People come and go; good exhibitions leave us with good memories to digest, ignite our passion to grow, and provoke our thoughts to keep reinventing our modern society.
The Taiwan Machinery and Tool exhibition was held recently. Most of the tools exhibited were heavy hardware tools being used in various manufacturing industries. Besides local manufacturers, there were enterprises from overseas organizations coming to participate in the exhibition. Most machines and tools are large-sized heavy-duty hardware. I didn’t see software-led digital technologies tools or gadgets on display. I saw robot hands were spinning around there, but lack of fully functioning robots to execute more complex tasks via machine-human communication and interactions.
I saw some student boys come to visit the show, but girls didn't come, perhaps girls and ladies like myself, were pondering about how to make those tools lighter, nimber, and multifunctioning, using less material, but adding some digital themes and advanced information technology in them. How shall we keep reinventing tools and gadgets, improving productivity, creativity, and sustainability?
“Let gear turn, so does the world” I like this slogan posted on the wall. Good tools and machines help to improve productivity, process efficiency, automation, product quality, and precision in the industrial era. So people can build skyscrapers, advanced transportation tools, and all sorts of manufacturing solutions. How about other industries, and how to generate more creative tools and create more opportunities for unleashing “humans+tools” collaborating potential, to reflect the digital era we live in?
In this very “hard” machine and tool exhibition, surprisingly, a few exhibitors took a moment to sing and play instruments to entertain the audience with some soft touches. I had my first laugh while participating in so many serious professional events in Taipei recently.
Every exhibition provided a platform with opportunities for buyers and sellers to share knowledge and enforce communication. But every exhibition has its limitations. So as participants, we should gain knowledge, but more importantly, break down constraints, let our imagination fly, apply critical thinking to dig deeper, and generate new knowledge & solutions.
A while ago, I also visited the travel exhibition and home furnishing exhibition at different conference centers, to get to know the local businesses and culture better. Those exhibitions are consumer-friendly. People went there to pick their favorite leisure solutions. Organizers offered some goodies to cheer up their prospective customers. We participate to support organizers; we should also practice critical thinking to suggest how to improve the presentations. If I saw lots of traditional services, my thoughts would be how to integrate different pieces of services into more personalized digital solutions.
People come and go; good exhibitions leave us with good memories to digest, ignite our passion to grow, and provoke our thoughts to keep reinventing our modern society
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