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Finland has always been a little transparent in international politics, except for joining NATO against the trend after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the major powers seem to rarely consider Finland's opinions when dealing with international affairs.
But Finland is a small country with a lot of organs. Finland has a well-developed industrial system and is extremely advanced in science and technology.
In particular, Finland has five top technologies, which can make the United States sigh at itself.
Icebreaker manufacturing technology
Let's start with icebreaker technology, because Finland is definitely among the top three in the world in this field of technology.
This is directly related to Finland's geographical location, where one-third of the country is within the Arctic Circle, which means that almost all of Finland's available ports freeze in winter.
The special circumstances made it necessary for the Finnish government to find a way to develop icebreaker technology to ensure smooth shipping in winter.
Today, Finnish icebreakers have several characteristics, such as advanced technology, strong icebreaking ability, and large output. Even the United States, Britain and other scientific and technological powers are buying icebreakers from Finland for polar research.
Thanks to its large production capacity, Finland has one of the largest icebreaker fleets in the world.
According to the public data released by the Finnish Marine Science and Technology website, there are currently nine icebreakers in Finland, and the technical level of these icebreakers is quite good.
There are also icebreakers that can even be the envy of the United States, such as the Polaris icebreaker and the Nordica icebreaker.
The Polaris icebreaker is an icebreaker designed and produced by Aker Arctic Technologies in cooperation with the Helsinki Shipyard. The icebreaker is relatively new, having only been completed in 2016.
With a total displacement of more than 10,000 tons, the Polaris is equipped with some extremely advanced technical equipment, such as LNG dual-fuel engines.
With abundant power, the Polaris icebreaker has an icebreaking capacity of 1.8 meters. And Aker Arctic Technologies also integrated a search and rescue module, a weather monitoring module, and so on for the Polaris when it was designed.
That's why the Polaris is known as one of the most advanced and efficient icebreakers in the world.
Let's talk about the Nordica, which was only completed in 1994 and has been in service for 20 years, but it is still young.
Equipped with two Wärtsilä 16V32D and two 12V32D diesel engines from the same company, the Nordica also has an ice-breaking capacity of 1.8 meters.
In 2014, the icebreaker also set a record for the fastest passage of the Northwest Passage in the summer in just 24 days and a distance of 10,000 kilometers. From this large number of examples, it can be seen that the technology of Finnish icebreaker manufacturing is indeed quite good.
Software Operating System Design Techniques
Many people feel that in this field of technology, the Americans are definitely the first in the world, and no one can compare, after all, the two major systems of Microsoft and Apple in the United States have a high penetration rate.
But in fact, Finland is enough to compete with the United States for the first place in this field of technology. Finland also has a widely used computer software operating system, which is called Linux.
Linux is a software system written by the famous Finnish computer scientist Linux Torvalds in 1991. Since the completion of the design, it has been free and open to all computer engineers, so it has always had a lot of users.
Over the decades, Linux has become a development platform with an extremely large community. In his report, the President of the Linux Foundation proudly asserts that Linux systems are everywhere these days.
The world's top 500 supercomputers now use Linux. More than eighty percent of the systems used in smartphones are also related to Linux systems to some extent.
Even chatgpt was designed with the same Linux system. Therefore, Finland is not weaker than the United States in terms of software operating system technology, and it is definitely not boasting, and people really have this real material.
Cancer screening technology in Finland
Finland is a country that attaches great importance to medical care, and the Finnish government also invests in the development of medical technology every year, with cancer screening and treatment technology being the focus of development.
Finland is now one of the world's leading companies in the field of early cancer screening.
Over the past decade, Finland has made numerous technological achievements in this field. As early as 2014, the Research Center of the Finnish Institute of Technology developed a hyperspectral camera that can effectively screen for early skin cancer.
According to Finnish media reports, the principle of operation of such a device is quite simple, but extremely precise. It is possible to photograph an area of skin up to 12 square centimeters in two seconds at a time.
The photographs are then superimposed into a stereogram of the spectral image, which is then analyzed by computer to see if the human tissues are cancerous and the precise location and size of the cancer, so this can help the medical community effectively treat skin cancer.
In addition, Aiforia, another top Finnish medical technology company, can also accurately screen for cancer by using new medical diagnostic machines and preclinical analysis AI.
The company's chief executive, Tapanin, said in an interview with the media that the company's current development of products is very fast, and the various devices produced by his company have excellent results in helping to diagnose various cancers, including breast cancer.
Finland also has a high rate of cancer cure, thanks to a large number of early cancer screening equipment.
According to authoritative statistics released by The Lancet, the five-year survival rate of breast cancer patients in Finland can reach 91%, and the ten-year survival rate can also exceed 85%, which is one of the highest breast cancer cure rates in the world.
Copper smelting technology
Finland can also reach the world's advanced level of smelting technology for some critical minerals, such as copper smelting.
Much of Finland's copper is made by flash copper smelting. Finland's flash copper smelting technology has a history of more than 70 years.
As early as 1949, the Haliavalta smelter had designed and produced a flash furnace capable of processing more than 300 tonnes of copper sulphide concentrate per day.
Over the next few decades, Finnish flash copper smelting technology continued to evolve. At its peak, Outokumpu's copper smelting technology developed by Outokumpu in Finland accounted for more than 30% of the world's use.
Today, flash copper smelting is recognized as one of the most efficient and widely used copper smelting methods.
Finnish elevators
Finnish elevators are also known worldwide. Finland itself is home to one of the largest elevator companies in the world, KONE Elevator. Founded in 1910, the company is truly a century-old company.
The company's headquarters are still in Helsinki, Finland.
KONE Elevator's products are sold almost all over the world. According to the business report released by the company, KONE Elevator's business territory covers more than 50 countries, and the company's annual elevator sales exceed 4.5 billion euros.
In the Chinese market, the shadow of KONE elevators can often be seen. KONE Elevator China has more than 100 service outlets and thousands of employees, and the company has also been awarded the "National Customer Satisfaction Brand Product" by various departments, including the China Consumers Association.
KONE elevator products are also used in many important buildings in mainland China, including the main stadium of the Beijing Olympic Games, the National Center for the Performing Arts and so on.
The reason why KONE Elevator Company has achieved so many achievements is also because their elevators do have a lot of black technology, such as the use of the world's most advanced disc motor traction technology.
With the help of various advanced technologies, KONE Elevator's elevator power consumption is only about half of that of other companies' elevators, and the amount of raw materials used is relatively small.
Until now, KONE Elevator in Finland has been investing a lot of money in the research and development of new elevators every year. Therefore, there are quite few elevator companies that can be compared with KONE Elevator Company.
Although Finland has little influence in international politics, they still have a strong scientific and technological background, which is almost the same situation in many European countries.
The impact of the two world wars on European countries is very huge, but as one of the earliest industrialized, modernized, and intelligent continents, Europe's scientific and technological heritage is incomparable to other continents.
It is precisely because of this that there are so many small but technologically advanced countries in Europe.
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