PolyU Design Impact Report 2025 reviews the School’s recent milestones and showcases how design research creates impact through education, innovation, and collaboration. The centre is prominently featured in the report through two dedicated coverage, highlighting how well-being oriented research can be connected with international academic exchange.
In the Wearable Intelligence, Emotional Support feature, two projects in Research Centre for Future (Caring) Mobility: Transparent Knee Guard and EmoFriends, are presented as design research examples addressing physical rehabilitation and emotional well-being, echoing their recognition at the 2025 iF Design Awards. Transparent Knee Guard integrates liquid metal sensors with fibre mesh for knee rehabilitation monitoring, and the report notes 93.42% accuracy in behaviour recognition to support real-time clinical data delivery. EmoFriends is described as a stress-sensing plush companion enabled by Emosense touch technology, and it is also noted as a Gold winner at Hong Kong Techathon+ 2025.
The report also includes Closing the Year with Presence, which documents the PolyU Design team’s submissions and Best Paper Award achievement at IASDR 2025 in Taipei. It mentions an exchange between Prof. Don Norman (PolyU Design International Advisory Board member) and Prof. Stephen Jia Wang during IASDR 2025, underscoring how research dialogue and collaboration can carry work forward across cities and communities.
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Research Centre for Future (Caring) Mobility
PolyU School of Design
