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【2020 Solutions】 AI Fish Farming Increases Yield by 30%, Saves Energy by 50%

Taiwan is known as the 'Kingdom of Shrimp Farming'. However, due to drastic weather changes and the inability to pass on farming experience, the risks for farmers are increasing. Through AIoT (Artificial Intelligence combined with IoT), Kuanwei Technology has started a trend in smart aquaculture, innovating the traditional aquaculture value.

According to the statistics from the Council of Agriculture, the total fishery production value in Taiwan is around NT$100 billion, of which NT$60 billion is contributed by offshore fisheries through exports, and NT$40 billion is from coastal and aquaculture fisheries. The aquaculture industry, which spans 40,000 hectares, has been a strong support in Taiwan's progress from the 'Kingdom of Eels', 'Kingdom of Shrimp', 'Kingdom of Ornamental Fish' to the 'Kingdom of Tilapia'.

However, affected by drastic changes in weather, the winters of 2018 and 2019 were notably warm, averaging the highest temperatures in 72 years, disrupting the breeding cycle of fisheries and severely impacting production.

AI Fish Farming Reduces Costs by 30% and Increases Production Capacity by 30%

Although fishermen also 'depend on the weather for food', they can minimize risks with the aid of artificial intelligence. Located in Hsinchu, Kuanwei Technology focuses on the development of IoT systems and AI algorithms for the aquaculture industry, developing the 'Water Jewel Smart Aquaculture Monitoring System' and the 'Smart Device Control System'. These assist operators in obtaining real-time data such as temperature, dissolved oxygen (DO), pH value, redox potential (ORP), and salinity. With the smart device control system installed, users can start water wheels and set automatic feeding depending on dissolved oxygen in the water. Fishers only need to use a mobile app to keep track at any time, allowing for early prevention and reducing losses. By adopting technology in aquaculture, costs are effectively reduced, creating endless business opportunities. Fishermen can accurately monitor and control the water quality and growth process of aquatic products, hence providing safer food to consumers.

Kuanwei Technology's CEO, Tsai Cheng-hsun, indicated that traditional fishing methods involve measuring water quality twice daily and feeding based on experience, which not only is time-consuming but could also negatively affect water quality due to environments' drastic changes or overfeeding. The 'Water Jewel Smart Aquaculture Monitoring System' continuously collects data every five minutes, gathering up to 1,000 data points per day; if any abnormality occurs, such as overfeeding causing turbid water pollution, or abnormal water temperatures, it communicates these problems to the fishers via the app, allowing immediate remediation.

AI Monitors Water Quality Changes

Kuanwei Technology's CEO Tsai Cheng-hsun

Kuanwei Technology's CEO Tsai Cheng-hsun

Tsai Cheng-hsun stated that by monitoring data and keeping it within normal ranges, they can avoid unnecessary water stirring or feeding, thus maintaining water quality stability and reducing costs. Typically, half of the farm costs are feed and electricity accounts for 15%-20%. According to research by Dr. Luo Yong-zhong from the National Cheng Kung University 'Microalgae Biotech and Engineering Lab', after implementing the 'Water Jewel Smart Aquaculture Monitoring System', electricity costs can be reduced by nearly 60%, and with reduced feed input, the overall farming costs can be reduced by 30%.

300 Pools Across Taiwan Adopting Water Jewel Smart Aquaculture Monitoring System

A study by the Ocean University also pointed out that technological equipment, along with basic infrastructure such as waste pipes, should increase the aquaculture output by 30%. For fishers, smart aquaculture truly helps in increasing profits significantly.

Aquaculture expert Huang Guo-liang in Tainan's Jiangjun area is the third generation cultivating milkfish, utilizing ecological balance and friendly farming methods through smart monitoring systems for problem detection and optimizes productivity while reducing costs. Tsai Cheng-hsun stated that the Water Jewel leverages solar power, reports fish pond water data every 5 minutes, and for the Giant Grouper, for example, which needs at least three years to grow and weigh about 20 kg to be marketable. With temperature alerts set at 16 degrees Celsius, if a cold snap occurs and temperatures drop below 10 degrees Celsius, Giant Grouper could freeze to death. By monitoring such instances, preventive actions can reduce losses.

Kuanwei Technology currently has introduced its system to 300 farming pools across Taiwan, including in Hsinchu, Fangliao, Hualien, and Taitung, employing Water Jewel's remote water quality and environmental monitoring, smart energy-saving, automatic feeding, and automated production traceability features. This allows every farmer to record their farming data and process according to their own habits. They can choose to manually control or use AI assistance for real-time alerts and also monitor sites through remote video links to make the Water Jewel aquatic farming IoT system more accessible.

Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

Fishermen, reliant on the weather, can now monitor aquaculture pond water quality through the AI monitoring system.

Tsai Cheng-hsun, currently the first term manager of the Taiwan Artificial Intelligence School Hsinchu branch and the vice president of the Taiwan Artificial Intelligence School Alumni Association, is deeply committed to AI research. In the future, Kuanwei Technology will continue to optimize data, proposing more applications, and has received recognition from Intel for IoT solutions maturity in Taiwan. By utilizing cloud, big data IoT, and AI technologies and equipment with scientific data management, along with continuous data logging and AI algorithms, it can quickly uncover potential risks, effectively preventing and reducing aquaculture losses.

At the Kuanwei Technology exhibition, vice presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (second from the left) also attended to show support

At the Kuanwei Technology exhibition, vice presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (second from the left) also attended to show support

「Translated content is generated by ChatGPT and is for reference only. Translation date:2024-05-19」

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AI + Smart Glasses: Hsiung-Hsin Technology Targets Smart Care Market, Ensuring Safety and Security for the Elderly

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【解決方案】日康科技運用AI人臉辨識偵測生理數據 知人知面也知心 自我健康不漏接
Zcon Telehealth uses AI facial recognition to detect physiological data so that people can know everything about their own health

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counseling "More than 23 million people in Taiwan receive psychological counseling services every year, and about 110 of them, or more than 230,000 people, need further psychiatric treatment" In addition, the psychologists have different clinical experience and judgment Bobby Pan pointed out that if psychological counseling can be combined with AI brainwave equipment for brain health assessment, and it can provide customers with the early prevention mechanisms of "mental health examination" and "psychological counseling" He believes that the company can quickly grasp the customer's mental state and prevent them from doing something they will regret With the support of the AI HUB project of the Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Zcon Telehealth cooperated with 5 counseling centers in field verification, providing the counseling centers with AI brain health assessment equipment The customer test report includes simple mental assessment, heart rhythm assessment, autonomic nervous system assessment, behavioral response assessment, brain health assessment, neurological response assessment, and brain emotion assessment In terms of breakthroughs in AI technology, Zcon Telehealth connects devices through a brain-computer interface for brain health assessment indicators, transmits physiological data, and uses a long-short-term memory model and convolutional neural network to analyze neural indicators It automatically generates a cognitive function assessment report through cloud services as the quantitative result of mental health examination This value-added service of the verified mental health examination solution has been actively expanded to all counseling centers in Taiwan through cooperating counseling centers In the future, the company will continue to cooperate with medical institutions and health examination centers to expand its business Psychological consultation AI brainwave detection equipment to determine mental health status in advance In terms of business model, physiological data detection technology based on AI facial recognition uses a non-binding payment mechanism Individuals or companies will receive AI blood oxygen detection cards provided by Zcon Telehealth, and scan the QRCode on the card using their mobile phones for unlimited self-health measurements within one month They only need to pay NT300 per month, which is quite affordable In addition, the fee for the telehealth care management platform is also very affordable at only NT100 for each account For the tele-psychological counseling platform, Zcon Telehealth signs annual contracts and bills customers on monthly basis The AI health management robot is provided for customers to buy out Looking towards the international market while based in Taiwan, developing diverse telehealth services From the perspective of Zcon Telehealth, how to successfully develop products, market them, and expand business opportunities has been a challenge since the company was founded Among them, the company's development of physiological data detection technology based on AI facial recognition was the most challenging Bobby Pan said that since there is no precedent in the industry, the only way was to go back to school to study Fortunately, he was admitted in a doctoral program two years ago and read countless foreign journals, which he then integrated into product design and development It took 2 years of hard work to achieve this result Zcon Telehealth is not only passionate about the development of AI-enhanced telehealth care services, but also believes that AI-based contactless physiological health measurement and data can provide people and care institutions with a more affordable, convenient, fast, and considerate health measurement option in the post-pandemic era In terms of business strategy, Bobby Pan hopes that recent promotion of the physiological data detection technology based on AI facial recognition will continue to increase market share and create cooperation opportunities with channels To this end, the SDK Software Development Kit developed by Zcon Telehealth allows any application owner to embed it into their solution, and can use the SDK to directly detect physiological data on Android or iOS devices It is also applicable to mobile phones, tablets, smart TVs, or smart health mirrors In the future, Zcon Telehealth will primarily target large-scale health companies for cooperation, and looks forward to finding more potential partners with the assistance of the Institute for Information Technology III In the past two years, Zcon Telehealth has actively expanded into the field of AI healthcare and maintained its leadership in AI facial recognition technology Facing the fiercely competitive AI healthcare industry, Bobby Pan said that Zcon Telehealth must plan ahead and will first provide physiological data detection technology based on AI facial recognition to charity and religious groups free of charge, in order to increase product visibility in the short-term In the mid-term, Zcon Telehealth will partner with large health companies, such as health examination centers, and utilize the big data collected through the cooperation to plan customized health products and services For long-term development, Zcon Telehealth plans to set up a branch in Texas, USA by the end of this year and establish local distribution channels It will actively expand business to emerging potential markets, such as Vietnam, the Middle East, and South America You can know what people look like but not what's going on inside Zcon Telehealth breaks through the traditional approach and uses AI facial recognition technology to detect multiple physiological data in 30 seconds, gaining insight into an individualrsquos current health condition, so that it can not only know what people look like, but also what's going on inside Bobby Pan said that it took years of hard work to complete the development of physiological data detection technology based on AI facial recognition Zcon Telehealth is looking towards international markets while it is based in Taiwan, and will develop diverse telehealth services Bobby Pan, founder and president of Zcon Telehealth

【解決方案】五年磨一劍 太奇雲端專注影像辨識 獲智慧城市創新應用獎
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two years, Touch Cloud has now launched seven products, with each product receiving excellent reviews from the market Specializing in the field of smart cities, Touch Cloud successfully entered the Asian market Founded in February 2016, Touch Cloud originally focused on AOI defect detection However, the definition of defects is different for every customer As a result, applications in this field are mostly project development and could not be commercialized The company later directed its efforts to AI Application Box, a product that integrates software and hardware, and focused on smart cities, including transportation, industrial safety, and security related markets In view of the high acceptance and price advantage of AI in overseas markets, Cheng-Hsun Li targeted the overseas market in the early stages of the company's development, and has produced many successful results in several major countries, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand Among them, Touch Cloud successfully entered the Hong Kong market with its debut in the Hong Kong International Airport project In 2018, Hong Kong International Airport planned to monitor ships around airline oil storage platforms to prevent ships from colliding with the oil storage platform However, the oil storage platform is located in the middle of the sea and lacks electricity and Internet connection, so it could only set up a camera on shore 3 km away from the platform In addition to the long distance and poor line of sight, monitoring was also affected by weather conditions, such as clouds and fog, and was ineffective Touch Cloud customized an AI algorithm specifically for the project, and continuously collected image data for model training It took half a year of discussions with the customer and system corrections to finally achieve an accuracy rate of 98, successfully completing the goal Touch Cloud won the 2022 Smart City Innovation Application Award_Smart Security Award Minister of Economic Affairs Mei-Hua Wang on the left, Touch Cloud founder and president Cheng-Hsun Li on the right Touch Cloud products have three advantages that provide customers with a better AI user experience 1 Plug and play 2 Provides flexible services, in addition to standard products, customized services meet customers' needs for quick launch and reliable problem solving 3 High adaptability and ability to achieve extremely high recognition accuracy in different environments Cheng-Hsun Li believes that the design of AI products should be as simple as using a "home appliance" and have a clear purpose Therefore, Touch Cloud built an AI Application Box to design products from the perspective of scene applications, focusing on image analysis related to "people" and "vehicles" At present, a total of seven products have been developed, including KekkAI personnel intrusion detection, card swiping and tailgating detection, KekkAI-H construction site safety detection, Abaci-P people flow and head count, Abaci-V traffic 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image analysis technology is favored by many companies, and most investors are strategic partners, working together to create synergies and allow Touch Cloud's technology to be quickly applied Cheng-Hsun Li said that it often takes more than five years for an AI startup to get its operations on track, and it takes at least three years to cultivate good AI talents Results are gradually emerging thanks to the considerable flexibility and space given by strategic investors to the company Touch Cloud products are already being put into practical use in major Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, and Japan, and are expected to enter more Asian countries within two years, driving more advanced image analysis applications The company hopes to complete representative cases in Asian markets every year, and move towards an IPO as a company featuring AI products