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A research project at SINTEF contributes to safer oil spill response equipment in the Arctic.

The first Norwegian field developers found it sufficient to copy the steel platforms used in the Gulf of Mexico. The foundations of the next stage in the North Sea saga were laid entirely in concrete.

In 1979, the Vingmed electronics company in Horten in Southern Norway launched a unique ultrasonic device for the diagnosis of cardiac disease.

The air quality in the International Space Station (ISS) was monitored by the Norwegian-German gas measurement system Anita in 2007 and 2008.

“Why go into space when you can go to Trondheim?” asked Newsweek once in the 80s.

Development cooperation between SINTEF and special clothing manufacturer Helly Hansen has led to offshore workers on the Norwegian continental shelf being issued with helicopter suits that keep their wearers either warm or cool as conditions require.

In the winter of 2006, an E. coli scandal hit Norway like a bombshell. Tracing the food-borne infection took a long time. Food that carried an identification number would have made the job easier.

Two of its three principal national objectives were not met. Nevertheless, the “Intensions Agreement” regarding a more inclusive work-life the (IA Agreement) has been a success in many companies.

Interdisciplinary cooperation between technologists and surgeons has resulted in equipment for more precise removal of brain tumours.