Two Student Teams Shone at HKIE Joint Institutes Competition 2014

2014-06-20
Two students teams from the Faulty of Engineering swept the champion, 1st runner-up and the "My Favourite Project" Award. YUNG, Man Lee (CS), Chan Chun Kit (CS), Keung Nga Fong (MAE) and Chan Chuen Wai (MAE) won the champion of the HKIE Joint Institutes Competition 2014. The project named "Visually-impaired Positioning System" is a new guiding system to facilitate the visually-impaired to go out in a more safety way and explore a new place independently with a special designed guide stick.

VPS can provide a real-time guide to the visually-impaired on their way to their destination and exploring new places. At each turning point of the guiding tiles, VPS can give the direction to destination. By obtaining an actual position of the user, VPS can also act as an emergency contact device to ensure the safety of the user.