Hong Kong Polytechnic University

AIRS Medical logo
By  Adam Ang 10:21 pm July 21, 2024
AIRS Medical bags $20M to take more global markets Korean medical AI company AIRS Medical has raked in $20 million in a Series C funding round led by BSK Investment and Shinyoung Securities.  Based on a press statement, the company will use its fresh funds to continue its global expansion and invest in R&D.  Last year, AIRS Medical launched its flagship product, SwiftMR, in the United States...
A person wearing PolyU's Mobile Ankle-foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton
By  Adam Ang 04:15 am November 9, 2023
Researchers from Hong Kong have come up with a new robotic device for improving the gait and lower limb function of stroke patients. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The mobile ankle-foot exoneuromusculoskeleton developed by a research team from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a rehabilitation robot specifically designed for stroke patients with hemiplegia, or paralysis that affects one side of the...
PolyU Assistant Professor Dr Ankers Wong presenting their mobile health management app for the elderly
By  Adam Ang 07:48 pm March 14, 2023
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Nursing, together with a local telecommunications company, has developed a new mobile health management app for the elderly. HOW IT WORKS Based on a press release, they said the app, which connects to a wearable health monitoring device, alerts a nurse or carer once it detects abnormalities in an elderly user's vitals parameters, such as blood...
A nursing student wearing a VR lens demonstrates the use of the Virtual Hospital learning system
By  Adam Ang 02:30 am August 17, 2022
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has recently developed a virtual learning system that uses virtual reality technology to enhance nursing education amid the ongoing global pandemic. PolyU's Virtual Hospital learning system is said to offer an "innovative experiential approach to nursing education". WHAT IT'S ABOUT Touted to be the first-of-its-kind in Hong Kong, the VR-based learning system...
By  Adam Ang 11:44 pm July 6, 2021
A research team at Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed optical fibre sensors used in railway safety monitoring technologies for health monitoring. WHAT IT DOES In a statement, PolyU described the novel Side Hole Polymer Optical Fibre Sensors as "biocompatible, supple and extremely sensitive to very small pressure changes inside the human body". Professor Hwa-yaw Tam, lead researcher...