Taiwan - Life-saving designs on show in central Taiwan

Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - The National Hsinchu Living Art Centre (NHCLAC) in central Taiwan will hold an exhibition on new designs of practical uses for people caught in distress or natural disasters from October 1 to 16.

On display will include 40 award-winning designs and products selected from more than 200 entries submitted by designers under age 35 in a contest held by the NHCLAC under Taiwan's Council for Cultural Affairs.

The main theme of the 2011 design competition is on disaster prevention and rescue to encourage designers to develop products that can effectively deal with abnormal situations in life.

People visiting the exhibition at the NHCLAC will not only have the chance of studying a wide range of feasible and useful items but can also get inspiration to come up with brilliant ideas that can help people cope with disasters like earthquakes, floods, tsunami or nuclear power plant incidents.

The exhibition, which is part of the 2011 Taipei World Design Expo, will also be held at the National Changhua Living Art Centre in Changhua for people in central Taiwan October 22-November 3.

The award-winning designs and products include handy ACR equipment that can more effectively help people in a medical emergency to augment other measures like CPR.

The ACR equipment is easy to use and can be installed at all public places to give timely medical aid when there are no people familiar with CPR available.

An "all-in-one" knockdown life-saving walking cane is also a handy tool in emergency. It contains useful instruments like flash light, alarm light, water container and filter, power supply, medical aid, etc., All these items are optional depending on personal needs.

The utility cane is ideal for use by senior citizens in daily life, for mountain climbers to cope with unusual situations, and for people in disasters.

Details about the exhibitions and addresses of the centres in Hsinchu and Changhua are available at websites www.nhclac.gov.tw or www.detekt.com.tw/nhclac2011. Interested people may also call (03) 526-3176 ext. 204.

By News Desk in Taipei/The China Post | ANN

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