There are two new online information resources now available for tourism studies: Leisure Tourism and UNWTO World Tourism Organization Virtual Library. The access is provided by SAMK Library.
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AI short for Artificial Intelligence is in the middle of massive hype of a global scale. Fake Intelligence is a resistance movement with a purpose of restraining the AI bubble and increasing critical thinking. Fake Intelligence Summit organized by Satakunta University of Applied Sciences combines the gurus of the AI world, scientific researchers and the world of business.
SAMK will set up a new international learning environment called SAMK Bridge, which is an educational travel agency operated by students. The operations will start in January 2019 at SAMK Campus Pori. The main objective is to organize educational travel packages in the Satakunta region, says senior lecturer Maaria Berg who is the executive director and teacher in charge of SAMK Bridge.
SAMK’s enterprise accelerator awarded enterprise accelerator enterprises at its entrepreneurial day. The enterprise accelerator enterprise of the year 2018 is Helene Kynäsniemi’s Kotihoito (Home Care) Otso Oy. Earlier this year, also the limit of 300 accelerator enterprises was broken. The 300th accelerator enterprise is Jaakko Soukainen’s ProSecure Vartiointipalvelut (Security Services) Oy.
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) Research and Development Unit has made a significant investment by purchasing a robotized Indego exoskeleton made by Parker Hannifin Corporation. Exoskeleton is widely used for example in the rehabilitation of paralyzed patients but researchers are hoping to find also alternative applications for it.
