Hong Kong inventors win grand prix, 35 medals at Silicon Valley festival
Hong Kong innovators have won the top prize, eight special awards and 35 medals at a major international invention competition in Silicon Valley, with a solar-powered fertiliser production system claiming the event’s highest honour. The city’s delegation secured 22 gold and 13 silver medals at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival (SVIIF), which concluded at the Santa Clara…
A delegation of Hong Kong inventors returned from a Silicon Valley competition with 35 medals and a grand prize, highlighting the city's growing innovation prowess. The Amonova regenerative air-to-fertilizer system, powered by solar energy, clinched the prestigious Grand Prix and a special prize from the China Association of Inventions.
The system transforms air, water, and renewable energy into nitrogen-based fertilizer, allowing individual farmers to produce their own fertilizers with zero carbon emissions. This innovation was developed from research dating back to 2011 at the University of Oxford and commercialized by Amonova after three generations of research.
The Education University of Hong Kong's RoMetric hand-assessment system, utilizing computer vision to measure hand joints in three dimensions, won the World Intellectual Property Organization's National Award for Inventors. The system reduced assessment time by up to 87 percent. Lingnan University's GaitGPT, an AI system that translates clinical descriptions into quantitative gait measurements, earned the International Federation of Inventors' Associations' Best Invention Award.
Two Baptist University projects also received special awards, including AuraMist, a portable water-misting system for wheelchair users, and a potential Alzheimer's disease treatment in the form of a nasal spray. The Hong Kong delegation consisted of 35 members, presenting 30 projects that spanned healthcare, food technology, smart construction, robotics, railway systems, and sustainable agriculture.
The competition, which drew over 500 inventors from more than 30 countries, aims to provide international exposure for Hong Kong's innovations and explore collaborations beyond the city and Asia.
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