Talented young Thais give elderly and disabled a boost with innovations

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Talented young Thais give elderly and disabled a boost with innovations

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

Winners of the Enjoy Science: Young Makers Contest present their outstanding innovations for the elderly and disabled during award ceremony in Bangkok.

 

THE TALENT of Thai youths to create innovations for the elderly and disabled took centre stage at a unique event in Bangkok to promote Thailand’s culture of invention, one of the primary foundations of the government’s Thailand 4.0 strategy.

 

During the Bangkok Mini Maker Faire Year 2 in front of The Street Ratchada, the winners of the Enjoy Science: Young Makers Contest, which was part of the Chevron Enjoy Science project, were announced. 

 

The King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang’s BME Innovation KMITL Team 2, which delivered a fall surveillance system using 3D non-contact sensor, was the winner in the general education category.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30305177

 

 

 

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Nice, but the article really focused on how politicos benefited from the show and just skimmed over the achievements .    The 3D sensors sounded interesting, but no time was taken to described how they worked.  The "electric parade" sounded interesting too, but what is it ?