NRC Internet laboratory
The Internet laboratory addresses the challenge of enabling the full internet on more than three billion mobile devices. This requires an easier, cheaper, faster and more energy-efficient access to the internet in order to make Nokia's products the user's preferred way to experience the internet. The laboratory also seeks innovative internet services and to provide totally new internet experiences. |
Future Internet |
| Internet Consumer Services | |
| Peer To Peer | |
| Self-Provisioned Services | |
| Service Software Platform | |
| Trustworthy Communications and Identities | |
| Director: Matthias Grossglauser | Helsinki | |
NRC Media laboratory
The Media laboratory focuses on innovative media and communications solutions, and on new human practices and societal trends. Human interaction is enriched with novel technologies and user interfaces in an environment where creativity and immersive experiences provide a bond between users and Nokia services. The laboratory is also a leading contributor of scalable audio, video and imaging technologies. |
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| Human Practices and Design |
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| Immersive Communication | |
| Interaction and User Interfaces |
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| Media Content Representation | |
| Media Systems and Transport | |
| Mixed Reality Experiences | |
| Personal Content and Media Services | |
| Visual Content Processing | |
| Voice and Language Based UI | |
| Director: Jyri Huopaniemi | Helsinki, Tampere | |
NRC Pervasive Communications laboratory
NRC Pervasive Communications laboratory (PeC) is a cross-disciplinary research laboratory focusing on helping people benefit from a world where they are connected to each other, to the Internet and also to the information coming from the surrounding physical world. The access to the Internet of Things from a mobile device will allow people to collect information from their physical environment, filter it based on their location or preferences and share with their friends or communities. |
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| Director: Juha Laurila | Lausanne | |
NRC Smart Spaces laboratoryThe increasing smart digital environment requires of new solutions and services to guarantee the interoperability of devices and the communication between devices, people and their context. The Smart Spaces laboratory researches on an array of themes and applications that include the remote management of our homes, the tracking of our wellness and the creation of new ways of working together utilizing smart environments. READ MORE |
Application Environment for Smart Spaces |
| Energy Efficient Computing | |
| Extended Home | |
| Interaction and Collaboration | |
| Interoperability in Smart Spaces | |
| Pervasive Customization | |
| User Experience in Smart Spaces | |
| Wellness and Healthcare | |
| Director: Kari Hjelt | Helsinki, Tampere | |
NRC Wireless Systems and Services laboratory
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| Antennas and Electromagnetics | |
| Awareness Networking | |
| Local Positioning | |
| Software Defined Radio | |
| Wireless Access Systems | |
| Wireless Local Connectivity | |
| Wireless Sensing | |
| Director: Hannu Kauppinen | Helsinki, Tampere | |
NRC Beijing laboratory
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Adaptive Terminals |
| Interaction Solutions for Asia | |
| Research Incubation for Asia | |
| Service Experiences for Asia | |
| Visual Interaction Systems | |
| Director: Seppo Pienimaa | Beijing | |
NRC Cambridge UK laboratory
Nanotechnology is the challenge for NRC Cambridge UK. Working in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, this research group is responsible of the design of the Morph concept for the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art to illustrate how such nanotechnological developments may impact future mobile device form, function and use. |
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| Director: Tapani Ryhänen | Cambridge, UK | ||
NRC Cambridge US laboratory
The researchers at the NRC Cambridge US laboratory investigate all aspects of mobile phones, from computer and network architecture to user interfaces. The laboratory has a strong collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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| Director: Jamey Hicks | Cambridge, US | |
NRC Palo Alto laboratory
Taking advantage of its location in Silicon Valley, the NRC Palo Alto laboratory explores collaborative experiences and collective intelligence enabled by the emerging ubiquitous wireless internet. |
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| Context, Content and Community | |
| Innovate, Design, Experience, Animate | |
| Mobile Business Solutions | |
| Mobile Internet Services Systems | |
| Social Proximity Networks | |
| Technology Incubation and Exploration | |
| Visual Computing and User Interfaces | |
| Director: John Shen | Palo Alto | |
Special Initiatives |
Below there are links to past projects
