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Over 30 demos on display at Otaniemi Demo House 2010

Taking place at the Nokia Research Center Otaniemi campus just outside Helsinki, the first Otaniemi Demo House event will bring together the Otaniemi research community to unleash resources and accelerate idea sharing in the spirit of open innovation.

The one-day program will feature short technology presentations by experts during which researchers, students and professors can engage old and new colleagues in conversation, challenge each other with ideas and come up with new ways to combine technologies. There will be over thirty demos on display representing cutting-edge technology in the ubiquitous digital society. Read more

NRC at the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)

Nokia Research Center (NRC) is presenting three of its latest augmented reality demonstrations and two augmented reality papers at the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) in Orlando, Florida October 19-22.

Researchers from NRC Palo Alto and Stanford University will present the paper 'Streaming Mobile Augmented Reality on Mobile Phones', and provide examples of the streaming mobile augmented reality application with a demonstration which identifies books, CD's and DVD's in real-time through a mobile device's video camera; without the need to pause to look up or search for information. Read more

Nokia Research Center presents "Smart-M3" open source platform

Nokia Research Center (NRC) will be presenting the "Smart-M3" open source platform at the NoTA Conference Sept 30 - Oct 1, San Jose. Smart-M3 is a new functional software platform developed by NRC Helsinki in partnership with SOFIA and the Devices and Interoperability Ecosystem project - DIEM). It allows multiple applications from multiple vendors to share ad-hoc information across numerous domains, enabling cross domain and cross platform interoperability. Read more

Mobile Programming Course for EPFL Students

Nokia Research Center is launching a free Qt crash course for the EPFL students this semester.

The objective of this mobile programming course is is to harness creativity and build the students' passion for innovation through Qt technology. Nokia aims at reinforcing the already existing EPFL-NRC collaboration by offering the students the opportunity to develop their skills and creativity in order to match future excpectations for projects and opportunities NRC Lausanne will offer. Read more

Open Positions

Open Positions NRC is hiring passionate people to help create the future of mobility. Nokia devices are already in hands of over 1 billion customers worldwide, so just imagine the impact of your contribution to that many people’s lives! If you are ready to help define tomorrow’s mobile technologies, please see if any of our openings match your expertise. We currently have openings in Nokia Research Center locations around the globe, and we invite you to Learn More.

Nokia Research Center (NRC) is chartered with exploring new frontiers for mobility, solving scientific challenges to transform the converging Internet and communications industries.

Current research focuses on the areas of rich context modeling, user interface, high performance mobile platforms, and cognitive radio.
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Handwriting Calculator

Nokia Handwriting Calculator is an experimental research project by Nokia Research Center, published through Nokia Beta Labs.

A showcase of Nokia’s new handwriting recognition technology, it allows you to calculate handwritten math expressions with a touch-screen Nokia device.

Download and install Handwriting Calculator to your Nokia 5800 XpressMusic or Nokia touch devices based on S60 5th Edition, Maemo devices such as the Nokia N810, or a PC version which runs on Windows XP SP2 and Vista.

Nokia Mixed Reality

This is a concept video demonstrating the work of NRC Tampere showing new forms of device interaction and immersion, including near-to-eye displays, gaze direction tracking, 3D audio, 3D video, gesture and touch.

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Technology Insight Papers

Growth Economies
Mobile subscriber expansion in the world’s growth economies is accelerating at a phenomenal rate, and the impact of these changes is only now just being realized.

Mobile Mixed Reality
Mixed Reality represents a spectrum of applications that blend digital and real world information, allowing users to interact with their environment in liberating new ways.

Nanoscience and the Mobile Device
Nanoscience is not science fiction. Nokia is pursuing its vision of a future where nanotechnologies transform mobile devices in powerful and surprising ways.

Sensing the World with Mobile Devices
With their ability to hear, see and detect the environment around them, mobile devices are moving far beyond basic voice and data communications.

Location, Context, and Mobile Services
Nokia envisions a world where mobile devices are intelligent and context aware. Where you are and what's around you can enable services and features that are both empowering and liberating.