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First Orange Technology Exhibition in Taiwan Held at NCKU on September 3rd

During the Exhibition, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City Government and Inventec Corporation have together signed a letter of intent and announced to jointly develop smart living technologies, promising a smart city of health and happiness.

In the future, Tainan City Government will provide space, integrate the software and hardware technologies of National Cheng Kung University and Inventec Corporation, and apply to participate in the "Smart Living Technology Project" of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

In addition to Prof. Jhing-Fa Wang of Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University, the pioneer of Orange Technology, Tainan City Government and Inventec Corporation, who have shown support and provided assistance to the Exhibition, other academic institutions, such as National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Science and Technology Museum, Institute for Information Industry, Southern Taiwan University and Kun Shan University, and industrial organizations, such as Guider Technology and Alchemy Technology, have also responded to the event.

In the opening ceremony, NCKU Senior Executive Vice-President Hwung-Hweng Hwung praised Prof. Jhing-Fa Wang to be a wise man and a prophet, "Old age is an issue that everyone will face. Prof. Wang has realized that a person must live a dignified life during the process of aging and has developed a new concept which takes account of the physical, psychological and living aspects of the elders, hoping to provide a complete and thoughtful care."

Senior Executive Vice-President Hwung-Hweng Hwung also mentioned, "NCKU is extremely pleased to see that Prof. Wang has not only developed new research knowledge, but also put in great efforts to promote the well-being of human society."

He promised, "Even though Orange Technology is currently at the promotion stage, NCKU will devote more resources to promote the technology and even help to push it to the national research center level. We expect to see excellent results soon."

Prof. Jhing-Fa Wang said, "The promotion of Orange Technology is not only physiological, but also psychological. NCKU Campus has been continuously organizing events of social caring. This is the development of the spirit of Orange Technology. In the future, the promotion and development of Orange Technology will originate from academia and progress toward the industry."

Prof. Jhing-Fa Wang further explained, "The purpose of the signing between National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City Government and Inventec Corporation is to establish an Orange City. I believe issues of humanity, like environmental issues, should be world issues, and I hope the concept of Orange Technology, starting from National Cheng Kung University, can spread to Taiwan, and even Asia and the world."

Major Tain-Tsair Hsu of Tainan revealed, "Orange Technology symbolizes health, happiness and care, the three fields that Tainan City Government is promoting. A city of health includes the health of human body, the health of the environment and the health of society. Orange Technology is extremely helpful to the aspects of humanities and human health. With the promotion of Orange Technology, we hope to transform Tainan into a city of health and also the chief city of Orange Technology."

The first Orange Technology Exhibition, initiated by National Cheng Kung University with the joint efforts of NCKU Hospital and Tainan City Government, was held from September 3^rd to September 5^th, showing more than 50 orange technology items from the industries and academia in Taiwan, and organizing 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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