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From gardener at KTH to workshop manager
Published May 26, 2021Hi, Tomas Östberg, technician and responsible for the workshop at MMK, retiring after 48 years at KTH. What have you done all this time at KTH?
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PECA starts educating Swedish industry
Study when, and how, it suits you - that's crucial in modern pedagogy for complementary education. Photo: Magnet.me, Unsplash Published Apr 21, 2021Swedish industry lack updated knowledge in many technologies. Now, KTH's industrial network ICES is about to change that when launching its pilot project, PECA. Here, professional educators are able t...
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Highest citation and best paper for unusual trio
Published Mar 10, 2021Three ITM Professors from two different departments form the team behind JMS Best Paper Award for 2020 – celebrating the highest citations during five years. The cooperation is a little unusual, but i...
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Merging art with cutting edge technology
Published Feb 17, 2021What do you get if you combine art and advanced technology? Well, for example, the artwork Being Unthinkable - a robot sculpture that is floating four meters above the ground at IBM's headquarters in ...
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Challenges when cyber systems meet humans
The self-driving car is just one example where cyber systems interact with physical systems and people. Photo: G.M. Cruise Published Feb 03, 2021In our homes and surroundings, computer systems are hiding that both measure and control things, often connected to the Internet. What happens when they fail? Do we still have electricity, water, food...
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Design students create services for online learning
The project results are presented in eight films. There are suggestions for platforms for finding study buddies or have a coffee with new people and lecture studios for teachers, to mention a couple. Published Jan 26, 2021This year the master students in the Advanced Service Design got a special assignment from their teachers. The result: eight suggestions that really would improve online learning.
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Wave energy benefits from the mistakes of wind power
Next in line to do the same journey as wind and solar power might be ocean wave energy. Photo: Cor-Power Published Jan 20, 2021Is wave energy the new star of renewables? The potential is great and a research team at KTH works towards a faster development for harvesting the powers of the seas.
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Impressive projects in mechatronic’s “Grand Finale”
Published Dec 14, 2020As most events these days, the “The Grand Finale”, the demo session of the Mechatronic Capstone Course was given digitally. Despite that, spirit was up when efforts and hard work from almost a year we...
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