Industry leaders share exciting advancements at HKTDC Hong Kong
Electronics Fair
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The "Tech Trends Symposium 2019 - Roadmap to the Future",
organised as part of the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring
Edition) and HKTDC International ICT Expo, gathered an array of
industry experts to share exciting advancements. The afternoon
session of the symposium on 13 April spotlighted "Futures Realised:
Technologies and Innovations in Arrays of Life", with speakers
highlighting how advanced technologies are enhancing aspects of
people's everyday lives. |
HONG KONG, Apr 15, 2019 - (ACN Newswire) - The
term "technology" has a broad meaning and can be hard to clearly
define when it comes to understanding how it directly affects the
public at large. But affect us it does, and will continue to do so
in immeasurable ways as our world becomes increasingly intertwined
with innovations and advancements that would have been
inconceivable just a decade ago.
This was the consensus reached at a symposium staged as part of the
16th HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) and HKTDC
International ICT Expo, both organised by the Hong Kong Trade
Development Council (HKTDC), which are running from 13 to 16 April
at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Many of
the world's leading technological companies have gathered at the
two fairs to share insights, research and innovative product lines
that cover the gamut of consumer technology.
Some of the industry's leading experts took to the stage at the
flagship event, "Tech Trends Symposium 2019 - Roadmap to the
Future", on Saturday (13 April) to discuss technological
advancements in their respective fields. In the afternoon session,
titled "Futures Realised: Technologies and Innovations in Arrays of
Life", it was highlighted how the most cutting-edge areas of
technology - from augmented reality to artificial intelligence -
are now being used to enhance our everyday lives. Some of the most
talked-about innovations are now on the brink of effecting
ground-breaking changes for the consumers they reach.
Using AR to excel at sports
In 2018, the global market for augmented reality (AR) and virtual
reality (VR) was Rmb 70 million, or roughly US$10.4 billion. That
number looks set to grow exponentially, and is expected to exceed
Rmb 200 billion by 2020, according to Kenny Cheung, General Manager
and Vice President of Kopin Asia, who spoke on the topic of
AR/VR.
The practical applications of these technologies outside of gaming,
enterprise or military applications might not seem obvious, but
much of that has to do with finding the right fit - literally.
"Every time I try VR, I find it is really not easy," said Mr
Cheung, explaining that the weight and cumbersome nature of the
headset commonly used in VR gaming makes it impractical to wear for
very long. "A lot of people think display is one of the major
roadblocks to make VR and AR widely popular," he explained.
Kopin, an electronics manufacturer based in Massachusetts in the
United States that specialises in display devices for mobile
electronics, has refined its AR hardware to mimic the style of
ordinary glasses, said Mr Cheung. The result is Kopin's SOLOS smart
sunglasses, a stylish line of wearables designed with professional
cyclists and runners in mind. Developed with feedback from Team USA
Cycling, these sunglasses can deliver real-time information to the
wearer about pace, heart rate and distance travelled, among a host
of other useful features.
Most impressively, explained Mr Cheung, Kopin has partnered with a
software platform that delivers a live coaching regimen during a
workout, allowing athletes to receive complex coaching directives
remotely as they train. Their performance and other vitals are
recorded and sent directly to their coaching team, who can then
feed back to the athlete at a later point.
The advantages for competitive sports are obvious, and it is
compelling proof, said Mr Cheung, that solving the idea of
wearability is key to expanding the use of AR/VR.
Giving stroke patients their voice back
Speech is something so integral to our everyday lives and how we
experience our world that we often don't stop to consider its
complexity. Research by Helen Meng, Patrick Huen Wing Ming
Professor of System and Engineering & Engineering Management at
the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has focused intensely
on this topic, in areas such as speech recognition and synthesis,
in the pursuit of developing assistive applications for people
suffering from speech disorders.
Presenting her CUHK research, Professor Meng detailed how she
developed the world's leading program capable of understanding the
speech of people suffering from dysarthria, an impeded articulation
of speech that results from stroke or cerebral palsy. By working
with patients with dysarthria, and assisted by deep learning, her
team now boasts a speech-recognition program capable of
understanding the words of affected patients with about 70%
accuracy, representing a life-changing development for anyone
suffering from loss of speech.
Saving lives with VR simulated driving
Autonomous driving is the future of our roads, but it's going to
take more than just robots in cars to get there. Charles Cheung,
Deep Learning Solution Architect and Data Scientist at American
technology company NVIDIA, outlined the incredible scale of data
collection, analysis and testing that was required to make
autonomous vehicles a reality.
"Actually, we cannot just put our AI model into the cars and let it
run through the miles to wait for the result," said Mr Cheung,
explaining that it could take upwards of 500 years to acquire the
necessary training to match a human's performance of safely
operating a vehicle. Instead, said Mr Cheung, his team developed
NIVIDIA DRIVE Sim - simulation software that tests different
scenarios and environments without the need for an actual road test
in the real world.
By artificially building and manipulating the environment within
which an autonomous driving model operates, the model becomes more
intelligent, nimble, and safer for the individuals who will ride in
the self-driving cars of tomorrow.
How the cloud can relieve snoring
Around 80% of people affected by sleep apnea, or irregular
breathing patterns during sleep, aren't aware they suffer from the
problem. What might seem like an annoying snoring issue could
actually be a medical condition that can develop into more serious
ailments such as depression, heart disease and diabetes.
Crystal Fok, Associate Director of the MPE Cluster & Robotics
Platform at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
(HKSTP), took to the stage to detail how advancements in biomedical
technology could help physicians to diagnose and treat patients
more effectively. Ms Fok spoke about Belun Technology Company, a
Hong Kong-based start-up that developed a medical-grade wearable
ring to help diagnose sufferers of sleep apnea in their homes.
Previously, to medically diagnose the condition, sufferers would
need to sleep in a lab for a nocturnal polysomnography, or sleep
study, that could prove expensive in terms of time, money and
resources. Ms Fok said that wearable technology paired with cloud
data collection represents a perfect example of the impact smart
innovation can have in the quality of life of patients.
Ms Fok examined various other state-of-the-art advancements,
including streamlined diabetic retinopathy tests for diabetes
patients at risk of going blind, and robotic arms capable of
finding and removing hard-to-reach lung tumours in record time.
Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition)
13-16 April 2019 (Saturday to Tuesday)
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Time: 13-15 April 9:30am-6:30pm; 16 April 9:30am-5pm
Website: www.hktdc.com/hkelectronicsfairse
Startup Zone: https://bit.ly/2CSmdub
Smart City Zone: https://bit.ly/2UsZ6kG
Event registration: https://bit.ly/2TtDEGU
Media registration:
Press registration counter: Hall 1E Concourse, Harbour Road
Entrance, HKCEC
Media Centre: Expo Drive Entrance, HKCEC
International ICT Expo
13-16 April 2019 (Saturday to Tuesday)
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Time: 13-15 April 9:30am-6:30pm; 16 April 9:30am-5pm
Website: www.hktdc.com/ictexpo
Startup Zone: https://bit.ly/2CSmdub
Smart City Zone: https://bit.ly/2UsZ6kG
Event registration: https://bit.ly/2I1E2dI
Media registration:
Press registration counter: Hall 1E Concourse, Harbour Road
Entrance, HKCEC
Media Centre: Expo Drive Entrance, HKCEC
Photo download: http://bit.ly/2XbU3Cg
About HKTDC
Established in 1966, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council
(HKTDC) is a statutory body dedicated to creating opportunities for
Hong Kong's businesses. With 50 offices globally, including 13 on
the Chinese mainland, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a platform
for doing business with China, Asia and the world. With more than
50 years of experience, the HKTDC organises international
exhibitions, conferences and business missions to provide
companies, particularly SMEs, with business opportunities on the
mainland and in international markets, while providing business
insights and information via trade publications, research reports
and digital channels including the media room. For more
information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus. Follow us on
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Source: HKTDC
Contact:
Natalie Wong, Tel: +852 2584 4472, Email: natalie.hy.wong@hktdc.org
Sunny Ng, Tel: +852 2584 4357, Email: sunny.sl.ng@hktdc.org
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