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Health coaching goes personalized

Imagine passing a doughnut shop and being tempted to step in although you know that you need to lose weight. Before you enter, your mobile phone urges you not to do it. A sensor, hidden perhaps in your wrist band or clothes, has reported your intention wirelessly to your health coach who has sent you an automated message.

This is one example of how technology will enable people to take better care of their health in the future.
Holly Jimison and Misha Pavel from Oregon, US, are currently carrying out a research programme called Personalized Health Coaching under the Finland Distinguished Professor Programme (FiDiPro) at TUT.

Read more about how technology can benefit health coaching

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Campus parking permits required soon

Permits will be required to park on the TUT campus from 15 April onwards. Visitors may park in designated visitor spaces that are intended for short-term stays (max. 4 hours).

Parking arrangements are changed, because the construction of the new Campus Arena will start soon. For example, the car park in front of the Main Building will no longer be available.

The parking areas marked by H (=henkilökunta) are reserved for faculty and staff and parking areas marked by O (=opiskelija) are reserved for students.

The parking spaces marked by V (= vieras) are reserved for visitors. They are intended for short-term parking (max. 4 hours) and require a parking disc.

Visitors who stay on campus for more than 4 hours can collect a one-day parking permit from the info desks. The one-day permit allows them to park their cars in the parking spaces reserved for students and staff (but not the spaces equipped with a plug-in pole).

The parking areas will be monitored to ensure observance of the regulations. Unauthorized parking carries a fine.

Please see the enlarged parking map

TUT – a foundation university

Tampere University of Technology is one of the two Finnish universities which operate in the form of a foundation. The foundation model promotes the development of education and research. It gives the University good prerequisites to succeed amid growing international competition.

The increased autonomy provides a competitive edge when competing for good researchers, inspiring teachers and talented students. The proceeds of foundation capital enable further investment in new openings in research and education.
 

Read more about the foundation model.

Bosch Rexroth and TUT combine forces on digital hydraulics

Bosch Rexroth AG, TUT and Tamlink Ltd have signed their third research contract on digital hydraulics. It is quite rare that a major international corporation engages in such extensive research collaboration with one university.
The research collaboration creates positive ripple effects that also benefit TUT´s students. “Bosch Rexroth offers internships to our students and career opportunities to our graduates,” say professors Matti Vilenius and Matti Linjama.

Compared with traditional technology, digital hydraulics is more reliable and takes both performance and efficiency to the next level.

Hydraulics enters the digital age

Future technology mimics the human brain

Marja-Leena Linne has pioneered research in computational neuroscience and neuroinformatics in Finland. The two fields have the potential to provide a platform for future information systems and contribute to our understanding of neurological and psychological disorders.

Future technology mimics the human brain