Minister Audrey Tang of Digital Affairs attends the "1st Ideathon Future Prototype Award Ceremony" today (22nd). The Ideathon received thousands of submissions, among which 201 entries were received from the Future Prototype Group, demonstrating the energy of citizens' participation in future imagination. The award ceremony today not only congratulates the winners, but also hopes to lead the public to join the exchange and discussion of future issues through the presentation of the results, and to continue to spread and accumulate the energy of the second Ideathon.

With the theme of "WeWe Futures", the Ministry of Digital Affairs organized the " Ideathon " to encourage the public to give full play to their imagination and creativity, and to explore the imagination and expectations of different generations and regions for life in 2040. The solicitation activities were very fruitful.

From October 31, 2022 to November 25, 2022, a total of 201 entries were submitted to the Future Prototype Group Competition. After preliminary selection, co-creation counseling, and final selection, five " Special Jury Prize" and five " Entry Prize" were selected by the evaluation committee and the public. From the many submissions, moda found that the public is mostly concerned with issues related to "human society and health and happiness", while "technological research and development" also plays an important role.

The " Special Jury Prize " winners include "Forest Resources Smart Management" to enhance the net carbon value of sub-forests, "Digital Psychological Counseling" to use virtual doppelgangers for 24-hour psychological counseling, "Brain Memory Storage Device" to use technology to recreate nostalgic people and things, "Organ Chip Health Monitoring" to analyze and diagnose through big data, and "DNA Information Storage" for cultural memory access with data imprinted on DNA. Applications", etc.

"For example, the Entry Prize winner "nuPlant", which focuses on the elderly or the disadvantaged, considers how to use unmanned airplanes to manage the nutrition of the elderly in the future city; "ASAMITO-AI Magnetic Floating Bathing Cabin" and "The Welfare of Goze" develop automatic magnetic intelligence tools for the welfare of the elderly. The "ASAMITO-AI Magnetic Floating Bathing Cabin" and the "Welfare of Goze" are imaginative works that use artificial intelligence tools to develop automatic magnetic floating baths and a guide app for the blind, in order to provide a safer and more convenient living condition for the mobility impaired and visually impaired. “MARINE CITY.TW Taiwan's future floating city project”, which is concerned with global climate and sea level rise, and "Jofi," a sleep partner to increase work efficiency, for more efficient work and sleep time.

Minister Tang congratulated the award-winning teams who were selected from 201 future prototypes and thanked them for their participation in the first Ideathon, which showcased future trends and issues of interest to the people of Taiwan. Today's award ceremony also included a live display of the winning projects, and we hope that everyone will take this opportunity to exchange and discuss with each other, and to accumulate diverse and rich energy for the next Ideathon.

Minister Tang further said that today is "World Earth Day" and we should promote "environmental sustainability" and "social inclusion" while developing digitally. Minister Tang hopes that AI can be used as "assistive intelligence" to complement the "collective intelligence" of human beings, creating an infinite future of diversity and inclusion.

Minister Tang said that the second annual Ideathon will continue the spirit of "WeWe Futures" and incorporate the creativity and aspirations of all people. The Ministry of Digital Affairs will assist the public to submit their contributions through interactive guidance, and introduce AI cohesion issues through pol.is technology.