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Taiwan’s inventors shine in Geneva
Staff Writer, with CNA, Geneva, Switzerland
High-heel shoes with changeable
heels resembling the Eiffel Tower and Taipei 101, invented by Juang Ying-shen,
are displayed in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday.
Photo: CNA
Taiwanese inventors nabbed six special
prizes and 42 gold, 34 silver and five bronze medals on Friday at the 39th
International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, Switzerland.
From the practical to the outright imaginative, the 86 Taiwanese participants
impressed foreign observers as they showcased their ideas.
Among the group, four students from Tucheng Junior High School modified a
crossbow to shoot bolts consecutively like a gun. The group won a special prize
for teenagers that was sponsored by Russia, becoming the youngest winners in
this year’s competition. Another invention, designed by Kun Shan University’s Lu
Chun-lin (盧春林), allows a person to wake up in the morning and make coffee by
speaking commands to the machine. The coffee maker has built-in voice
recognition technology. Lu won a special prize sponsored by Romania.
A portable urine collector, developed by Taiwan Adventist Hospital’s
cardiovascular surgeon Yuan Ming-chi (袁明琦), will help the elderly and those
suffering from urinary incontinence shed their dependence on adult diapers. For
inventing something so practical, Yuan won a gold medal at the exhibition.
An idea by Chung Hwa University professor Juang Ying-shen (莊英慎) also won kudos
at the show. She created changeable heels for high-heeled shoes that offer
options to install a heel that resembles the Eiffel tower or Taipei 101. She
also has mahjong and chess piece heels.
The largest commuter newspaper in Geneva’s French--speaking community, 20
Minutes, ran a half-page article about her stylish -invention on Thursday.
Hsieh Fa-dah (謝發達), Taiwan’s representative to Switzerland, also presented five
special prizes to participants from other countries at the award ceremony on
Friday.
The 86 Taiwanese participants came from 15 schools and 14 enterprises. They
showcased their inventions along with more than 750 exhibitors from 45
countries. The show ran from Wednesday to today.
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