ICID Students Recognised for Innovative Solutions: Winning Individual “Future News” Award and Nominated for Group “Future Prototype” Award

Extending from contemporary social issues, imagine future life scenarios, and jointly create a multi-dimensional universe.
“ICID Students Recognised for Innovative Solutions: Winning Individual “Future News” Award and Nominated for Group “Future Prototype” Award”

The “Ideathon”, with the theme of “2040 Plurality: WeWe Futures,” sets out from a multi-dimensional universe to explore the imagination and expectations of different generations, regions, and nationalities in the future year of 2040. This is the first time that the event invites the public to participate in imagining future life scenarios, with the goal of widely accepting citizen’s innovative ideas, achieving open government spirit, and ultimately influencing policy-making and the development of industries. The “Future Insights Award” winners and “Future Prototype Nominees” were announced on November 25th and December 16th, 2022. The works submitted for the event were diverse and covered various topics, such as everyday life, contemporary social issues, and challenges arising from technological advancements.”

The work “DeEpR: Unconventional Form of Drug Technology and Organ Trafficking” by our student Janice Su (蘇靖雯), won the individual award of “Future News” at the “Ideathon” event. The project combines organ trafficking and drug abuse, reflecting contemporary social issues.
In addition, the team “半夜睡不著覺 Can’t Sleep at Night” consisting of Janice Su (蘇靖雯), Marcia Weng (翁瑜廷), Lexi Li (李耘), Han He (何承涵), Rachel Hsu (許慈軒), and Sean Li (李尚恩), was nominated for the group award of “Future Prototype” with their work “牽伴 Hand in Hand”. This nomination stood out among the 201 entries received. The work uses virtual avatars for 24-hour psychological counselling, making deep conversations not only possible from daily life interactions, but also by training AI for conversations which creates new possibilities.

The student team will participate in a co-creation design workshop, where they will work with experts in speculative design, interactive design, and multiverse technology to further develop a complete and immersive prototype of their work. The prototype will then be selected through public square voting and expert review.