Stockholm Waterfront was the home of the 56th annual International Council for Small Business conference, where over 1 000 delegates from all around the planet convened around plenary sessions, workshops and an exhibition area, where the different faces of ”Creative Stockhom” were showcased.
Stockholm Life was represented in the event with audiovisual material and representatives from both Solna-Stockholm (Hagastaden) and Flemingsberg – including Per Unckel, president of the board of administration of both Stockholm Science City Foundation and Flemingsberg Science Foundation.
Some of the attention-magnets of the exhibition area did have some connection with better quality of life and health. The Mindball Trainer, for instance, made attendees put a band with electrodes around their head. This apparel was wired up to a biosensor system which measured the body’s biological signals (the electrical activity in the brain). By relaxing (and then concentrating) a ball was moved from one place to another.
”With the help of Mindball Trainer, people can exercise their ability to focus. So many people today – both adults and children – experience difficulties in concentrating”, said Bitte Hanell, CEO at Interactive Productline which produces and sells Mindball Trainer. ”To make our message go through – especially in schools – we will do our own studies on Mindball Trainer [in cooperation with Karolinska Trial Alliance] to show that one can improve one’s concentration power using Mindball Trainer. Until now we have referred to studies and research conducted by others”.
Just two steps away from the ball moved with one’s concentration power was Hampus Näslund, from Sensavis Visualization AB, whose product was creating an experience involving technology, medicine and science. On the TV screen by his side one could see, for example, the functioning of the human liver in a dynamic, detailed and interactive way. ”We make interactive worlds in 3D and help organisations communicate complex messages. Our visualisation tool allows the user to steer, zoom in and out freely in ’living’ material which can be used at events, in education, etc”, he explained. I3HF (Interactive 3D Human Framework) is the codename for this tool which shows the human body from a physiological perspective, which ”is not static but living material as one can see pulse, particle systems, flows, liquids, etc”. Other knowledge areas where Sensavis intends to bet on are chemistry, physics and mathematics, he added.