Saturday, April 1, 2023
Khmer Daily Cambodia News
34 °c
Phnom Penh
  • LATEST
  • CAMBODIA
  • ASIA
    • JAPAN
    • SOUTH KOREA
    • TAIWAN
  • WORLD
    • CHINA
    • RUSSIA
  • BUSINESS CAMBODIA
  • TECHNOLOGY
No Result
View All Result
  • LATEST
  • CAMBODIA
  • ASIA
    • JAPAN
    • SOUTH KOREA
    • TAIWAN
  • WORLD
    • CHINA
    • RUSSIA
  • BUSINESS CAMBODIA
  • TECHNOLOGY
No Result
View All Result
The Khmer Daily
No Result
View All Result
Home ASIA Taiwan

Taiwanese students bag design award for ‘colour-changing’ stickers that reflect discounted prices

December 4, 2020
in ASIA, Taiwan
0
Taiwanese students bag design award for ‘colour-changing’ stickers that reflect discounted prices
0
SHARES
15
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Three students from the National Taipei University of Technology recently took home the ‘Best of the Year’ award at iF Design Talent Award 2020 for their innovative colour-changing stickers that help reduce waste in supermarkets.

Named Barcodiscount, the project design involves discount stickers that change colours automatically as products edge toward their expiration date.

According to the students, the design was inspired by their observation of produce going to waste as supermarkets usually place discounts on food nearing expiration dates, but need staff to manually replace stickers which is ‘time-consuming and laborious’.

For this reason, they came up with the stickers that can be activated when the label is attached to the product.

According to Barcodiscount’s website, ‘the bottom layer is ‘no discount’ and becomes 20 per cent off over time.’

‘Then, the upper layer, which is transparent, becomes a white background with the words 40 per cent off while covering the bottom layer.’

The barcode also changes slightly as well, so they can be easily scanned at checkout reflecting the discount, the students added.

‘Barcodiscount only needs one sticker, and it reduces the burden on staffs’ workload and increases efficiency.’

Believing there to be a great incentive to consumers for buying discounted products, students Chang Yen-yu, Huang Hsin-an and Chen Ching-i wrote in their proposal that they hoped to emphasize it as buying discounted foods ‘reduce waste by an average of 33 per cent, while revenues increase by an average of 6.3 per cent.’

Their design was internationally recognised, and not only won the ‘National runner-up’ for the UK James Dyson Award 2020 but it was also awarded ‘Best of the year’ iF Design Talent, recognised as an innovative design that is relevant to businesses and everyday life.

According to foreign media, Barcodiscount is looking to roll out the technology in Taiwan and promised to ‘pay attention to the colour-changing technology development’ to ensure their design can be realised in the future.

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

Tags: #Art and Design#awards#Students#Taiwan
Previous Post

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in world first

Next Post

South Korea students sit college exam behind plastic barriers and in hospitals due to Covid-19

Related Posts

5 killed in stampedes at flour distribution sites in Pakistan

5 killed in stampedes at flour distribution sites in Pakistan

by AsiaOne
March 31, 2023
0
5

LAHORE/PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least five people have been killed in recent weeks and more injured in Pakistan in stampedes at...

Traffic-stopping proposal: Thai cop pops the question while waiting at red light

Traffic-stopping proposal: Thai cop pops the question while waiting at red light

by Ashwini Balan
March 31, 2023
0
5

Wedding proposals can be heart-stopping but ever heard of traffic-stopping? A police officer in Thailand has gone viral for proposing to...

Masks off, beer poured at Hong Kong Rugby Sevens after Covid-19 restrictions dropped

Masks off, beer poured at Hong Kong Rugby Sevens after Covid-19 restrictions dropped

by AsiaOne
March 31, 2023
0
4

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's popular Rugby Sevens tournament kicks off in the financial hub on Friday (March 31), with revellers...

Most Popular

Google suspends Chinese app Pinduoduo from Play store after malware is found

Google suspends Chinese app Pinduoduo from Play store after malware is found

March 22, 2023
37
Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of expanding Asia-Pacific presence

Russia boosts defences near Japan, accuses US of expanding Asia-Pacific presence

March 24, 2023
23
Boris Johnson says he did not lie over Covid-19 lockdown parties

Boris Johnson says he did not lie over Covid-19 lockdown parties

March 24, 2023
22
World Athletics bans transgender women

World Athletics bans transgender women

March 24, 2023
21
Rebels in Indonesia’s Papua release New Zealand hostage video

Rebels in Indonesia’s Papua release New Zealand hostage video

March 12, 2023
20
Biden speaks with California governor about Silicon Valley Bank: White House

Biden speaks with California governor about Silicon Valley Bank: White House

March 12, 2023
19

© 2020 By Khmer Daily News

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Latest
  • Cambodia
  • ASIA
  • World
  • Business
  • Tech

© 2019 The Khmer Daily.

error: Content is protected !!