Many believe that having children completes a family, and infertility remains a lifelong regret for countless couples. Driven by a passion for reproductive medicine, Lee Tin-lap began researching how to enhance the quality of eggs a decade ago, aiming ...
Gordon Tam, originally an architect and designer, crossed paths with Billy Lam, a coffee barista, due to their shared love for coffee. The two quickly bonded and decided to become urban farmers. Utilising technology, they established an indoor cultivat...
The crossover of music and technology creates an infinite world of rapid changes. One person can create an entire world on their own. With rapid technological advancements, music is constantly evolving. Kenneth Chau, the founder of a music platform, h...
Wage earners in Hong Kong have little time for lunch, often spending a significant portion of it queuing for dine-in or takeaways. A local start-up has developed a bento vending machine with a patented hot-chain Internet-of-Things (IoT) system that kee...
Mark Mak, since his childhood, has had a passion for building robotic models and dreaming of using robots to defend the Earth. He pursued his dream by studying electronic engineering in university. After experiencing the SARS epidemic in 2003, he conce...
In everyday life, many beautiful things are not inherently present but hidden within the ordinary. They require exploration, refinement, and polishing to reveal their brilliance. During festive occasions in Hong Kong, many dining tables are adorned wit...
The everyday voice recognition technologies we use, such as Siri and speech-to-text functions, rely on the technology of speech recognition. Professor Lee Tan, from the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, has d...
Dementia remains an incurable condition, with current treatments only able to slow down its progression. Driven by dedication, medical scientist Owen Ko is determined to develop more effective therapies for delaying dementia caused by cerebral small ve...
What methods exist for treating cancer? This question drives countless scientists worldwide, including Dr Carmen Wong, an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong. Inspired by No...
Dr. Eric Wan humorously admits that he didn't enjoy studying when he was younger but found his passion in mathematics. In the world of numbers, with its objectivity and established solutions, he has always been fascinated. During the summer holiday of ...
“In medical products, apart from functionality, can we make patients feel less like patients when wearing them? Making oneself feel beautiful and fashionable in all aspects!" Medical and scientific products often prioritize functionality and practicali...
Viola Lam began tutoring in secondary 3 to support her family and was able to earn nearly HK$20,000 per month while still in university. After graduating, Viola applied to the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups three times for seed funding and eventu...
Are information technology specialists mostly poor communicators, introverted, passive, and pinned to their seats in front of their computers? Are workers in this industry inflexible, unvalued and miserable, just like the “IT dogs” that they jokingly c...
Denis Huen Yin Fan, a Hong Kong inventor born in the 1980s, has had a passion for drawing comics, creating stories, and dismantling household appliances since childhood. Despite struggling with dyslexia and experiencing academic difficulties in an elit...
From childhood adventures of fishing and crabbing with her parents and older brother to diving and conserving nature with her research team, Dr Chui Pui-yi, a Research Assistant Professor of School of Life Sciences at CUHK, is driven by a deep love for...
Professor Chu Ming-chung, from the Physics Department at Chinese University, has been passionate about astronomy since secondary school. Later, he developed a fascination for astrophysics and particle physics, striving to uncover the mysteries of the u...
On her 10th birthday, Anushka Purohit's father took her to a chain coffee shop where she witnessed the fate of leftover food for the first time. The staff threw away all the unsold bread into a black garbage bag. At a young age, she silently kept this ...
Some say that laboratories are all alike, with a cold, controlled, and serene atmosphere, where researchers immerse themselves in repetitive and rigorous experiments every day. However, different laboratories have different styles and atmospheres, depe...
Professor Eric Cheng Ka-wai, from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, is widely recognized as the "Father of Hong Kong Electric Vehicles." As early as 2005, he led his research team in the development of a ...