Xi'an Jiaotong University held a publicity seminar on the Silk Road Robotics Innovations Competition 2017 on Friday. The event marked the official launch of the competition with its theme, "Bringing together the Intelligent Technologies and Leading Innovation Along the Silk Road".
Could a "wearable robot" one day help paraplegics and disabled people walk in the same way shortsighted people simply put on a pair of glasses to correct their vision? That is the hope of one Chinese company which is designing exoskeletons that people can wear.
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Facebook Inc on Wednesday pulled aside the curtain on a secretive unit headed by a former chief of the Pentagon's research arm, disclosing that the social media company is studying ways for people to communicate by thought and touch.
A ground-breaking delegation of Australian aged-care training providers to China will visit Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai from 24–28 April to gain a deeper understanding of the needs of China’s 222 million aging consumers.
There is a popular notion that a country can "breed itself" out of the aging population "problem". On one level it makes sense: population aging is largely caused by a decline in the birth rate. Increasing the birth rate, by definition, should alleviate the "problem".
