Seventy-two inventions have been selected to showcase the nation’s technological innovation at next year’s CES — formerly an initialism for the Consumer Electronics Show — the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) said yesterday.
The CES is to take place in Las Vegas from Jan. 7 to 10.
Those selected were mainly related to artificial intelligence (AI), digital medicine, smart city, sustainability and vehicle technology, NSTC Minister Wu Cheng-wen (吳誠文) said.
Photo: Hsu Tze-lin, Taipei Times
Smart city technology, AI and digital medicine accounted for 37 percent, 25 percent and 24 percent of the chosen entries respectively, he added.
Taiwanese inventors’ participation in CES 2025 is a boon for the nation’s efforts to build international markets, supply chains and sovereign AI technology, Wu said, adding that the event helps connect innovators with investors.
The council’s vision is for the nation to use innovative technology in the service industry to supplement the high-tech manufacturing sector’s contributions to the economy, he said.
On Jan. 3, officials are to unveil a project to facilitate development and manufacture of general utility technology that can be applied across the economy, Wu said.
The National Laboratory Animal Center, FaceHeart Corp and R2C2 Limited clinched a CES innovation award, the NSTC said in a statement.
The National Laboratory Animal Center’s invention — an integrated system to simulate blood clot formation to replace animal testing — was also its first, it said, adding that the platform can model clotting and pharmaceutical effects in multiple species.
FaceHeart’s creation was an AI-based imagery system that can derive a 90 percent accurate measurement of a person’s cardiovascular health index from a 45-second scan, the NSTC said.
The R2C2 Arc system is a mobile platform that can manage industrial robot fleets, featuring large language model AI and block-chain enabled information security measures, it said.
Ministry of Digital Affairs Chief Secretary Betty Hu (胡貝蒂) said the ministry has obtained a NT$10 billion (US$305.89 million) budget from the council to fund Taiwanese AI and other digital technology developers whose products are not monetized yet.
The selected inventors are welcome to apply for government funding, as they are presumed to be eligible under the ministry’s guidelines, she said.
Additional reporting by CNA
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