Technology and Innovation Commons^™

Farmer's Life: An Age-Friendly Toy 「農夫歲月」: 以長者為主題的全齡玩具, Ka Lun Dragon Lam, Ching Nam Wan, Pak Hin Wong, Chi Chung Yip, Yong Hong Yu

IxA (2017)

...The board game involves four kinds of cards that indicate matters of fate, opportunities, scenarios and challenges, all of which are related to elderly people’s daily lives. The ‘Farmer’s Life’ has been revised to a third edition, and has been published and tested on various public or industry-related platforms for the elderly.

這項桌上遊戲設有四款遊戲卡牌，分別代表命運、機會、情景和挑戰，全都與長者的日常生活息息相關。「農夫歲月」已修訂至第三版，推出後已在為長者而設的不同公眾及產業相關平台接受測試。

Award: Silver
奬項: 銀奬

Plastic Surgery 整容, Hoi Lam Chu

IxA (2017)

The idea of the ‘plastic surgery’ project comes from the notion of change in dress and appearance. Just as human beings can change their faces through plastic surgery, likewise their outfits can be changed by using design ideas that involve change, puzzle and technology...

這個名為「整容」的項目，理念源自衣着與外表恆常變化的概念。正如整容能改變人類的容貌，在設計中引入變化、拼貼和科技的概念，也能令服裝煥然一新...

Award: Silver
奬項: 銀奬

Smart Elderly Care Robot 智能長者護理機械人, Chi Leung Cheung, Chun Ho Wong, Yiu Tong Yu

IxA (2017)

...This project aims to design a companion robot to take care of elderly people’s social and mental needs. A movable robot, named the ‘Intelligent Elderly Care Robot’, is built to serve this purpose. The robot uses currently available technologies, including simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM), face recognition, voice dialog with machine learning AI, and an Android application for direct, easy user control...

...鑒於未來的長者服務需求殷切，這個項目旨在設計一款名為「智能長者護理機械人」的機械夥伴，以滿足長者的社交及精神需要。機械人配備多項現有科技，包括同步定位與地圖構建（SLAM）、臉部辨識、配備人工學習智能的語音對話、方便使用者直接操作的安卓應用程式等...

Award: Silver
奬項: 銀奬

Hugus 哈格斯, Oi Lam Cheung, Lim Chi Fung, Shun Wai Hung, Sin Yi Ho, Kai Fung Tam, Lap Wing Wong, Chi Yin Yu

IxA (2017)

Hugus is a pair of fluffy dolls designed for two parties who need to spend extended time periods separated by distance. Each of the parties owns one of the dolls. To connect the Hugus, all the parties have to do is to link up their smartphones with the Hugus App via Bluetooth, and set up a reunion date with a pairing code...

哈格斯是一對兩隻的毛毛玩偶，專為長期分隔異地的人而設計。二人雙方各擁一隻哈格斯玩偶，以智能手機透過藍芽接入哈格斯應用程式，再以配對碼設定相聚的日期，就能連結彼此的哈格斯...

Award: Merit
奬項: 優異奬

Waterlloon 凝光: 共用居住環境的燈光設計, Wing Iu Lau

IxA (2017)

...This project involves designing a lighting device that maximises fun and entertainment and also provides high placement flexibility that enables users to engage in various activities in their own living environments. The Waterlloon (water x balloon) lighting system design allows flexible placement of lighting in a fun and entertaining way...

...本項目設計的照明設備，就能充分融合趣味和娛樂元素，同時能靈活安裝於不同地方，讓用家在自己的生活天地中從事各種活動。凝光燈光系統的設計兼備趣味和娛樂元素，而且十分靈活，可以安裝於家中不同角落...

Award: Merit
奬項: 優異奬

Process Design For Hoist Wire Rope Measurement And Adjustment 設計快速量度及調教鋼絲繩的方法, Yiu Wing Tsang

IxA (2017)

A rubber tyred gantry crane (RTGC) is a mobile gantry crane that is used by Hongkong International Terminals Limited (HIT). The crane has eight wheels and four gearboxes that operate on four of the wheels. The RTGC has a trolley on top, which moves a spreader to different lines to pick up or set down containers...

輪胎式龍門架吊機（RTGC）是用於香港國際貨櫃碼頭的流動龍門架 吊機，4 副車輪共配備8 條輪胎和4 個變速箱，吊機頂部設有滑輪 起重小車，負責將移動吊具移至不同線路，以此吊起或放下貨櫃...

Award: Gold
奬項: 金奬

The Optimization Of Conditions In Gold Nanoparticles Assisted Multiplex Pcr 優化納米金粒子所輔助的聚合酶連鎖反應, Chor Ki Hung, Ka Yi Kwan, Tsz Yan, Jeanne Lo

IxA (2017)

...This project focuses on developing a new protocol of duplex PCR that uses optimised AuNPs-assisted conditions. A series of PCR conditions are tested, and the effects of AuNPs on the performance of duplex PCR are evaluated in terms of efficiency and specificity...

...本項目旨在開發一套以優化金納米粒子為輔助條件的全新雙重PCR協定，過程中測試了一系列PCR 條件，並精確衡量了雙重PCR 在效能與特異性方面的表現...

Award: Gold
奬項: 金奬

Innovation Brick Cutting Machine 創新切磚機械, Man Chong Siu, Chor Kiu Yeung, Shun Ting Wong

IxA (2017)

...The ‘innovative brick cutting machine’ operates automatically, provides bricks that are accurately cut to specified sizes, and gives with additional protection for machine operators. The machine reduces the manual labour involved and yields a more accurate product in terms of brick size.

「創新切磚機械」屬全自動運作，能把磚塊準確切割成指定大小，並為操作人員提供額外保護。這部機械能夠減少作業所需人力，並製成大小規格更統一、更準確的磚塊。

Award: Silver
奬項: 銀奬

Annual Report 2017, Lumpkin College Of Business And Applied Sciences

Lumpkin College Annual Reports

This 2017 Annual Report records the achievements, outreach activities, and student honors work of the Eastern Illinois University's Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences. It also includes reports from the School of Business, the School of Family and Consumer Science, the School of Technology, and the department of Military Science.

Creating Spaces For Innovation In The Workplace, Michael Rodriguez

Published Works

When libraries create innovative spaces—or spaces for innovation—they are mostly public-facing spaces. They might be learning commons, makerspaces, collaboration rooms, digital production labs, 3D printing stations, innovation studios, kiosks, incubators, and other buzzwords for physical spaces designed to foster creative productivity through technology and collaboration. At the same time, these transformations have the effect of framing library innovation as heavily public-facing and presenting innovation in terms of technology adoption. Spaces that foster intraorganizational, entrepreneurial innovation by library workers are no less essential yet are largely overlooked in the literature and in practice. This chapter draws on studies, concepts, and models …

Exploring Factors That Affect Adoption Of Computer Security Practices Among College Students, Amani Alqarni

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Cyber-attacks threaten the security of computer users’ information, networks, machines, and privacy. Studies of computer security education, awareness, and training among ordinary computer users, college students, non-IT-oriented user groups, and non-technically trained citizens are limited. Most research has focused on computer security standards and guidelines in organizational contexts. Few studies have analyzed the predictors of college students’ adoption of computer security practices. Based on a comprehensive literature review, researchers have relied heavily on well-established behavioral theories, such as the technology acceptance model (TAM), theory of planned behavior (TPB), and protection motivation theory (PMT) to explain the variation in adoption of …

Examining The Impact That The Locus Of Control, Emotional Intelligence, And Narcissism Have On Internet Addiction And Information Disclosure Among College Students, Antonio Avant

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Marketing Strategies Of Mobile Game Application Entrepreneurs, Talaya C. Waller, Robert J. Hockin, Gina S. Smith

International Journal of Applied Management and Technology

Mobile game application entrepreneurs can offer many benefits to the U.S. economy; however, 80% of the entrepreneurs in this study stated that marketing their mobile applications was a major business challenge. Based on Schumpeter’s theory of economic development and new value creation of technological innovation, the purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the strategies that entrepreneurs have used to market their mobile game application development businesses successfully. Twenty mobile game application entrepreneurs from northern California, who successfully sustained their businesses for 3 or more years, completed semistructured interviews. Moustakas' modified van Kaam method was used and included coding …

Assimilation Of Tracking Technology In The Supply Chain, Rahul Basole, Maciek Nowak

Information Systems and Operations Management: Faculty Publications & Other Works

While tracking technology has become increasingly accessible, firms still struggle with deploying these technologies into the supply chain. Using the complementary perspectives of transaction cost and institutional theory, we develop an understanding of how supply network, product, and environmental characteristics jointly impact tracking technology assimilation. We empirically test our model on a global dataset of 535 supply chain executives and decision makers. The results suggest that assimilation is frequently initiated by an external stakeholder in a firm's supply chain and that firms must develop strong collaborative ties with their partners in order to take full advantage of this technology.

A Systematic Narrative Review Of Literature On Catholic Schools In Australia To Better Understand The Role Of School Leadership Deploying And Integrating Information And Communication Technology (Ict) In This Environment, Steven Francis Vella, Oliver Kisalay Burmeister, Arnela Ceric, Andrew Barnden

eJournal of Catholic Education in Australasia

Research literature within school education present school leaders with a range of roles deploying and integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Roles range from being critically important for success, being needed but to a lesser extent, through to not being needed at all. Australian Catholic schools operate in the same political and social context as schools from other sectors but assimilate the Catholic mission in what they do. To determine if the role of school leadership deploying and integrating ICT in Australian Catholic schools reflected literature from the broader education environment, this study carried out a systematic narrative literature review …

Creative Confidence In Organizational Knowledge Creation: A Synthesis Of The Literature, Elnaz Dario, Rafael Landaeta, Resit Unal, E.H. Ng. (Ed.), B. Nepal (Ed.), E. Schott (Ed.)

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Creative confidence is a newly rising topic in the innovation study area. In a world where creativity has become a vital source of knowledge creation, not believing in one's own creative capacity could be a barrier. At the organizational level, many good ideas are disappearing before ever being written down or shared. Organizations may lose talented people who have great creative potential by either not giving them the opportunity to express their creative ideas or due to a lack of confidence from the employee side, in sharing these ideas. This paper will contribute to the research stream on the role …

When Sharing Is Not Just Caring, Singapore Management University

Research@SMU: Connecting the Dots

Conventional wisdom dictates that trade secrets have to be protected at all costs, but Professor Gerard George’s research shows there may be a better way of doing business.

See the papers:

• Appropriability and the retrieval of knowledge after spillovers
• What do I want? The effects of individual aspiration and relational capability on collaboration preferences

Emergent Ai, Social Robots And The Law: Security, Privacy And Policy Issues, Ramesh Subramanian

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

The rapid growth of AI systems has implications on a wide variety of fields. It can prove to be a boon to disparate fields such as healthcare, education, global logistics and transportation, to name a few. However, these systems will also bring forth far-reaching changes in employment, economy and security. As AI systems gain acceptance and become more commonplace, certain critical questions arise: What are the legal and security ramifications of the use of these new technologies? Who can use them, and under what circumstances? What is the safety of these systems? Should their commercialization be regulated? What are the …

Stigmas That Exist Regarding Technology, Lyndsey Nicole Bowers

Senior Honors Theses

In looking at technology and how technology affects an individual, research indicates that a number of stereotypes exist about the people that most frequently use technology. A large portion of these stigmas involve the personality or gender of those that work with or use technology. The research that indicates that these stereotypes exist within the field of Information Technology (IT) but does not expand to look at the general population and their use of technology. More specifically, the research has not focused on the individuals who are simply interested in information technology and who are talented in working with technology. …

Convincing The Crowd: Entrepreneurial Storytelling In Crowdfunding Campaigns, Stephan Manning, Thomas A. Bejarano

Management and Marketing Faculty Publication Series

This study examines the structure of entrepreneurial stories in pursuit of mobilizing resources from crowds. Based on a comparative analysis of Kickstarter crowdfunding campaigns, we examine in particular how, across different project types, project histories and potential futures are framed and interlinked in narratives to appeal to funders. We find that projects are narrated in different styles – as ‘ongoing journeys’ or ‘results-in-progress’ – to convey project value. The former style narrates projects as longer-term endeavors powered by creative initial ideas and a bold vision, inviting audiences to ‘join the journey’; the latter narrates projects more narrowly as a progression …