新闻及香港科大故事

HKUST UG Hall III launched a new Organic Farming Pioneers Program in January this year that aims to engage a group of Hall III residents who have strong passion to serve the residence community and promote the ideas of green living, respecting and appreciating nature.

HKUST Sustainability Unit and the Student Affairs Office (SAO) launched the Green O' Camp Project 2016 to promote sustainability among student societies and encourage societies step forward to hold their activities in a sustainable manner.

An interview of Natalie CHANG, Staff from Office of Planning and Institutional Research

Different from previous First Dinners, HSEO Sustainability Unit have joined hands with the Student Affair Office (SAO) and transformed this year?s My First Dinner @ HKUST into the first zero food waste event in UST.

Every summer, Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management (T&M-DDP) holds leadership training camp for all new students to unleash and polish their leadership potential. This year in August, over 50 new Year 1 and Year 2 T&M-DDP students admitted respectively from program-based and school-based admissions joined the leadership training camp at Sai Wan, Sai Kung.

When HKUST library recently replaced 1,000 meters of old carpeting in the entry lobby, they chose "Cool Carpet" which ensures that the new carpets will cause no harm by offsetting all the greenhouse gases (GHG) associated with the manufacturing, maintenance and end of life management of the carpet tiles.

如果你认为电影《铁甲奇侠》内出现的悬浮影像只属科幻小说情节，现在或许是时候改变这想法。增强实境（AR）是未来移动设备上的一项重要发展，目前科大的系统与媒体实验室（SysMLab）正带领这项科技研究。 由许彬教授率领的SysMLab研究员团队正为程序编写员建立平台，以促进AR在移动及穿戴式装置上的应用发展。实验室在2013年成立，一直致力透过虚拟世界提供个人化信息，以解决日常生活问题。 采用「从下而上」研究方式的许教授解释说：「我们设法找出及发展AR的主要组成部分，包括硬件平台、软件框架及显示设备。」研究团队亦使用「多项技术，包括物体追踪和将计算程序置于云端上进行，以提升发展周期的进度」，由三个月缩短至只需一星期。 实验室成员已发展多项AR系统领先技术，并就此递交了18项专利申请。在众多实验室项目之中，云基实镜（CloudRidAR）可将密集的计算操作，置于云端和其他共同定位设备上处理，以提升AR应用程序的运作效率。因此，当用户将手提电话装置指向书本等对象时，便可实时查阅大量数据。 实验室亦正发展一套名为Ubii 的系统。Ubii 可与智能设备进行互动，例如用家只要做出「拖拉」手势，便可遥距将档案传送到打印机。此外，实验室亦正开发其他项目，包括实时情绪感应系统，以及可防止用家被数码相机辨认和拍摄的交互式私隐平台。 请按此了解详情。

HKUST Information Day was held on 24 September 2016 to kick-start the student recruitment for 2017/18. Over 30,000 visitors including prospective students, parents and teachers joined the Information Day.