The 29^th Invention & New Product Exposition (INPEX) took place from June 18^th to 20^th in the year of 2014. The team from YunTech was granted a gold and 2 silver awards.

The awarded inventions are listed below:

The gold-awarded product, “Green-Friendly Trash Container,” was invented by students Chen Kuan-chen, Liu Wen-chie and Chiu Hsien-yi under the instruction of Associate Professor Chen Hsi-chao of the Department of Electronic Engineering. The main idea is originally from the high-tech trash containers used in public places in the United States. The high-tech trash containers combine solar energy, internet and deflation techniques. The Green-Friendly Trash Container can distinguish and categorize the different kinds of trash. Regardless of whether you are throwing tins or aluminum cans, plastic bottles or paper cups, it can distinguish and categorize them easily, thus reducing the working hours and labor for categorizing them. The power used in distinguishing and categorizing the trash is from solar energy saved through solar cells. Also, a reminding light is installed on the hole that is used for throwing trashes inside. With the light, the public can easily find the right place to throw their thrash instead of disposing of their trash by leaving it outside the trash container. It is expected to equip the deflation technique to the trash container, making it easier to collect a large amount of trash and increasing the efficiency of trash collection..

The first silver-awarded product, “Using Fly Ash and Spent Catalyst Synthesizing Sorbents to Improve Indoor Air Quality and Capture CO2 from Flue,” was invented by students Wu Shan-ru, Chen You-shuan, Huang Yu-shan, Kuo Li-wei and Lu Chun-yuan under the instruction of Professor Hsieh Chu-chin of the Department of Safety Health and Environmental Engineering. This method has already been used by clinics to improve the air quality. In synthesizing wastes from factories, green materials which can remove bacteria, CO2 and volatile organic compounds will be produced. The air quality will definitely be improved this way. After several experiments were done, there was resounding proof for the efficacy of the method. It is expected thatthis method will be used indoors in public places in the future to improve air quality.  

The second silver-awarded product, “Penicillin G Biosensor, Systems Comprising the Same, and Measurement Using the Systems,” was invented by students Yen Chi-hsin, Lai Yi-ting and Lin Chin-yi under the instruction of Professor Chou Jung-chuan of the Department of Electronic Engineering. The biosensors are small, low cost, easy to use and fast. Furthermore, they can measure the concentration of enzymes effectively and read the measurement correctly. With the features listed above, the biosensors can be used in the measurement of penicillin, blood testing and home health check-ups.

Due to their practicality and the potential of the inventions, YunTech has been granted awards at INPEX over these years. Moreover, all the inventions that took part in the competition this time were granted patents. The inventions can be merchandized in the future.