Both the “Non-contact Electro-cardiogram Monitoring Bedsheet” and “Health-shirt” designed by the Joint Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) received the Best Lifestyle Gold Award (Home Life and Healthy Living) from the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008 today (9 February). These two low-cost and user-friendly devices, developed by a team led by Professor Zhang Yuan-ting of the Department of Electronic Engineering, CUHK, monitor heart rate and blood pressure on a 24-hour basis which is particularly beneficial to heart disease patients and people with high risk (elders and hypertension patients).

Two other professors from CUHK’s Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering are also on the ICT awardees list. Professor Charlie Wang’s “From Styling Design to Fabricated Wetsuit” won the Best Lifestyle Bronze Award (Work Life and Professional Services). By applying the technique of transforming 3D body data into 2D pieces, the wetsuit optimizes customization of clothes and greatly shortens the production time. Professor Hui Kin-chuen’s “Sustainability Voyage” received the Best Digital Entertainment (Digital Entertainment Software) Certificate of Merit. This 3D virtual game was designed for the Hong Kong Science Museum and allows participants to experience the damage of environmental pollution on ocean and reinforcing the importance of environmental protection.

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