Manufacturers and organizations from around the world are displaying products and technologies at the two large exhibition zones within the Future Tech Pavilion at the 2022 Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE) FutureTech, an event designed to provide international perspectives and connect Taiwan with the international market. The goal of the first Tech Innovation Excellence (TIE) Awards special exhibition area is to bring in creative, forward-thinking developers from all over the world and strengthen international exchanges and collaborations in the area of new applications and technologies.
Unlike other innovation awards, the TIE Award, which accepts entries from semiconductor companies all over the world, focuses on the innovation and localization of technology applications and encourages award-winning global teams to establish facilities in Taiwan and collaborate with local businesses in order to facilitate international technology exchanges.
The TIE Award recognizes semiconductor technologies in artificial intelligence (AI), artificial intelligence of things (AIoT), sensor communication/satellites, smart manufacturing, self-driving cars, and renewable energy. The top ten semiconductor companies and organizations in Taiwan have been invited to form a jury to select the best from 119 entries submitted by participants from 25 countries and regions around the world. The winning entries, half of which came from teams from outside the region, are on display at the Future Tech Pavilion. They are expected to pave the way for the creation and development of innovative semiconductor products and technologies for the next generation.
A group of artists from Taiwan made an AR/VR frame that can be controlled by the user's eye movements.
Ganzin Technology, based in Taiwan, addresses the issue that eye tracking technology is difficult to integrate into smart wearable devices. Given that almost all eye trackers on the market are expensive, consume a lot of energy, and are large in size, the team developed a miniature eye-tracking module that can be integrated into the AR/VR frame, allowing the wearable device to take commands and react based on the movements of the wearer's eyes, effectively serving as the medium of the human-machine interface. The technology won first place at the TIE Awards, beating out over 100 submissions due to its wide application in eye trackers and high commercialization potential.
At room temperature, NanoWired GmbH, a German developer, uses 3D nano-chip V-bus integration technology to create permanent and strong connections with superior conductivity inside electronic components, including semiconductors. The technology is likely to find immediate application in the electronics sector, where it will be one of the technologies that improves yield rates and lowers costs.
In the international exhibition zone, seventeen leading international manufacturers, including Qualcomm from the United States, Chain Reaction Ltd. from Israel, and Bossard from Switzerland, have booths. All sections of the zone: Precision Health, Sustainable Green Energy and Advanced Materials, AIoT and Intelligent Applications, and Electronics and Optoelectronics are all sections of the zone. Notably, MuckerLab, an American business accelerator, led a group of six innovative manufacturers who showed off technologies that are the best in the world.
Highlights of the event include a virtual reality headset that can be used to consult with a doctor and a mirror that tells you whether your workout moves are correct.
With the world's population aging, the proportion of Taiwan's elderly is rapidly increasing. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised health awareness. Because of this, the technology-based precision health portfolio has changed from treatment to daily prevention and digital health management.
In 2022, FUTEX has provided an immersive future technology experience to both visitors and the general public in the Precision Health and Sports Technology sections. The most interesting thing about the Precision Health section is how it combines two basic technologies: the VR interactive application system and image AI recognition. Visitors can see the vascular model of the liver prosthesis and CT image files of patients in mixed reality by putting on MR glasses.
In the Sports Technology section, you can see the Intelligent Fitness Mirror, which is a personalized, high-precision fitness device that improves sports performance by correcting workout moves in real time through a combination of image recognition and physical interaction. You can also see the Bionic Self-powered Bicycle System, which is unique and has a lot of application potential by using a bionic arm to power a bicycle.
As a result of hosting the event, Taiwan plans to do more scientific research in 2023.
2022 FUTEX, held in a hybrid online and offline format with an expanded physical exhibition area, provided visitors from all over the world with the opportunity to witness Taiwan's scientific achievements. The physical exhibition is over, but the follow-up team is still matching businesses. They will continue to do this 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a year based on the information they got from the online exhibition.
Source: Fusionmedium