Emerging Technologies

Video: How new technology merges the physical and virtual worlds

Qiang Yang
Head of Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Qiang Yang, from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, talks about the new technologies that will enable the merging of the physical and virtual worlds.

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Author: Yang Qiang is a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Image: A visitor tastes food using new technology. REUTERS/Edgar Su.

 

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