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Visitors watch robots fight at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, in July. Photo: EPA
Wealth: Alternative Investments

Could investing in China’s AI industry prove more lucrative than the US’?

Amid US fears of an AI bubble, experts argue that China’s home-grown innovation offers robust growth opportunities for investors.

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Interiors

Singapore’s first 3D-printed house is out there yet introverted

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

University of Hong Kong scientists explore growing organs with 3D printing tech

Art

Inside Kooza: the people bringing Cirque du Soleil magic to Hong Kong

Ahead of its return, meet the artists behind the circus production’s death-defying stunts and slapstick clowning.

Vicente Quirós training for Kooza in Seattle. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Architecture and design

In Hong Kong, Editecture creates sustainable designs for brands like L’Occitane

‘Turning waste to wonder’ is the motto driving design firm Editecture’s sustainability projects – here’s how they give plastics new purpose.

Japan

Video | Japan builds world’s first 3D-printed train station

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Architecture and design

A piece of Hong Kong in your living room

Heritage and urban living inform a collection of locally designed and crafted furniture on show in Milan, Italy, as part of Hong Kong Interior Design Week.

The Benboo lighting trio, comprising a table lamp, floor lamp and wall lamp that pay tribute to bamboo in copper, designed by Studio RYTE. Photo: Hong Kong Interior Design Week
Wellness

3D bioprinter that makes humanlike tissue should improve drug testing

The coffee-machine-sized printer produces 3D humanlike tissue that should allow for better testing and development of medicines.

Science

China-led team uses 3D-printed male sex organ for ED treatment in world first

Chinese-led team uses hydrogel-based bioinks for 3D-printed implant able to replicate functional components of natural erectile tissue.

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Trending in China

China teen makes folding phone with 3D printer, gains 4 million views online

Secondary school student uses skills honed since primary school to create his own mobile phone, is backed by parents, praised on social media.

A teenage boy in China has made a folding mobile phone using a 3D printer, and some old parts, gaining four million views online. Photo: SCMP composite/Bilibili
Science

Chinese scientists say they can strengthen pure gold by adding tiny holes

Nanopores added to precious metal allow it to bear higher loads and maintain plasticity with ‘no extra weight, no pollution’, team reports in Science article

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Chinese scientists believe their technique for strengthening metals could be pivotal for developing materials urgently needed in tech and aerospace industries. Photo: CCTV
US-China relations

Opinion | US needs a techno-industrial plan to beat China’s factories of the future

China’s shift towards advanced industries will give it such economic and strategic advantages that an equally powerful US response is necessary.

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Science

Pioneering ‘shark skin’ tech could propel China ahead of US in jet engine race

Breakthrough structure developed by Chinese scientists could threaten America’s dominance of engine technology.

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Architecture and design

Inside The Fabrick Lab: meet ‘material innovator’ Elaine Ng Yan Ling

She credits fashion designer Zandra Rhodes as her first inspiration, but a visit to Ng’s Hong Kong studio feels more like an episode of dystopian Netflix show Black Mirror

Hong Kong’s Elaine Ng Yan-ling founded The Fabrick Lab, a design house whose innovative works include pieces for Swarovski, UBS bank and the Hong Kong stock exchange. Photos: Handout
Hong Kong economy

3D-printed concrete homes? Hong Kong team hits brick wall in bid to apply tech

Christian Lange of the University of Hong Kong says his team can produce 3D-printed concrete objects in just minutes, potentially revolutionising building practices

Architect Christian Lange operates a 3D printer at his team’s lab. The University of Hong Kong site features two large robots on tracks which swiftly alternate between concrete printing, picking and placing, and welding. Photo: Dickson Lee
Fashion

How tech is reshaping the sneaker space, from Nike’s RTFKT to 3D printing

Digitisation is transforming the sneaker industry, offering a host of new possibilities exemplified by Nike’s RTFKT Web3 studio, Zellerfeld’s 3D-printed shoes and design platform Sol3Mates.

Semiconductors

Chinese chip makers plan to invest billions on R&D, production in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s push to boost local advanced manufacturing is gaining traction, according to government officials, as the Asian financial centre endeavours to diversify its economy.

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Architecture and design

How 3D printing is helping resurrect a century-old village in rural China

A University of Hong Kong team has combined 3D printing technology with traditional Chinese wooden construction in an adaptive reuse experiment they believe to be the first of its kind.

Concrete mixture is pumped through a 3D printer mounted on a robot to build new walls for a traditional rural house in Nanlong village, in China’s Guizhou province, as part of a University of Hong Kong team’s efforts to revitalise structures in the village. Photo: John Lin and Lidia Ratoi
Shenzhen

Can China’s 3D printers appeal to more than just gamers and cosplayers?

Shenzhen-based Elegoo hopes to democratise 3D printing technology with low prices and convenient shipping, but it will need to grow appeal outside niche markets to reach mass adoption.

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Science

Chinese scientists develop cutting-edge tech for 3D ceramic printing in the air

Jiangnan University team creates new printing paste and improved curing technique to enhance 3D printing efficiency and remove need for support structures.

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Abby Choi - murder of a model

Body restoration of Hong Kong model Abby Choi ‘more complicated than expected’

Family of deceased believed to have opted for 3D printing to restore body parts, with one industry expert saying full recreation could cost at least HK$100,000.

The vigil for slain model Abby Choi is set to take place on June 18. Photo: Instagram/xxabbyc
Architecture and design

Video | Only 140 hours needed to make ‘Europe’s largest 3D-printed building’

Construction of ‘Europe’s largest 3D-printed building’ in Germany to take only 140 hours to finish
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Space

3D-printed rocket’s debut launch aborted at last minute

The countdown for Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket was halted with just over a minute remaining because of a temperature issue with its upper stage.

US-China relations

Firm that sent military designs to China to pay US up to US$27 million

3D Systems Corp agreed to settle with the US for illegally exporting drawings for spacecraft, among other violations.

Jewellery 2022

Is 3D printing the next big thing in high jewellery?

As high jewellery designers flirt with 3D technology, there is a fear that it will infringe upon age-old techniques … here’s what you need to know

The thrill of hi-tech tools: luxury jewellery designers like Boucheron, Boghossian and Tiffany & Co. flirt with 3D technology. Photo: Bulgari
Science

Scientists 3D-print biomedical devices in study that may ‘open up possibilities’

Researchers say highly conductive printing ink can create circuits in jelly-like hydrogel, which can then be used for devices to monitor heart rate and stimulate nerves.

The hydrogel electronic device can be stretched, twisted or compressed and will return to its original shape. Photo: Handout
Science

How dried passion fruit inspired Chinese device that may clean up space junk

Silicone ball ‘grabs’ nearby items with its wrinkles and could be used to retrieve hazardous materials, orbiting debris and hard-to-reach objects.

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Crime

Europe’s police keep wary eye on threat from 3D-printed guns

A growing number of seizures of guns made at home from 3D-printed parts are raising alarm bells for European police over an emerging threat.

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