Supervised by Dr Kenneth Fong, a team of four students from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences developed a funnel-shape door opening device to ease the elderly and people with weak visual acuity and hand function in unlocking doors. The innovation won the first runner-up prize at the Student Design Challenge of the International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe 2014) held in Singapore.

Adopted a barrier-free concept, this creative device is installed with a motor sensor and a LED light that will automatically light up when users get close to the door-lock. With a funnel opening on the smooth inner edge, the device allows users to find and match keyholes easily, and thus unlocking doors more easily. The winning students are: Ching Sze-cheuk, Lam Hil-tung, Tang Ka-hei and Law Yan-yan. Earlier on, the innovation also won the Prof. Alan Tam Memorial Scholarship.