Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/19
By: Wei Shu and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Nov. 19 (CNA) Two leading technology research institutions in Taiwan
Image taken from Pixabay
received five 2018 R&D 100 Awards Nov. 16 in Orlando, Florida, with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) winning three and the Institute for Information Industry (III) two.
The ITRI winners this year comprise a portable Ultraviolet-C LED water sterilizer system that is the world’s first solar-powered flow-water sterilizer for emergency use. It produces clean water by killing water-borne bacteria with UVC LED technology, the ITRI said in a statement issued Monday.
Another winning technology is a single-bath supercritical fluid dyeing (SFD) process for PET or blended elastic textiles that uses carbon dioxide instead of water as the dyeing solvent, eliminating wastewater and helping to cut down on pollution, according to the ITRI.
ITRI’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) police patrol system that coordinates smart charging and UAV shift changes to boost surveillance capabilities and allow for less human involvement and risk during patrols also won an honor. [FULL STORY]
