e-Book Highlights – Tech-Savvy Era

You may browse selected articles from below e-databases via E-Account; or Library card; or Smart Identity Card allowed for Library Purposes; AND Password.If you have never applied for a library card or E-Account of Hong Kong Public Libraries, please visit the Hong Kong Public Libraries website to know more aboout the application details.  《Driverless》 Author: Hod Lipson, Melba KurmanPublisher: MIT Press, 2016Printed Book: Library CatalogueSource: OverDrive eBooks Introduction: In this book, the authors offer readers insight of risks and benefits of driverless cars and a lucid and engaging explanation of the enabling technology. Recent advances in software and robotics are toppling long-standing technological barriers that for decades have confined self-driving cars to the realm of fantasy.  A new kind of artificial intelligence software called deep learning gives cars rapid and accurate visual perception. Human drivers can relax and take their eyes off the road.  (Back to top) 《Wearable Technology in Medicine and Health Care》 Author: Raymond TongPublisher: Elsevier Science, 2018Source: OverDrive eBooks Introduction: This book provides readers with the most current research and information on the clinical and biomedical applications of wearable technology. It presents the main applications and challenges in the biomedical implementation of wearable devices, such as personal entertainment and continuous monitoring of human vital signs.  This book also discuss the challenges inherent to these rapidly evolving technologies. (Back to top) 《未來經濟新世代─巨變與商機》 Introduction: (Please refer to the Chinese version) Author: 周博裕, 李鈞陶Publisher: 信報出版社，2015Source: Scholar World ebooks (Back to top) 《邁向未來的交通》 Introduction: (Please refer to the Chinese version) Author: 李偉才Publisher: 閱亮點出版，2021Printed Book: Library CatalogueSource: Scholar World ebooks (Back to top) (The information is provided by Hong Kong Public Libraries)

Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2016, Shares His Inspirational Story

Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart, the Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at the Northwestern University, United States of America, visited Hong Kong in November 2019. The Innovation and Technology Bureau (now retitled Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau) took the opportunity to invite Professor Stoddart to share his inspirational story on scientific and innovation pursuit through an interview. Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart, along with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Ben Feringa, won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of artificial molecular machines.  Dr Ken Cham Fai Leung, Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry of Hong Kong Baptist University, was the Croucher research fellow in the research group of Professor Stoddart during his time at University of California, Los Angeles.  He assisted in conducting the interview with Professor Stoddart. In the dialogue with Dr Leung, Professor Stoddart shared his journey to a stereochemistry giant (video).  Based on his personal experience, Professor Stoddart shared the lessons on success (video) and encouraged students and research fellows to enjoy exploring the unknown (video) to make life journey satisfying.  Here is an abridged version of his sharing “Advice for Students” (video) – Permission is required in adopting, reproducing or redistributing the videos. Please send your request to [email protected].