The Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering held its thirtieth year anniversary celebrations from June 29^th to 30^th. Activity highlights included several special topic lectures and panel discussions, announcement of research achievements, exhibits from industries and laboratory tours. In the aspect of research achievements, chroMirror, PAL 2 big-eyed robots, and PAL1 wheelchair robots attracted universal attention owing to their ingenious design.

Among these, PAL 1 uses low-priced electrical wheelchair, various sensors, a motor-driven controller and two personal computers to construct a multifunctional all purpose robot, which, compared with the expensive robot design available today, is much more cost efficient. PAL 2 is distinguished by its well-designed built-in emotional expression system. It can display different emotions through body language, facial expressions, voice fluctuations, etc., allowing human operators to better interact with the robot. Lastly, chroMirror uses a camera to capture instant dynamic images, and changes the colors of the clothing, trousers, accessories etc., at will, making the reflection of a person in the mirror look like as if one were wearing a new suit of clothes in harmonious colors, thus creating the illusion of one looking at a magic mirror. By using the chron-mirror, people can enjoy the fun of wearing different colored clothes, and further, more diversified experiments are also allowable.