...hydrogen in, and get energy out, Federico Zenith, Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF Digital, explains. He recently got back from Brussels, where he accepted the award on behalf of the StasHH consortium, which consists of original equipment manufacturers (OEM), fuel cell module suppliers and research,...
...download the software, and instructs you how to make your first flow solvers. The JOLT also contains an interview with Knut-Andreas Lie, in which he explains the background of MRST and why his research group chose to release it as free, open-source software. How to download and getting started with MRST...
...that will trigger an alarm if she is unlucky and falls. Photo: Kjersti Fikse Ness, Adresseavisen The system developed by SINTEF and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology will make life safer for older people and those at risk of falling. And the prototype is surprisingly simple – a mobile...
...visitors stand listening, serious and solemn. Souvenir shops always follow in the wake of tourism. Dark tourists like to buy red rosettes and enter their personal messages on them. Photo: Trond Berge And there are lots and lots of visitors. They are young and old, men and women and from many parts of the Western...
...sharing a big and beautiful kitchen? Or perhaps an exercise room or guest room? The sharing economy is moving in on the housing sector. Stock photo: iStock Standard Can architecture help to resolve the emerging crises linked to climate change, loneliness and housing in Norwegian towns and cities? On its...
Jenssen, S. "Time, method and good intentions: Reflexive futures between paradigm and practice", antatt i Futures, the journal of policy, planning and futures studies. Følstad, A. "Improving User-centredness of e-Government Projects". Internasjonal konferanse: WEBIST 2008. Funchal - Madeira, Portugal...
There is a solution for the world's insatiable energy needs. It is CO2-free and safe. And it’s located right under our feet. Ever since Jules Verne wrote in 1864 about a trip to the Earth's interior, people have dreamed of bringing up heat from the centre of the planet. So far we have only scratched...
SmartPipe project has been ongoing since 2006 when the Research Council of Norway and a group of oil companies provided about 25 million to fund the research programme. As oil production moves into increasingly deeper waters and more environmentally-sensitive areas, the pipelines carrying the hot well stream...
...the reasons is that artificial and powerful greenhouse gas refrigerants have been replaced by natural media. Soon this will also be the case for the raw materials from which our ice cream is made. Combining ventilation with refrigeration The fact is that the freezers and cold counters used to keep food...
School curricula and teaching methods are evolving in step with the new skills demanded by a changing society. The classroom is therefore in a constant state of flux. Pictured here is the arts and crafts room at Hebekk school in Nordre Follo in Viken county. Photo: Planforum arkitekter (Architectural...
So now we have it in black and white – the emotional centre in young men's brains overrides the area controlling their ability to make rational decisions. This leads to accidents among risk-seeking motorists. By Åse Dragland Last autumn, in a laboratory at the University of Turku in Finland, thirty-four...
...heritage in Svalbard, what insights it offers, and how to preserve it on degrading permafrost. Generally, cultural monuments and heritage may be defined as “material and immaterial remains of human activity in the past”. We have primarily focused on buildings and structures from the industrial period on Svalbard...
...artificial heart, and SINTEF is responsible for its 'innards'. Sigurd Moe at SINTEF ICT explains that they have been working with MEMSCAP for the last ten years. "We develop the processes and design of the tiny silicon chips that go into the pressure sensors, and MEMSCAP assembles and packages them in...
...undesirable events, and resilience as its ability to resume its operations or mission after the event has occurred. Vulnerability within logistics chains may be defined as: The properties of a logistics chain; its premises, facilities, handling and transportation equipment, inter- and intra-organizational...
Industry and Fisheries. The group was in Trondheim in connection with the major Tekmar conference, which is held every year by SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture. MARINTEK vice-president Atle Minsaas, gave one of the opening speeches at the conference. Fiskeriminister_gammel_1 The minister and her colleagues...
Lazarevski, Ivan Benc, and Jelena Jurisic. In proceedings of 31st Int. Convention MIPRO, May 26 - 30 2008 in Opatia, Croatia, Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology,Electronics and Microelectronics, 2008. Abstract: The number of cognitively impaired and elderly is rapidly increasing...
Highlights of MRST 2023b The new release comes with some improvements in functionality and minor bug fixes. In particular we would like to highlight the following: Our GitHub has migrated to https://github.com/SINTEF-AppliedCompSci. This is the address of our official github mirror that offers an easy...
Gerd Kjølle and Kjell Sand giving a presentation to visiting European journalists in the Smart Grid laboratory in June 2016. Photo: Gry Karin Stimo/SINTEF The aim of a new research centre called CINELDI (Centre for INtelligent ELectricity DIistribution – to empower the future Smart Grid) is to develop...
...into several channels and is analysed for eight diseases. Photo: Werner Juvik Today, a blood sample whose protein content, genes and so on are to be read needs to be submitted to a series of complex processes. These include centrifugating, heat treatment, mixing with enzymes and the concentration of...
The sport of cross-country skiing has always been preoccupied with its skis and waxing. Research now demonstrates that to shave off those extra hundredths of a second, competitive skiers should pay more attention to their clothing. Research at SINTEF shows that what you wear is closely linked to performance...