How intelligent can your life be now? At the opening ceremony of the 2023 Minhang Science and Technology Festival held on May 23, a group of new technologies and products closely related to people's lives, such as intelligent pets, unmanned supermarkets, smart education, and AI exhibit activation, from innovative enterprises in the district, were showcased. From the familiar perspective of people's lives, the transformation brought by technological innovation to urban life was demonstrated.
In February of this year, the Shanghai Municipal Government officially released the "Plan for Promoting the Construction of the" Big Zero Bay "Science and Technology Innovation Source Functional Zone". Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Shanghai Municipal Government's promotion of the construction of the "Big Zero Bay" innovation source area, this year's Minhang Science and Technology Festival will focus on the theme of "Science and Technology Innovation Source, Intelligent Creation of the Future", opening up a new situation where science and technology innovation empowers industrial life and urban development, and consolidating innovative intelligence to empower innovation driven development. In the face of the future, cutting-edge technologies such as AI, synthetic biology, and translational medicine will also empower the further development of the "Big Zero Bay".
At the opening ceremony, 12 Minhang District level Innovation and Research Centers for 2022, 8 enterprises selected for the second batch of "Zhangjiang Star" cultivation plan, and 11 "Science and Technology Innovation Star" top 100 enterprises were awarded honorary medals to encourage science and technology innovation enterprises to strengthen independent innovation, continuously improve their hard technology strength, and make new contributions to the economic and social development of Minhang.
On site, the Minhang Science Popularization IP Image 3.0 version was officially released, with a highly infectious image of science popularization culture. It is reported that the District Political Consultative Conference, District Science and Technology Association, and Hotdog jointly issued a limited edition public welfare digital blind box - Minmin Blind Box to care for children with autism. They also gave Minhang Science Popularization IP digital blind boxes to 100 families of "Star Children". Opening the blind box can randomly obtain any one of the four digital blind boxes: "Maqiao Hand Lion Dance", "Aerospace Pilot", "Subway Train Attendant", and "Da Ling Wan Maker".
Children can visit 10 popular science education bases, including Shanghai Aerospace Science Popularization Center, Shanghai Metro Museum, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Biotechnology Science Popularization Base, for free within two years with the help of digital blind boxes. They hope to use the infectious power of popular science culture to accompany the "children of stars" out of loneliness.