Mr Kwong Hau Shing (CDE, Year-3) and Miss Lam Nga Wai (CDE, Year-2), who teamed up with student from Department of Mechanical Engineering, have won the Student Innovation Grand Award and the Student Innovation (Post-Secondary and Undergraduate) Gold Award at the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2019. The winning project “Talktag - NFC Audio Labeler for Visually Impaired” was developed through the TEDY (Technologies for the Elderly and Disabled People by Youths) program and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
The Hong Kong ICT Awards was established in 2006 with the collaborative efforts of the industry, academia and the Government. It aims at recognizing and promoting outstanding information and communications technology (ICT) inventions and applications, thereby encouraging innovation and excellence among Hong Kong's ICT talents and enterprises in their constant pursuit of creative and better solutions to meet business and social needs. There are eight categories under the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2019. There is one Grand Award in each category and the CityU team is the champion of the Student Innovation Award. To know more about the winning project and the competition, please check the CityU News.