Hong Kong tech firms pitch in to fight Covid-19


Rice, the delivery robot, using an elevator. Rice can navigate through different floors of a building and even use the lift by itself. - ChinaDaily/Asian News Network

HONG KONG, Dec 6 (China Daily/ANN): Technology firms at the Science Park are using their know-how to help fight the pandemic.

One company has developed a compact little robot called Rice that is proving useful during these times of social distancing while another has come up with a real-time monitoring system that detects abnormalities in people’s body temperature, pulse rate and blood oxygen level.

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