by admin | Nov 19, 2021
Developed by the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) and Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS), HKBirds is an iOS app designed to help users observe, identify and record birds, and to share their findings too. Principal Lecturer Dr Billy Hau coordinated the project...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021
HKU has undergone enormous changes to its physical campus and teaching and research programmes over the past decade – changes that are still unfolding. Less visible but just as profound have been the changes to its Libraries. Far from being simply places of books and...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021
Named UMAG STArts, the initiative comprises a series of programmes that link with the Museum’s permanent collections and highlight interdisciplinary studies of art history, novel technologies and conservation and their multiple crossover points within science,...
by admin | May 13, 2021
When a South Korean call centre decided to bring robots into the workplace, they asked Dr Sara Kim to study their employees’ response. The firm had told workers they would not be replaced, but it wanted to better understand their insecurities and perceptions of these...
by admin | May 13, 2021
The promise of robotics in healthcare is often equated with the development of self-driving cars. The latter technology has accelerated and these cars are now being tested on roads, although not without challenges. Could we one day have autonomous medical droids...
