After two weeks, two countries, and several cities, our journey through Scandinavia has come to a close. While we learned much on this trip, the Valhalla Visionaries will continue our quest for knowledge and hope to bring back a little bit of Scandinavia with us in our daily lives. This experience has left us wondering: […]

Today, hundreds of millions of terabytes of data are generated by users everyday. On top of that, extra space and computational power are needed to store, pull, and process said data to generate the information, utilities, and entertainment we take advantage of daily. As consumers, we often don’t worry about the physical location of our […]

If you’ve ever spent much time in Los Angeles, one of the first aspects of the city that might come to mind is constant traffic. Whether you’re passing through at rush hour or in the middle of night, you’re guaranteed to hit some slowdowns. With this in mind, you might think that Sweden’s largest city […]

The EU, while not necessarily being the home base of innovations found in Silicon Valley, still has a significant impact on the direction of developing technologies. Most recently, the EU has served as the last bastion for consumer rights and privacy by mandating USB-C ports in phones and by introducing the GDPR Act. In May […]

How Scandinavian Technology Hasn’t Ditched its Work Force SAAB and Volvo are two of Sweden’s most storied companies with rich histories and reputations as industry leaders within their fields.  We had the honor of touring these facilities to see the manufacturing process for both electric trucks and fighter jets.  While there is definitely a major […]

Our quest to discover the future potential of the Nordic nations As we reach the dawn of our trip, our group thought it would be nice to go over our goals for this two week excursion. First off, as the Valhalla Visionaries we will be focusing on what the future looks like for Sweden in […]