing cells with a dark background. Scale bar indicates 100 µm.

WoundSprayIQ

Accurate administration of advanced wound therapies, including biomaterials, drugs and cellular therapies.

Innovation portfolio
Close up of a human eye

Corneasense

Diagnostic technology for accurate assessment and improved management of corneal health.

Innovation portfolio
Diagram of a laboratory slide under analysis, showing various labelled spots and a magnified view of rod-shaped elements.

Colorific

Revolutionary rapid tests with nanoswitch technology

Innovation portfolio
A close-up of a pregnant person wearing a white T-shirt, standing on a sandy beach at sunset.

INGA

Data driven monitoring platform for safer labor induction

Innovation portfolio
two women

Natal Mind

Calmer pregnancy and better birth with a digital doula and the Nordic Method

Innovation portfolio

Present on Thursday 21.11.2024

Electricity power grid

Curen

Accelerating the energy transition with copper batteries

Innovation portfolio
An insulation sample

PCMI

Energy-efficient insulation made from biomaterials

Innovation portfolio
Akkuteknologialla on merkittävä rooli  liikenteen sähköistämisessä ja uusiutuvan energian varastoinnissa

Discharge Innovations

EV battery recycling solutions

Innovation portfolio
Aalto Acoustic Lab

Artemis

High-quality spatial audio

Innovation portfolio
Bubbles with benefits material

Bubbles with Benefits

100% bio-based packaging materials to replace plastics

Innovation portfolio
Wireless Signal Processing research group
Innovation portfolio

Innovation needs radical creativity –– get ready to harness it!

Society and business environments are increasingly unpredictable and fast-paced. Hierarchical organisational structures do not adapt quickly enough to change, and there is an increasing need for the ability to use creativity and networks alongside established processes.

    A man Diving into radical creativity online course. photo Lina Jelanski

    Creative thinking and change skills will be a core competence in the future for all sectors. On 14 November 2024, Aalto University launched a free introductory online course on radical creativity in Finnish and English.

    Aalto Digital Creatives main title and background

    Aalto Digital Creatives is a pre-incubator programme for teams whose startup ideas relate to fashion, extended reality, design, architecture, digital modeling, makerspaces, gamification, film industry, AI and interactive art.

    A person dives into water.

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    Diving into radical creativity online course

    Learn about creativity from individual and organisational perspectives, and how to create and lead transformative change.

    To the course page
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    Contacts

    Tomi Erho

    Head of Innovation Ecosystem Services
    U924 Innovation Ecosystem Services
     Niko Downie

    Niko Downie

    Manager, Aalto Startup Advisory
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