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Science News Corner of the Hong Kong Science Museum is an information centre for exhibiting science research projects of local universities, new discoveries and the latest technology. It helps to keep the public informed of the latest science news.
Current Topic – Technologies Enhancing Patient Care (10.9.2011 – 31.3.2012, 1/F of exhibition hall)
With the advancements in computer and engineering technologies, Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) has been widely applied in different surgical subspecialties in past decade. The Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been pioneering different CAS techniques in clinical management and various surgical specialties for improving patient care. Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology and Department of Surgery have been actively implementing various innovative ideas and concepts in CAS research and development since 2000.
In this exhibition CUHK will introduce their achievement in the medical field and topics of Smartward, the application of computer navigation technology in surgery, minimally invasive surgery, remote health monitoring as well as non-invasive health monitoring technology will be discussed. It is hoped that the exhibition could enhance the knowledge and interest of the public in the field.
Your Choice
The contents of the Science News Corner are changed regularly. The public's preference will determine the topics. You are invited to vote on your favourite project(s) for the next exhibition topic of the Science News Corner.
Previous Topic
"CardioSentinal": A 24-hour health care and monitoring system (Apr 2011 – Sep 2011)
(Information provided by HKUST Computer Science and Engineering Department & Fok Ying Tung Gradate School)
Nanotechnology (Jun 2011 - Aug 2011)
(Information provided by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Life in the Universe (Aug 2010 - Mar 2011)
(Information provided by Astrobiology Group, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong)
Transgenic Fish for Rapid Monitoring Estrogenic Pollution (Mar 2010 - Aug 2010)
(Information provided by Department of Biology and Chemistry of City University of Hong Kong)
Bio-hydrogen Production from Wastewater (Sept 2009 - Feb 2010)
(Information provided by Department of Civil Engineering of The University of Hong Kong)
Science of Human Locomotion (May 2009 - Sept 2009)
(Information provided by Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain (Dec 2008 - May 2009)
(Information provided by Department of Biochemistry of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Artificial Intelligence and Railway Engineering Works Scheduling (Jun 2008 - Dec 2008)
(Information provided by the Department of Computer Science of City University of Hong Kong)
Palmprint Identification system (Jan 2008 - Jun 2008)
(Information provided by the Biometric Research Centre of The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong)
Cochlear implants - offering a hearing world for the hearing-impaired (Aug 2007 - Jan 2008)
(Information provided by Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discoveries on Reproduction, Development and Growth: From Gamete to Adult (Apr 2007 - Aug 2007)
(Information provided by Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth of The University of Hong Kong)
Grapefruit Forms Bone? (Sept 2006 - Mar 2007)
(Information provided by the Faculty of Dentistry of The University of Hong Kong)
DNA Technologies for Chinese Herbs Authentication (Apr 2006 - Sept 2006)
(Information provided by the Institute of Chinese Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Health Benefits of Tea (Dec 2005 - Apr 2006)
(Information provided by the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)
Ozone Application (Jul 2005 - Dec 2005)
(Information provided by the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Virtual Aquarium (Dec 2004 - Jun 2005)
(Information provided by the Department of Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Climate and Sea-level Changes in Hong Kong During the Past 500,000 Years (Jul 2004 - Dec 2004)
(Information provided by the Department of Earth Sciences of The University of Hong Kong)
Photocatalytic Technology for Air and Water Purification (Mar 2004 - Jul 2004)
(Information provided by the Department of Chemistry of The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Extremes of the Universe (Nov 2003 - Feb 2004)
(Information provided by the Department of Physics of The University of Hong Kong)
Fruit Fly - Drosophila (Jun 2003 - Oct 2003)
(Information provided by the Department of Biochemistry of The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Automatic Face Image and Sketch Recognition (Jan 2003 - May 2003)
(Information provided by the Department of Information Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Plant and Fungal Biotechnology (Oct 2002 - Dec 2002)
(Information provided by The UGC AoE Plant and Fungal Biotechnology Centre of the Department of Biology of The Chinese University of Hong Kong )
Nanotechnology (Jun 2002 - Sept 2002)
(Information provided by the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
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