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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