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Silicon Valley more relevant than ever – and the Nordics have an important role to play

Published June 22, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

The last couple of months we have experienced how COVID-19 accelerated the digital transformation of our daily life. We are living bigger parts of our life online. From one week to the other we find ourselves home schooling our kids and working...

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Covid-19 Digital Contact Tracing in the U.S.

Published May 28, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

For many countries including the U.S., it's of uttermost importance to be able to re-open the society and the economy as soon as possible. The U.S. government has therefore presented guidelines to Opening Up America Again. These contain, as we've...

Covid-19 tests could be the key to reopening a country. Here’s the U.S. approach.

Published April 20, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

The U.S. went from having no tests available for Covid-19 diagnostic to develop mutliple different tests within a few weeks. These tests have been important to globally fight the pandemic. With the current spread of the virus, we all hope that a...

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Covid-19 related R&D funding announcements in the U.S.

Published April 9, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

The ongoing pandemic is disrupting research institutes and universities across the world. The institutions are also working hard to find out how the virus can be stopped and its effects mitigated. Below is a list of several possibilities in the...

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The U.S. race to find a Covid-19 vaccine

Published April 7, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

Covid-19 has sparked the fastest vaccine-development process in history and several, as described below, initiatives are already underway. The race started in January when Chinese scientists published the complete 30,000-letter genetic code of...

Smart Mobility – Taking Us into the Future

Published March 18, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Washington

Mobility, the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C.s theme for 2020, is a central part of a Swede’s daily life because of how Sweden looks – a very long country with a scattered population. The need for sustainable and inclusive mobility...

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Where are the women in AI?

Published March 7, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Washington

Tomorrow is the International Women’s day. If you ask your smartphone what that implies, it’s highly possible that a female voice will answer. Why? Some might say that it’s because of the lack of representation in AI – women make up 23...