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Timing electricity consumption helps keep the power system in balance and, according to Tarvo Õng, could also earn household consumers money. Photo: Pexels
Business
21.10.2026
Energy entrepreneur: power system flexibility could put money in consumers’ pockets
Ain Kendra says road construction technology in Estonia has advanced considerably over the past decade, but progress is hampered by unstable funding, rigid procurement and limited investment in research and development. Photo: Oleg Hartshenko
Society
20.10.2026
Ain Kendra: Estonia’s road construction is held back by the system, not technology
DeltaE CEO Marti Arak has built a successful company around energy-saving solutions. Photo: private collection
Business
19.10.2026
Marti Arak: we cannot control the weather or energy prices, but we can control consumption

Popular stories

The facial essence developed from black garlic is part of the Tilk! Lab series, which combines natural cosmetics with science-based product development. Photo: Tilk!
Business
06.05.2026
A black garlic extract developed with the help of TalTech is being patented
A bee on a sunflower – a tiny pollinator whose work reaches far beyond the flower itself, sustaining our food supply, biodiversity and the balance of nature. Photo: Boris Smokrovic / Unsplash
Opinion
22.04.2026
Aleksander Kilk: what bees can teach us about living well
Ulla Pirita Tapaninen. Photo: Karl-Kristjan Nigesen
Opinion
22.04.2026
Ulla Pirita Tapaninen: the Hormuz crisis and the case for renewables

Business
Timing electricity consumption helps keep the power system in balance and, according to Tarvo Õng, could also earn household consumers money. Photo: Pexels
Business
21.10.2026
Energy entrepreneur: power system flexibility could put money in consumers’ pockets
DeltaE CEO Marti Arak has built a successful company around energy-saving solutions. Photo: private collection
Business
19.10.2026
Marti Arak: we cannot control the weather or energy prices, but we can control consumption
Narfe aims to turn travel videos into reliable, personalised itineraries and become one of the world’s leading AI-powered travel-planning platforms within five years. Photo: Pexels
Business
16.09.2026
A start-up turns travel videos into AI-powered itineraries
Vivia co-founders Alondra Lopez (left), Nane Hovhannisyan (centre) and Joonas Parre (right). Photo: TalTech
Business
22.06.2026
A WhatsApp-based startup born at TalTech is helping older adults take their medication
Electric vehicle chargers, solar energy equipment and DC microgrids are among the areas for which DCR Technologies is developing its power electronics solutions. According to the company, future direct-current networks will require more flexible charging and energy-conversion technologies to function. Photo: ChatGPT
Business
20.05.2026
TalTech spin-off prepares for a permanent direct-current future
The facial essence developed from black garlic is part of the Tilk! Lab series, which combines natural cosmetics with science-based product development. Photo: Tilk!
Business
06.05.2026
A black garlic extract developed with the help of TalTech is being patented

Opinion
Johanna-Maria Siilak | Photo: Sergei Zjuganov
Opinion
19.10.2026
Johanna-Maria Siilak: the end of greenwashing, or simply more honest marketing?
Kaido Kikkas. Photo: TalTech
Opinion
17.10.2026
Kaido Kikkas: AI could cause a major blow-up, leaving nobody accountable
Birgy Lorenz. Photo: TalTech
Opinion
17.10.2026
Birgy Lorenz: a company’s greatest security risk may be an overly obedient AI agent

Trialoog's focus: defence

C2Grid’s software creates a three-dimensional digital twin based on data from drones, vehicles, and camera footage, reflecting real terrain or urban environments. These 3D visualizations can be generated from the air and the ground, and potentially even from underwater environments. Photo: C2Grid
22.10.2025
TalTech’s spin-off company is creating a digital battlefield
Ground station on the Mektory rooftop. Photo: Rauno Gordon
02.07.2025
From e-state to space state: Estonia’s next frontier is cybersecurity in orbit
Adrian Venables. Foto: TalTech
13.02.2025
Hybrid warfare: the invisible threat to Estonia and beyond

Science and collaboration
E-tervise tulevik sõltub sellest, kui hästi suudavad digitaalsed terviseandmed ja uued tehnoloogiad toetada arstide tööd ning parandada patsientide ravi. Tehisaru abil loodud illustratsioon.
Science
17.10.2026
Estonia’s e-health success story needs better data and greater involvement of doctors
Science
17.10.2026
Researchers help detect dangerous rises in sea level earlier
Krupenski does not believe the future of district heating requires a choice between wood chips and heat pumps. Different technologies will work together, with the control system selecting the most sensible combination at any given time. Photo: TalTech
Science
14.10.2026
Igor Krupenski: future district heating will use heat that currently goes to waste
Professor Peeter Ross, who leads the e-Health Applications and Services Research Group within TalTech’s Centre of Excellence in Health and Food Technologies, says healthcare is increasingly moving towards self-service. People can do more themselves, from entering symptoms to monitoring health data and sending a photograph to a doctor. Photo: Karl-Kristjan Nigesen
Science
12.10.2026
TalTech professor: healthcare can learn from self-service checkouts
Margus Viigimaa, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at TalTech and cardiologist at the North Estonia Medical Centre. Private collection
Science
08.10.2026
A digital doctor will monitor heart attack and stroke patients at home
Kaleem Arshid researches human–robot collaboration and autonomous systems at TalTech Virumaa College. Photo: TalTech
Science
06.10.2026
Kaleem Arshid is teaching people and robots to work together

Society
Ain Kendra says road construction technology in Estonia has advanced considerably over the past decade, but progress is hampered by unstable funding, rigid procurement and limited investment in research and development. Photo: Oleg Hartshenko
Society
20.10.2026
Ain Kendra: Estonia’s road construction is held back by the system, not technology
August Komendant outside the Habitat 67 housing complex in Montréal, Canada, around 1980. Estonian Museum of Architecture
Society
17.10.2026
The concrete wizard from Nurmsi: how an Estonian became Louis Kahn’s closest collaborator
In a public lecture to students at TalTech, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reaffirmed that NATO is ready to defend every inch of its territory and that Estonia currently faces no imminent military threat. Photo: Jürgen Randma
Society
14.10.2026
Rutte at TalTech: Estonia sets an example for the entire alliance
Modern maritime activity extends far beyond ports and ships. Attracting new talent means challenging the idea that the sector is primarily about seafaring and showing young people its much broader range of jobs and careers. Photo: Pexels
Society
09.10.2026
The maritime sector is looking for new talent
The Trialoog debate brought together Jaanus Uiga, Deputy Secretary General for Energy and Mineral Resources at the Ministry of Climate; TalTech Professor Argo Rosin; University of Tartu Associate Professor and nuclear energy researcher Alan Tkaczyk; Fermi Energia CEO Kalev Kallemets; and Estonian Green Movement senior small nuclear reactor expert Madis Vasser. Trialoog Editor-in-Chief Silver Tambur moderated. Photo: Eveliis Vaaks
Society
07.10.2026
Is Estonia ready for a nuclear power plant?
Liisi Särglep believes Estonia’s future industrial challenge will be a shortage of good engineers rather than skilled workers. She sees little future in relying on cheap labour and basic subcontracting. Photo: private collection
Society
29.09.2026
Aspiring doctor Liisi Särglep found her place in engineering