Smart bench for the Leskovac Science Center

The Telekom Srbija company placed a Smart Bench in Leskovac. The citizens will use the bench to charge their mobile handsets, and access fast, wireless mts Internet while their device is being charged via solar energy. Apart from a place to rest and get free Internet and a solar charger, the citizens of Leskovac will also get available information from the Smart Bench on air quality, the level of noise in the area, temperature and air pressure.

The bench is a gift to the Center for Professional Training on the occasion of Science Day, and is located in the Center's yard, within their Science Park, so that the center's attendees will from now on have a practical means for holding workshops in the sphere of renewable sources of energy and protection of the environment.  

This multi-purpose, modern and urban equipment was designed and developed by a team of young experts from the Strawberry Energy company. Developed in our country, their solutions wihtin the “smart cities” project have won numerous international awards for innovativeness in the sphere of renewable sources of energy, and are now used in cities throughout the world.

After Novi Sad, to whom Telekom Srbija had donated a Smart Bench on the occasion of the city being declared a youth capital, and a European capital of culture, a Smart Bench was also placed in Leskovac within the company's program called We Support the Initiators. This program is aimed at empowering and encouraging young people to launch innovative and positive changes in their environment. It is exactly the young experts from Strawberry Energy who have been recognized as true initiators with whom Telekom Srbija has cooperated ever since 2011, when they started developing smart solutions for urban environments as a prospective start-up using modern technologies.