Qingdao hospital introduces two “robot nurses” for food delivery in an new pneumonia intensive station.
The two smart medical robots operated by a 5G system carry out automatic disinfection, inhalation of waste air, sanitization, and automatic food and medicine delivery services in isolated areas. They can deliver meals to a designated room within 1-2 minutes, reducing the probability of cross-infection between healthcare workers and isolated observers.
Xinhuanet, February 26, 2020
CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics develops rechargeable aqueous planar Zn//MnO2 micro-batteries fabricated by screen printing technology
The group of WU Zhongshuai from DICP has used a thixotropic ink based on manganese dioxide, zinc powder and graphene as active materials, to produce the positive, negative electrodes and the current collector of Zn//MnO2 batteries, respectively. In a...
Alipay starts payment based on face recognition, beauty filters for ladies
An improved facial recognition point-of-sales system of Alipay, named Dragonfly, has been upgraded by "beauty filters", upon complaint by female consumers that facial recognition machines captured unflattering images. According to the company, this new feature...
Alipay offers software to help sort garbage
The Chinese government has set a goal of 35 percent for household garbage recycling by 2020, and Shanghai has put into effect compulsory regulations from July 1, 2019. 45 other cities are about to follow soon. In response to this move, Alipay offers the beta phase of...
Ministry of Science and Technology defines “synthetic biology” as a key special project
In a recent announcement, 13 projects with a total funding of 267 million yuan were noted. Some major projects are: “Redesign and construction of microorganisms for synthesis of chemicals” PI ZHENG Yuguo of Zhejiang University of Technology, 33.77 million...
Guangdong plans for Comprehensive National Science Center in the Greater Bay Area
The Greater Bay Area consists of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong province -- Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing. Since Oct. 2018, the region is connected via the 29 km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge....
China’s first hydrogen gas station built in Guangdong
Sinopec announced that the company completed China’s first gas station in Foshan City. It supplies gasoline, hydrogen and electric energy in addition to convenience services. A “Blue Book of China's Hydrogen Energy Infrastructure” issued by the National Hydrogen...
Beijing launches 4300 5G base stations
Beijing has delivered close to 6000 5G base stations to three telecommunication operators by the end of May, 2019. According to Beijing Youth Daily newspaper, 4300 of these stations were already installed in Beijing’s urban core areas such as the new airport, the...
CAS Fujian Institute improves low-cost rare earth extraction process
The group of SUN Xiaoqi from CAS Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter has developed a new method for the isolation of rare earth metals from softening ammonia sulfate wastewater produced during bastnasite ammonia sulfate roasting. Based on alkyl...
CAS Dalian research group turns syngas into high-quality gasoline
The group of PAN Xiulian and BAO Xinhe have developed a new ZnMnOx-zeolite catalyst which allows for selective syngas conversion to mixed light olefins with a high selectivity. The transformation of syngas to gasoline had a selectivity of 77% at 20% CO conversion and...
Qingdao exhibits high-speed MAGLEV train prototype, designed for a top speed of 600 km/h
CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., the train building company, is currently building an experimental center and a trial production center for high-speed maglev trains and expects to put them into operation in the second half of 2019. R&D of a five-carriage engineering...
ZTE opens cybersecurity laboratory in Rome, allows source code review
ZTE is a major international provider of telecommunications gears, competing with Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia for clients such as mobile operators. Its Rome laboratory, opened May 21, aims to provide global customers, regulators and other stakeholders with security...
Tianjin University presents brain-computer interface chip “Brain Talker”
At the World Intelligence Congress held in Tianjin last week, Tianjin University and China Electronics Co. have presented a portable chip can which can identify minor neuron information sent by the brain wave from the cerebral cortex, efficiently decode the...