Video: How new technology merges the physical and virtual worlds

May 27, 2015

Qiang Yang

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

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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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