The Project has been launched by City University of Hong Kong since January 2017 with funding worth over HK$15 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, comprising three related programmes aiming at enabling young people to develop compassion for ethnic minority groups, the elderly and disabled, as well as nature and the environment. Utilising the University’s strengths in immersive visualisation technology, the young participants will be encouraged to develop their skills through “perspective-taking” and “role-taking”, and create innovative solutions that meet the challenges and problems different groups face.
The TEDY (Technologies for the Elderly and Disabled people by Youths) programme, led by Lin Mi-ling, Assistant Professor at the School of Creative Media, aims to cultivate students' sense of social responsibility and empathy for the elderly and disabled people. Students work closely with non-profit organisations to develop custom-made rehabilitation support appliances for the elderly and disabled people. These appliances can help them to solve everyday problems, improve their physical and mental health, and live independently.
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