Excellence in Creating a Smarter World International Innovation Award.
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
- Professor David Sanders (Recipient), Dr Malik Haddad (Recipient), Dr Giles Tewkesbury (Recipient), Martin Langner (Recipient) & Dr Alexander Gegov (Recipient)
- University of Portsmouth
Pioneering research from the University of Portsmouth that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to open up a new world of possibilities for children with disabilities has won an E&T International Innovation Award.
The Awards celebrate people, projects and organisations revolutionising the world through excellence in engineering and technology. The University won the Excellence in Creating a Smarter World award.
The University of Portsmouth collaborated with the Chailey Heritage Foundation to develop intelligent real-time digital systems to enhance the use of powered wheelchairs. These will enable children with high levels of disability to drive their own wheelchairs. Some for the very first time.
Awarded date | 19 Nov 2020 |
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Degree of recognition | International |
Granting Organisations | The Institution of Engineering and Technology |
Awarded at event | International Innovation Awards |
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