At Lapland Testbed, you can test your idea with a low threshold – whether your technology is still taking shape, in the prototype phase, or already ready for the market. At Lapland Testbed, you receive support from users, specialists, and a modern testing environment – let’s work together to figure out how we can create added value for the development of your technological solution.
Through user testing, you gain valuable information about the functionality, intuitiveness, and suitability of your solution for different user groups. Testing can be carried out either in Lapland UAS environments, remotely, or in the social and healthcare units of our partner organizations.
Benefits of user testing:
· Rapid feedback from real users
· Evaluation of usability and customer experience
· Identification of development areas at an early stage
· Opportunity to test with different age groups and levels of functional ability
The specialist panel brings together a multidisciplinary group – for example, specialists in wellbeing services, healthcare, technology, business, and UX design. The panel evaluates the strengths and development potential of the solution and highlights perspectives that are difficult to notice in one’s own development work.
Added value provided by the specialist panel:
· In-depth expertise to support decision-making
· Development suggestions from different perspectives
· Identification and management of risks
· Support for prioritizing further development
Sparring is a lighter, faster, and more flexible form of specialist support. It is particularly suitable for situations where a company wants to validate its direction, seek quick development suggestions, or clarify the suitability of the technology for the social and healthcare environment.
Themes of sparring:
· Product or service concepting
· User-centered design
· Technical evaluation
· Identifying market potential and application environments
Lapland Testbed’s development environments offer companies a flexible opportunity to test technology in modern, fully equipped facilities. Possible environments include, among others, a simulation hospital, a functional capacity assessment space, a Sports Lab, a sensory room, and an environmental testing laboratory. You can learn more about our development environments here.
Use cases:
· Technical functionality and device testing
· Prototype trials
· Simulation of user journeys
· Data collection and analytics
In the initial meeting, we go through your company’s needs, the current state of the product or service, and your goals together. We define what kind of testing is best suited for you.
We prepare a testing or piloting plan that includes:
· Target group
· Methods
· Schedule
· Environment (UAS facilities, social and healthcare partners, remote testing)
· Required equipment and resources
The testing is carried out according to the agreed plan. We can involve:
· End users (customers, patients, professionals)
· Students in the wellbeing and healthcare fields
· Specialists from various fields
The Testbed team takes care of safety, smooth execution, and data collection.
The collected data is analyzed and compiled into a clear report or feedback summary. The report includes:
· Observations
· Recommendations
· Areas for development
· Possible next steps
We offer sparring support for further development, possible retesting, and the next phases of the service. We can also introduce the technology to social and healthcare partner units for longer-term piloting.
Lapland Testbed provides health technology testing services Finland for companies that want to move from an idea to implementation. Our services fit both early prototypes and more mature products. You get reliable feedback before a wider pilot or market launch. The goal is to confirm usability, user experience and real-world performance. Testing is always planned around your needs. You can focus on a user interface, a service journey or the smoothness of measurements in everyday use. You can also test whether users understand the results and trust the solution. We often start with one clear test question. For example: “Can users find the key function quickly?” or “Can they complete the task without instructions?”.
A core part of our health technology testing services Finland is user testing. We can run guided sessions with tasks that reflect real use. We can add observation and short interviews. If needed, we also use surveys. This helps us find major usability issues and smaller friction points. Expert panels complement user feedback. They bring in perspectives from different fields. These viewpoints can relate to safety, implementation or service design. When a realistic setting is needed, testing can be carried out in development environments. It can also be done in laboratory or simulation situations. Another option is an operational setting or remote testing. The choice depends on where the technology will actually be used.
Collaboration follows clear steps. First, we define the goal and the scope of testing. Next, we agree on the approach. We decide who will test and where. We choose methods and metrics. Finally, we compile the results in an easy-to-use format. You typically receive a concise summary of findings. You also get a prioritized list of development actions. In addition, you receive a recommendation for the next step. This could be a new test round, expanding a pilot or expert sparring. This way, our health technology testing services Finland are not a one-off exercise. They form a development path that speeds up iteration and reduces uncertainty. If you are looking for a partner that combines user-centred testing with expert support, Lapland Testbed can help. You get a practical way to validate your solution and clear recommendations for further development.
Are you wondering whether you should get in touch with Lapland Testbed? This Frequently Asked Questions section helps you understand when it is the right time to contact us, what kind of services we offer, and how the collaboration proceeds. The services are free of charge for companies as part of an EU-funded project, so you can approach us with a low threshold regardless of whether you are at the idea stage, developing a prototype, or already working with a product on the market.
Lapland Testbed is intended for companies of all sizes – from startups to established operators – that develop wellbeing, health, and sports technology solutions and need support for testing, piloting, or collecting user feedback. The company can be located anywhere in Finland – we also work flexibly via remote connections.
You can get in touch with us with a low threshold. We help you assess which testing environment or partner is worth utilizing and what kind of testing path best supports your product development.
The services are free of charge for companies as part of the project “Development of the Wellbeing and Health Technology Testbed operating model and services at Lapland UAS.” The project is implemented by Lapland UAS and funded by the Regional Council of Lapland through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The project period runs from 1 October 2024 to 31 August 2027.
No, you don’t. You can contact us already at the ideation stage. We help you assess when it makes sense to start testing and what kind of development steps to take before the actual piloting.
We test solutions in Lapland UAS’s own development environments, such as simulation hospitals, the Sports Lab, Semppi, and XBit. In addition, we can also bring technologies into real social and healthcare units that operate as our partners.
Get in touch with us – you can briefly describe your idea or need, and we will suggest the most suitable way forward. If necessary, we will arrange a meeting to go through the goals and possible testing environments.
No worries. We can work together to clarify what the right focus for testing is: usability, technical functionality, customer experience, or something else.