Innovation Facilitator : Driving the adoption of Innovation and Technology (I&T)

The Exhibition is one of the most significant global annual events on inventions. This year’s event was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 17 to 21 April, featuring over 1,000 inventions from nearly 40 countries and regions. EMSD had a remarkable performance, winning seven gold medals, ten silver medals, and four bronze medals at the event. This achievement demonstrates EMSD's commitment to innovation and its efforts in developing advanced technologies.

As the Government’s Innovation Facilitator, EMSD is committed to strengthening the collaboration between government departments and startups, SMEs, academia, and R&D institutions. By fostering collaboration with stakeholders and facilitating the adoption of emerging technologies, EMSD achieves efficacy in regulatory and engineering services, and is able to support other government departments in facilitating their application of new technologies to improve services, support smart city development and achieve carbon neutrality.

Enhancement to EMSD’s work efficiency and services

The work of EMSD aims to ensure electrical and mechanical (E&M) safety for the public and promote energy saving. By leveraging innovative technologies to enhance regulatory inspections and system maintenance, EMSD is able to improve its work efficiency and maintenance services.

Some award winning inventions for EMSD’s operation:

This invention adopts AI-based audio analytics to detect potential issues of different equipment and provide maintenance recommendations.

This system applies AI language models and algorithms to analyse areas that might pose higher risk to the safety of railway operation for prioritising the railway regulatory inspections, thereby enhancing the assurance of railway safety.

A unique combination of technologies for Airfield Ground Lighting to ensure safety and efficiency, with dry ice cleaning of rubber deposits, Real Time Kinematic (RTK) precise positioning, image recognition for prism detection and bolt alignment, and autonomous driving.

Collaboration made possible I&T inventions to the benefit of bureaux/departments (B/Ds)

EMSD plays a crucial role in providing B/Ds with one-stop professional E&M engineering services. Through cross-departmental collaboration, EMSD helps other B/Ds adopt I&T and improve their operations. The gold medal-winning projects showcased the effectiveness of this collaborative approach.

Some award winning inventions for various B/Ds :

A compact ball type rolling robot for accessing hard-to-reach areas to conduct inspection, rescue and negotiation where large robots and drones cannot access.

AI robotic vessels are developed to identify and eliminate apple snail eggs which damage ecosystems in wetlands by water jet and swinging stick.

This invention has been initially applied in the Hong Kong Fire Services Department to efficiently manage the fire-fighting tools & rescue equipment on fire appliances. With adoption of 5G and RFID technologies, it allows firefighters to monitor the availability and status of relevant tools and equipment in real time.