Singapore Team, led by Citizen Innovation, picked up 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals for their inventions at the Taipei International Invention Show & Technomart 2017 (INST 2017), which took place on 28-30th September 2017 at Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Of the 6 entries we submitted, our innovators took home 5 medals. There are over 1500 patents from 23 countries made it to the finals, of which 504 finalists from 23 categories are awarded medals. The show is organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), and also hosted by Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The umpire for the judging committee for this year is Japan Intellectual Property Association.
The team’s stellar performance on its maiden invention show participation has proven the quality of community level innovation in Singapore, and also generated interest among Singaporeans to bring their patented works to be validated on the world stage.
Our next stop will be Kaohsiung International Invention & Design Expo 2017 (KIDE 2017) on 8th to 10 December 2017, hosted by World Invention Intellectual Property Associations (WIIPA).
The 2 Gold award winners are:
[BlackNode] is a locator device that speed up locating the wreckage during air disaster. The invention is by TAN Wei Kok & Joleen Seto from Les Robotique (http://www.LesRobotique.com).
[Floating Chinampa] is a modular water-based agricultural system enabling growth of plants and vegetables on freshwater surfaces, especially useful in land scarce and flooded regions. The invention is by M. Ibnur Rashad from GUILD – Ground-Up Innovation Labs for Development (http://www.groundupinnovation.org/).
Silver Award:
[iBAM] by M. Ibnur Rashad from GUILD – Ground-Up Innovation Labs for Development (http://www.groundupinnovation.org/)
Bronze Awards:
[FEWS] by TAN Wei Kok & Joleen Seto from Les Robotique (http://www.LesRobotique.com)
[GEMS] by Joleen Seto & TAN Wei Kok from Les Robotique (http://www.LesRobotique.com)
Last but not least, Joleen Seto, our only female inventor in the team. She was awarded Bronze Award for [GEMS], a green estate micro-management system in INST2017. Earlier in May 2017, GEMS came in 2nd place in Buildings category for IoT for Greener Cities Challenge, organized by Young Global Leaders and ENGIE, held in Brussels Belgium and received praise from Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, Alexander de Croo.
