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NCKU Prof. Jhing-Fa Wang Initiates First Orange Technology Exhibition in Taiwan

The press conference of Orange Technology Exhibition began at 9:30am, September 1^st, in the Creative Arts Gallery of Touch Center at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tzu-Chiang Campus.

The six items displayed to the press media include a 100-inch multi-touch display wall with 2D situational frame/3D three-dimensional frame which can increase the interaction between families and friends, LR Book for easy listening and reading, brain waves automatic page turner, smart coffee maker, companion robot, and heart test brain waves instrument, each emphasizing the essence of technology, health, happiness and human caring.

Prof. Jhing-Fa Wang expressed, "Unlike the E-books on the market, LR Book keeps the traditional reading method of paper books and has the function of audio books, allowing one to choose to read or listen to the content of the books freely. In contrast to the E-books on the market, the design of the LR Book is more humane. In the future, by integrating with the technology of cloud computing, this technology can develop into more complex applications and be used in the design of human caring."

The 100-inch multi-display wall allows viewers to experience the wonders of the world through instant image, video and audio sharing without involving complex 3C products, and the 2D situational frame/3D three-dimensional frame allows the users to enjoy a brand new visual experience and takes them into an interactive virtual space by replacing complex computer procedures with embedded systems.

In contrast to ordinary coffee machines which only allow key operation, the smart coffee machine, a joint achievement of Prof. Chun-Lin Lu of the Department of Computer and Communication at Kun Shan University and Prof. Jeng-Shyang Pan of Harbin Institute of Technology, changes the rigid interface of traditional coffee machines by asking consumers for their choices. This makes coffee drinking more convenient for physically disabled and elderly people.

The brain waves detection system, developed by Alchemy Technology with integrated brain waves chip technology from NeuroSky, U.S., uses mindset brain waves headsets to immediately reveal the wearer's degree of concentration or relaxation in a colorful pie chart. This system has been proven to improve children's concentration and impulse control, and it has also been adopted by many academic units and early childhood education units.

As the pioneer of Orange Technology, Prof. Jhing-Fa has raised matters such as the health care and disease prevention of elders and children, natural disaster prevention and disaster-relief of affected households, care and concern for low-income families and the physically and mentally disabled and the elevation of humanistic achievements.

Prof. Jhing-Fa Wang explained, "Orange Technology symbolizes issues of humanity, such as green technology symbolizes environmental issues. The orange color, which gives a warm, healthy, happy and caring feeling, is a combination of red and yellow. Thus I call the health care industry Orange Technology. When people see orange, they will associate it with care. The development of Orange Technology will not only allow human beings to live longer, but healthier and happier."

Prof. Jhing-Fa Wang also urges more scientists, economists, psychologists, sociologists, engineers and experts from different fields to strengthen the research and promotion of human technology, so that technology can truly bring health and happiness to human beings.

The first Orange Technology Exhibition, initiated by National Cheng Kung University with the joint efforts of NCKU Hospital and Tainan City Government, will be held from September 3^rd to September 5^th in Fan-Cheng Lecture Room in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tzu-Chiang Campus. The opening ceremony will be jointly hosted by Mayor Tain-Tsair Hsu of Tainan City, NCKU President Michael Ming-Chiao Lai, Superintendent Pin-Wen Lin of NCKU Hospital, Dean Chyi-Her Lin of NCKU College of Medicine and Chairman Sei-Ching Lee of Inventec Corporation. The exhibition will showcase more than 50 Orange Technology items from industries and academia in Taiwan, and will be organized into five topic forums, three lectures and more than ten scientific and technological achievements display units.

By combining product displays with forums and lectures, the purpose of the exhibition is to integrate domestic care products industries to provide Orange Technology, Orange Industry, Orange Economy and Orange Service to improve humans' well-being and health care and to promote the market of global human care technology.

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