GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — As China’s No.1 Fair, the Canton Fair is leading the drive in the exhibition industry to reduce carbon emissions and achieve the goal of hosting carbon-neutral tradeshows. At the “Green Space” event, Guangzhou Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau awarded a carbon neutrality certificate to the 136th Canton Fair.

The Canton Fair has always prioritized ecological and green development. At the 136th Canton Fair, a significant milestone was reached with the achievement of carbon neutrality for the first time. This accomplishment underscores the Canton Fair’s dedication to leading by example in the global conference and exhibition industry by setting new standards for green development.

In the spring of 2014, Canton Fair took the lead in implementing a green development plan – in only two years, the 120th Canton Fair had realized a 100 percent green booth setup. This year, Canton Fair is placing an even greater emphasis on encouraging exhibitors to use professional, environmentally friendly materials in innovative designs to further enhance the aesthetics of exhibition booths.

At this spring’s Canton Fair, a total of 426 exhibitors applied for the Green Design Booth, which emphasizes aesthetic design, booth functionality and material craftsmanship that adheres to the ‘3R’ principles (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). The Fair selected 6 five-star, 13 four-star, 20 three-star, and 15 most popular green design booths.

Yueli Group stands out as a five-star green design booth and follows the recycling principle in the design process. The overall frame structure was made of metal iron with soft film, an environmentally friendly material that’s also easy to install and dismantle, reduces construction costs, while being coupled with matching lighting and color selection.

Jiangsu High Hope Arser Co., Ltd., and Hubei Meidao Garment Co., Ltd., also received five-star ratings for their exceptional designs. Jiangsu High Hope Arser Co., Ltd., utilized original wood color in its booth design that aligns with the green theme and sustainable exhibits, while Hubei Meidao Garment Co., Ltd adopts minimalist design with simple lines, pure surfaces and minimal decorations. The different geometric blocks are arranged in different combinations, scales, proportions and more to give visitors space for imagination.

“In the future, Canton Fair will continue to promote green development and lead global green exhibitions, and advance green innovation in the exhibition industry,” said Su Bin, Deputy Secretary-General of Canton Fair and Deputy Director General of China Foreign Trade Centre.

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Roborock Celebrates the Availability of Innovative Robot Vacuum with Limited-Time Offer

HONG KONG, Oct. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Roborock, a global leader in ultra-intelligent home robotics engineered to simplify daily life, is expanding its presence into over 850 Best Buy stores across the United States. In honor of the news, Roborock is running an exclusive discount on the sleek, high-tech Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra, available in Best Buy stores, on BestBuy.com and through the Best Buy App. Starting today, the top-of-the-line smart home cleaning solution will be available for only $1,099.99, offering an impressive $700 in savings off MSRP.

Featuring advanced corner-to-edge cleaning technology, enhanced RockDock® Ultra, Reactive AI 2.0 Obstacle Recognition, and built-in intelligent voice assistant, the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra sets a new standard of cleanliness.

“We’re thrilled to share the cutting-edge Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra with Best Buy shoppers to help them easily get a closer and deeper clean at home,” said Quan Gang, President of Roborock. “Merging powerful cleaning and advanced intelligence, the S8 MaxV Ultra helps simplify customers’ daily lives and give them some reprieve on their busiest days. As Roborock continues to advance as a leader in the smart home cleaning category, we remain committed to helping consumers get more valuable time back in their busy lives.”

With advanced intelligence and superior obstacle avoidance, the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra delivers a near-perfect cleaning experience. Unique to Roborock, the FlexiArm Design™ automatically extends the side brush when approaching corners and low areas below furniture, allowing the S8 MaxV Ultra to sweep up dirt from hard-to-reach spaces. The high suction power, all-rubber brush, and dual spinning mop pads combine to effortlessly remove debris, dirt, and stains from a variety of floor types. Featuring Matter Certification, voice controls, and connection to the intuitive Roborock app, the S8 MaxV Ultra provides next-level convenience.

Visit a participating Best Buy store, or shop online at BestBuy.com and the Best Buy App, to find the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra in white at the discounted price of $1,099.99 on Saturday, October 26. For more information on the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra, please visit https://us.roborock.com/. 

About Roborock

Roborock is a leading smart cleaning brand renowned for its intelligent cleaning solutions. With a steadfast dedication to becoming a global leading smart appliance player, Roborock enriches lives with its innovative line of robotic, cordless, wet/dry vacuum cleaners, and washer-dryers. Rooted in a user-centric approach, our R&D-driven solutions cater to diverse cleaning needs in over 15 million homes across 170+ countries.  Headquartered in Beijing and with strategic subsidiaries in key markets, including the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, and South Korea, Roborock is dedicated to elevating its market presence worldwide. For more information, visit https://global.roborock.com/.

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Promoting Innovation Culture and Leading Technological Advancements

HONG KONG, Oct. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) showcases a range of its pioneering technologies at InnoCarnival, enhancing public awareness on innovation and technology (I&T). The nine-day exhibition, which opens today at the Hong Kong Science Park, is organised by the Innovation and Technology Commission.

“ASTRI actively supports the HKSAR Government’s policy to advance I&T and develop New Quality Productive Forces. Through our annual participation in the InnoCarnival, we showcase various homegrown cutting-edge technologies, allowing public to experience firsthand the conveniences brought by smart city technologies as well as how smart manufacturing solutions drives digital transformation and new industrialisation,” said Ir Sunny Lee, Chairman of ASTRI.

Visitors to ASTRI’s state-of-the-art booth can test drive a Formula A virtual racing car; utilise an internationally awarded gemstone identifier to distinguish real diamonds from imitations; embark on a treasure hunt in a complete darkness with a robotic guide dog; and wear an optical see-through head-mounted display (HMD) to participate in virtual pharmacy interactive game as a pharmacist. Through these engaging experiences, visitors can explore the practical application of technologies such as cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X), artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, as well as digital and physical twins in daily life.

The InnoCarnival is one of the events celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.  Under the theme “Let’s Sail with Innovation and Technology”, the carnival aims to promote I&T culture, nurture the young people’s interest in I&T, and attract more I&T talent in the long term. ASTRI’s booth (C-11 at Yellow Zone) is located on the first floor of 12W, Science Park, presenting diverse innovations:

Formula A
Visitors can drive virtual race cars to experience smart mobility and C-V2X technology. Vehicles travel along a cross-border route between Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area (Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge), utilising real-time traffic monitoring platforms, traffic simulation platforms, and large traffic model technology to enhance road safety and improve traffic management, creating a safer and more efficient innovative transportation solution for future cities.

Gemstone “EYE”-dentification
ASTRI’s “Gemstone Eye: Apparatus for Gemstones Identification” was awarded the “Gold Medal with Congratulations of Jury” at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. This automated device conducts multiple tests within a minute, swiftly distinguishing natural diamonds from laboratory-synthetic diamonds and other gemstones. Gemstone identification is now more professional, straightforward, and efficient with ASTRI’s technology.

Guide Dog – Little A 
ASTRI is developing technology that interprets human interaction and environments visually through the “Detection of Human Interaction for Visually Impaired People by Autonomous Robot.” This technology aims to achieve object recognition similar to a guide dog, assisting visually impaired individuals in navigating their surroundings, avoiding obstacles and hazards, and enhancing their independence in daily life.

My Pharmacy Simulator 
Leveraging ASTRI’s patented display and sensing technology, ASTRI has developed an all-in-one optical see-through HMD based on a single combiner off-axis optical design. This cutting-edge solution seamlessly integrates the user’s experience with both the real world and virtual environments, effectively bridging the gap to the metaverse while prioritising user comfort and operational efficiency. ASTRI’s innovative solution has already been implemented in local public hospital pharmacies to assist in drug recognition and replenishment processes.

Can You Truly Trust Your Vision?
In extreme weather or lightless environments, visibility diminishes, making it unreliable to depend solely on human vision for judgments. To address this challenge, ASTRI has developed ‘Sensor Fusion’ – an advanced multiple-modality image fusion solution. By inputting regular photos, infrared thermal imaging, and night vision images into a novel diffusion neural network, noise is removed and images are merged to generate stable and enhanced fusion images. This technology can improve visualisation and object recognition capability of surveillance and autonomous guided vehicles.

Integrating Factory Management with Smart Manufacturing
Smart manufacturing fundamentally changes traditional manufacturing thinking, enabling communication between machines, and between machines and humans. It shifts towards highly customised, intelligent, and service-oriented business models that can quickly respond to market changes. The digital twin technology developed by ASTRI allows the assembly process to be designed, optimised, and verified before actual deployment, whilst the physical twin enables real robots and equipment to operate according to the optimised plan.

Avatar Creators
With ASTRI-developed computing vision and generative AI technologies, videos of virtual avatars with speech and head animation can be generated. This technology enables fully automated content creation without the need for professional editing or production skills, making it easier to generate impressive videos with virtual characters.

Additionally, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau and ASTRI organise public guided tours at the ASTRI Technovation Centre today, showcasing Hong Kong’s I&T achievements, and highlighting the advancements and prospects in developing New Quality Productive Forces and new industrialisation.

ASTRI has arranged a variety of games and tech showcases to deepen visitors’ understanding of its core technologies and applications. These include 5G time-sensitive network technology, 3D integrated circuit and their application in smart cities, radio conversation analysis system, C-V2X virtual autonomous driving game, smart dispensing cabinets, tower crane model for testing construction safety technology, and coaxial confocal 3D line scanning system.

About ASTRI

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under five Technology Divisions: Advanced Electronic Components and Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies; Communications Technologies; Innovative Mind, and IoT Sensing and AI Technologies. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New-Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.

Over the years, ASTRI has nurtured a pool of research, I&T talents and received numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations as well as outstanding business and community contributions. ASTRI has transferred 1,500 technologies to the industry and has been granted over 1,100 patents in the Mainland, the United States, and other countries. For further information, please visit www.astri.org.

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