https://www.scmp.com/rss/321298/feed Global Sources Exhibitions are professional shows including Electronics shows, Gifts & Home products fair and fashion exhibitions held in October, 2015. The South China Morning Post is a media partner of Global Sources Mobile Electronics Show in Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Twenty years ago, when the iconic phase II of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) hosted the handover ceremony of Hong Kong to China, the city was enjoying the title of Asia’s convention and exhibition capital. But today Hong Kong’s status is increasingly threatened by its Asian counterparts, especially mainland Chinese cities. The number of visitors to Hong Kong related to meetings, incentives, conferences, and events (MICE) grew by 37.6 per cent during 2008-2012, but slowed to... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2101057/hong-kong-looks-innovation-new-markets-battle-retain-status-key?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2101057/hong-kong-looks-innovation-new-markets-battle-retain-status-key?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jul 2017 05:00:00 +0000 From smart milk bottles for infants to smart watches customers can assemble themselves using tiny Lego-like blocks, last week’s Global Sources mobile electronics show in Hong Kong treated visitors to a kaleidoscopic array of new gadgets among the hundreds of innovative products on display. Here are five of the top picks from the latest edition of the world’s biggest mobile electronic sourcing show.   Dual-screen smartphone that doubles as an e-reader Jezetek Mobile has produced this nifty... https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/1871456/smart-helmets-glasses-free-3d-screens-top-5-picks-global-sources?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/1871456/smart-helmets-glasses-free-3d-screens-top-5-picks-global-sources?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:00:15 +0000 Fans of one of the most famous Hollywood movie franchises involving time travel celebrated Back to the Future day on Wednesday, with comical winks appearing in all manner of places such as railway timetable boards in some Western countries. October 21, 2015 is the date Marty McFly and Dr Emmett Brown fast forward to in the second instalment of the series, thus entering a world populated by futuristic sci-fi gadgets like hoverboards (not to mention their flying car, the DeLorean time... https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/1870420/flying-cars-are-coming-soon-and-hoverboards-are-real-so-did-back?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/1870420/flying-cars-are-coming-soon-and-hoverboards-are-real-so-did-back?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:30:30 +0000 More players are rushing into the market for civilian drones and offering products with similar specs as current market leaders for half the price or less courtesy of cheap manufacturing plants in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, where many of the world’s drone companies are based. Hundreds of start-ups focused on drones or spin-off industries are located in this former boomtown in Guangdong province opposite Hong Kong including China’s DJI, which now makes up over 70 per cent of the global market... https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/1870080/drone-maker-dji-plagued-copy-cats-price-war-begins-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/1870080/drone-maker-dji-plagued-copy-cats-price-war-begins-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:45:15 +0000 A start-up in Hong Kong claims to have built the world’s first tailored audio device: a pocket-sized box that can map sensitivity to different sounds and adjust the songs on your mobile jukebox to create a customised audio profile. This can prevent damage to hearing while also clearing up distortion and filter back in missed sounds, said Aumeo Audio, the company behind the product. Called simply Aumeo, the slim device can boost bass levels for listeners insensitive to lower frequencies or lower... https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/1869970/music-your-ears-hong-kong-start-says-aumeo-pocket-device-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/1869970/music-your-ears-hong-kong-start-says-aumeo-pocket-device-first?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Oct 2015 04:00:45 +0000 They may not be the hoverboard that Marty McFly promised we'd all be riding by this year in Back To The Future Part II, but they may well be the next best thing. A series of one- and two-wheeled balance boards - with some models costing as little as US$200 - are among the latest hi-tech devices on display at the world's largest mobile electronics sourcing show, which opened in Hong Kong yesterday. The Global Sources exhibition at AsiaWorld-Expo runs until Wednesday and hosts 2,300 booths... https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/1869125/drones-and-robots-take-over-hong-kong-electronics-show-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/1869125/drones-and-robots-take-over-hong-kong-electronics-show-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Oct 2015 03:45:45 +0000 The spirit of entrepreneurship has been certainly coming back to Hong Kong this year after growing doubts in recent years over where to find the next Li Ka-shing. From almost any Starbucks shop across the city to a fast-growing number of high-level industry events, perhaps the three topics most often discussed are start-ups, innovation and entrepreneurship. In other words, as young Hongkongers keep complaining about low-pay entry-level jobs, many are striving to become their own bosses. I was... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1866373/busy-season-hong-kongs-future-entrepreneurs-coffee-shops-airport?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1866373/busy-season-hong-kongs-future-entrepreneurs-coffee-shops-airport?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Oct 2015 14:30:45 +0000