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YunTech Snares a Gold and a Silver Medal at the 31st Invention & New Product Exhibition (INPEX)! |
Post Department:Office of Research and Development Post Date:2017-03-14 |
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The 31st Invention
& New Product Exhibition (INPEX) was held from June 7th to 9th,
2016. The Invention & New Product Exhibition (INPEX), International Trade
Fair Ideas Inventions of New Products (iENA) and Exhibition of Inventions in
Geneva are the 3 greatest invention exhibitions in the world. INPEX is also
considered the Oscars for inventors. YunTech snared 1 gold and 1 silver medal at
INPEX in 2016.
The gold-medaled
invention, “3-in-1 Personal Belongings Featuring Live Face Recognition
Authentication,” was invented by students Chen Guan-chen, Liu Wen-je and Chiu
Hsuan-Yi under the instruction of Associate Professor Ho Chian-chen from the
Department of Electronic Engineering. The invention functions simultaneously as
a wallet, a key, and a mobile phone app. People can use the applications “mobile
payment” and “mobile key” in the smartphone. Moreover, the feature of live face
recognition authentication provides higher information security and lowers cost
in identity authentication.
The silver-medaled
invention, “Arrayed Glucose-Sensing Device and Method of Forming the Same,” was
invented by a team that included Assistant Professor Liao Yi-hung from
TransWorld University, Associate Professor Chou Hsueh-tao from the Department
of Electronic Engineering at YunTech, and students Chen Chien-hsun and Huang
Min-shian advised by Professor Chou Jung-chuan from the Department of
Electronic Engineering. The invention was created to improve the disadvantages
of nowadays glucose-sensing devices used in hospitals. There are nearly 1
million Taiwanese people suffering from diabetes, which accounts for 4-5 % of
the population. Diabetes is a lifelong disease; therefore, controlling patients’
blood sugar is one of the most important aspects of treatment and the amount of
glucose is a vital indicator for how much medicine the patient should take.
However, the glucose-sensing devices used in hospitals hold the disadvantages
of long-time test and a large amount of blood being required on blood tests. Also,
the devices can be only used by medical technologists rather than normal people.
These disadvantages lower the possibility that patients will self-monitor their
own glucose. Due to these inconveniences, the team created this new invention. The
arrayed glucose-sensing device uses graphene and fernite beads with a working
electrode and an enzyme electrode, which increases the sensing area of the working
electrode and the flow of electrons on the activation area, thus improving the
accuracy of arrayed glucose-sensing devices. Furthermore, the invention
combines glucose-sensing devices with microfluidic devices, which feature the
advantages of low samples, low reagent consumption, portability, miniature
size, low energy consumption and fast process. YunTech’s inventions in recent years have possessed practicality and future potential, and this was highlighted by the judges at INPEX. The two inventions have both been patented and are on the way to be merchandized for the market. |