The year has turned, and it is time to review the results of innovation activities at the University of Oulu. Innovation efforts by the University and its researchers remained active across all areas. This strong level of activity bodes well for the commercialization of research results in the coming years.

Have you ever had a broken limb put in a cast? Then you know it’s neither a quick nor an easy process. Entrepreneur, designer and Bio‑Design Innovation Fellow Alpo Keinänen noticed the same thing, and from his hands‑on observations came a solution that benefits healthcare staff, patients, and hospitals alike.

The rapid adoption of AI has raised challenging copyright questions: who owns the outputs created by AI? What kinds of copyright-related risks are associated with using AI?

Joni Viitala headed for Brussels for an EU traineeship. In his opinion, the experience has been exceptionally enriching both professionally and personally. 

University of Oulu is currently preparing commercialization of a zero-calorie, plant-derived protein sweetener designed for the needs of the food and beverage industry.

Tam Le Hong and her team developed Kidbond – a research-based ecosystem designed to help families thrive in the digital age.

How can you make sure a great research idea doesn’t just sit in a drawer? How do you protect an invention so it can be further developed and commercialized? These are the kinds of questions addressed by EPO’s Create – Protect – Innovate: Bringing Ideas to Market online course.

Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a topical subject in both education and research. 

Doctoral researcher Sameera Gamage has independently built an AI-powered tool to help prepare for the IELTS test.

Did you know that it’s crucial to choose and protect your domain name carefully — before your business takes off. 

ACRA-team aims to develop a compact, fast, and cost-effective tool for measuring arsenic concentrations in water.

At the University Inventor Day on May 15, inventors from the University of Oulu and their innovations took the spotlight.

Do you have an idea or invention with commercial potential? If so, you should get to know our IPR Manager Maarit Jokela, who is featured in this blog post.

To make our experts more accessible to you, we’re introducing them in this blog series. This time, we’re featuring the newest member of our team, Laura Määttä, our expert in work-life collaboration!

At the University of Oulu, Professor of Structural Biology Lari Lehtiö and his team are conducting groundbreaking research to discover new ways to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases by studying protein structures and functions.

What name would you choose for your business? How would it support your brand? In what ways do intellectual property rights relate to name selection? These topics were explored in the InnoWebinar

As you may have noticed, our “How to Sell Your Half-Baked Idea for Millions” course was an April Fools' joke. At the Innovation Centre, we don’t help sell half-baked ideas to investors, but we do help refine them into diamonds!

What kind of projects received funding from Business Finland in 2024? What opportunities do the renewed BF funding instruments offer to the University of Oulu and our researchers? We dived into these topics at Business Finland Champions Award.

To make our experts more accessible to you, we are introducing them in this blog series. First up is Ville Saarenpää, our business expert.

Have a business idea you’d like to develop? Want to test its feasibility without taking on major financial risk? That’s exactly what Proof of Concept (PoC) funding is for – and it has been available at the University of Oulu for ten years now!