PolyU Startups Shine at CES 2026 with Innovation Awards in Digital Health and Accessibility

PolyU startups achieved remarkable success at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, held from 6 to 9 January. Eieling Technology Limited, co-founded by Prof. ZHENG Yongping, Director of Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Henry G. Leong Professor in Biomedical Engineering, received an "Innovation Award" in the "Digital Health" category for developing FattaLab®, the world’s first intelligence-driven compact fatty liver diagnostic device. By integrating advanced artificial intelligence technology, FattaLab® offers an efficient, portable, and accurate solution for fatty liver detection. Additionally, the Powered Rehab Skateboard, developed by Prof. Kenneth Fong, Director of Research Centre for Assistive Technology, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor, Associate Head of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Management Committee member of Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of Things, member of Research Institute for Smart Ageing, was honoured with an "Innovation Award" in the "Accessibility and Longevity" category. The Powered Rehab Skateboard is a portable, cost-effective robotic device designed to enable stroke patients to perform personalized, home-based upper limb rehabilitation. These achievements showcase PolyU’s excellence in biomedical innovation and rehabilitation technology and highlight the university’s commitment to supporting research teams and startups in bringing Hong Kong’s cutting-edge solutions to the global stage. Both of the inventions are closely related to the challenges faced by population ageing, prevalences of fatty liver and stroke increase with age. RISA provides an interdisciplinary platform to facilitate our professors to make their research and development to achieve higher societal impacts and help more people in need.

理大初創企業在2026年1月6日至9日於美國拉斯維加斯舉行的年度消費電子展（CES）上取得傑出成就。由智齡研究院 (RISA) 院長、生物醫學工程學系講座教授及梁顯利生物醫學工程教授鄭永平共同創辦的「意領科技有限公司」，憑藉全球首創智能驅動型緊湊脂肪肝診斷儀FattaLab®，榮獲「數碼健康」組別「創新獎」。FattaLab®結合先進人工智能技術，為脂肪肝檢測提供高效、便攜且準確的解決方案。此外，由輔助技術研究中心主任、理大研究生院副院長、康復治療科學系副系主任及教授、人工智能物聯網研究院管理委員會成員、智齡研究院 成員方乃權研發的「動力康復滑板車」亦於「無障礙與長壽」組別獲頒「創新獎」。「動力康復滑板車」是一款便攜且具成本效益的機械裝置，專為中風患者提供個人化的上肢家居康復訓練。這些成就展示了理大在生物醫學創新及康復科技領域的卓越表現，並突顯了大學支持研究團隊及初創企業，將香港尖端解決方案推向國際舞台的承諾。這兩項發明都與人口老齡化所面臨的挑戰息息相關，脂肪肝及中風的患病率都隨年齡增長而上升。我們智齡研究院提供跨學科平台，協助教授們的研發成果產生更大社會影響，並幫助更多有需要的人。