2025 1
2024 12
VR.net | Best Paper Award
awardIEEE VR
Researchers develop AI-powered 'eye' for visually impaired people to 'see' objects
newsTech Xplore
NUS team develops affordable headset to help visually impaired 'see'
newsThe Straits Times
NUS researchers launch AiSee to help the visually impaired "see" with the help of AI
newsHardware Zone Singapore
NUS researchers develop AI-powered 'eye' for visually impaired people to 'see' objects
newsNational University of Singapore
I Was Blind, But Now AiSee
newshackster.io
An experimental AI wearable recognises objects and tells visually-impaired users details of what they're holding
newsYahoo News
AiSee: Wearable lets visually impaired users 'see'
newsFocusTechnica
AiSee: AI-Powered 'Eye' for Visually Impaired People to 'See' Objects
newsAdafruit
AiSee wearable tells blind users what they're holding in their hand
newsNews Atlas
2023 1
2022 5
Watch a foot-tickling machine discover the most ticklish spot on feet
newsNewScientist
Sri Lankan mastermind dedicated to enhancing the limits of physical, sensorial, and cognitive capabilities of human beings through technology
newsLanka Business News
Research Team Boosts Science Learning for Children: The Kiwrious Project
newsUnited Nations
LightSense | Best Design Awards | Installation & Exhibition: Silver
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
KinVoice | Prototypes for Humanity
award
2021 18
World Changing Ideas Awards 2021: Education | Finalist | Kiwrious
awardFast Company
World Changing Ideas Awards 2021: Asia-Pacific | Honorable Mention | Kiwrious
awardFast Company
WIPO Technology Trends Report: Assistive Technologies
newsWorld Intellectual Property Organization
Ready, Steady, Learn w/ Samantha Chan
video95bFM
Ready Steady Learn w/ Tharindu Kaluarachchi
video95bFM
Novel interactive science kits sent out free to schools | Kiwrious
newsThe University of Auckland
New technology to take temperature of the feet of diabetics
newsThe University of Auckland
LightSense
newsArs Electronica
Kiwrious | Social Impact Winner
awardGood Design Australia
Kiwrious | Best Design Awards | Value of Design : Bronze
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Kiwrious | Best Design Awards | User Experience: Bronze
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Kiwrious | Best Design Awards | Public Good Award: Silver
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Inspiring curiosity for science in kids with Google Cloud solutions
newsGoogle Cloud
Excellence in research translation 2020
awardThe University of Auckland
Excellence in graduate supervision 2020
awardThe University of Auckland
Cutting-edge festival brings together digital art, technology and virtual experience
newsThe University of Auckland
ClothTiles: A Prototyping Platform to Fabricate Customized Actuators on Clothing
newsArs Electronica
Architects and bioengineers create shape-shifting structure that talks in poetry
newsThe University of Auckland
2020 33
Touch me Gently Recreates Natural Touch Sensation Using Shape-Memory Alloy Matrix
newshackster.io
Touch me Gently | Global Grad Show
news
Touch me Gently | Best Design Awards | Student Digital: Finalist
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Top Games To Tryout in October 2020: DartsAR Pro
newsGames Keys
This app is a digital punching bag for all your 2020 rage
newsFastCompany
The light installation that lets you play a part
newsThe University of Auckland
The best student-designed projects of 2020
awardFastCompany
Suranga wins Research Excellence Award
awardUniversity of Auckland
Serious scientific fun a winner at Velocity
awardThe University of Auckland
Run agency and Auckland Council bring Pride to the CBD
newsStopPress
Prospero | Best Design Awards | Student Digital: Gold
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Propsero | Best Design Awards | Public Good Award: Finalist
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Pride in Lights | Best Design Awards | Lighting Design: Gold
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Pride in Lights | Best Design Awards | Exhibitions & Temporary Structures: Gold
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
PhantomTouch | Global Grad Show
newsMediaGrab
OM | Best Design Awards | User Experience: Finalist
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
OM | Best Design Awards | Public Good Award: Finalist
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Maia | Best Design Awards | User Experience: Bronze
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
LightTank
newsSIGGRAPH Asia
Lights, Web App, Action!
newsM+AD!
Lighting up the foyer of the ABI
newsUniversity of Auckland
Light Tank| Best Design Awards | Installation & Exhibition: Gold. 2020.
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Jammify | Best Design Awards | Student Spatial: Bronze
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Jammify | Best Design Awards | Student Digital: Silver
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Jammify
newsARS Electronica
GymSoles | Best Design Awards | Student Digital: Bronze
awardDesigners Institute of New Zealand
Fresh From The Field — RUN's Auckland Rainbow Hub
newsDesign Assembly
Field Guide 2020: Navigating new realities
newsDesign Assembly
Fast Company 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards | Honorable Mention | Prospero: A Biosignal-Sensitive Memory Assistant
awardFastCompany
Auckland Council Transforms the Ellen Melville Centre with new Pride Installation via Run
newsCampaignBrief
ABI and CAI work together to show their arty-science side
newsThe university of Auckland
A triumvirate of medals for the Auckland Bioengineering Institute
awardAuckland Bioengineering Institute
'Lab in a pocket' awakens young minds to the world around them, making scientific inquiry fun
newsThe University of Auckland
2019 15
Velocity Innovation Challenge 2019 | Female Founders Prize by UniServices | Prospero
awardVelocity
This Doormat Can Tell Who You Are for Multi-Factor Authentication
newshackter.io
The interactive device you can stick in your mouth
news
SUTD renews partnership with Eastern Health Alliance
newsChannel News Asia
Inside Professor Nanayakkara's Futuristic Augmented Human Lab
newsSmithsonian
How an Auckland lab is using tech to help deaf people experience music
newsNoted
GymSoles Help You Improve Your Squats and Deadlifts by Monitoring and Correcting Your Form
newshackster.io
Go Hands Free with Mobile Devices Using ChewIt Intraoral Input Interface
newsHackster.io
ChewIt - novel way to answer your mobile
newsRadioNZ
Bite-sized device a new take on wearable tech
newsNZ Herald
Best Design Awards | Public Good Award | MussBits
awardDesigner Institute of New Zealand
Bad, good, great: Auckland creative agency RUN is launching a stress app for students
newsIdealog
A watch-like device that helps people feel the music
newsThe University of Auckland
A watch-like device that helps people feel the music
newsprweb
A new way to answer your phone by biting a piece of tech
newsSpringwise
2018 9
The Six: Innovations at the Global Grad Show in Dubai
newsArab News
The Finger Reader
newsTVNZ
SwimSight: a Sound of Hope for Deaf Swimmers
newsThe Sunday Times
Step inside the MIT lab designing new human-computer interfaces
newsWired.UK
How inventor Suranga Nanayakkara is humanising technology
newsMetro Magazine
Futuristic solutions revealed at Global Grad Show at Dubai Design Week: Finger Reader
newsGULF News
FingerReader: World Changing Ideas Award Finalist
awardFastCompany
Finger Reader
videoChannel NewsAsia
180 Seconds of Discovery video competition : Peoples Award
awardRoyal Society Te Apārangi
2017 7
Swimming: Sight-based starting system a green signal for deaf swimmers
newsStraits Times
Sight-based starting system a green signal for deaf swimmers
newsSunday Times
Our edited volume on 'Assistive Augmentations'
newsSpringer Singapore
Making Technology more Humane
newsEchelon
FingerReader: Winner of Accelerator Program
awardModern Aging Singapore
FingerReader: Golden Pin Concept Design Award
awardDesign Center Taiwan
AH Lab moves to Auckland
newsUniversity of Auckland
2016 10
zSense: Most Promising Technology Award at IHL Tech Pitching Event
awardInnovFest 2016
zSense: First place in Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Bootcamp pitch competition
award
Universal Design Enables Everyone | Suranga Nanayakkara
videoTEDxYouth@Palmerston
Technology enables people with disabilities
newsCCTV.com
Suranga received INK Fellowship
awardINK Fellows Program
Steve Howard Award - for the best long paper by a student presented during OZCHI, CHISIG's Annual Conference: MuSS-Bits: Sensor-Display Blocks for Deaf People to Explore Musical Sounds
award
Singapore Design Award 2016 for FingerReader
awardDesign Business Chamber Singapore
Sharper Senses - Devices mimicking our natural senses
videoBBC
Ring helps people 'see', thanks to grant
newsStraits Times
El lector de libros artificial
videoAntena3.com
2015 7
Wear to Read it
news
The More Well Wishes for the Nation, the Brighter the Interactive Light Up
newsLianhe Zaobao (Print)
Suranga received The Ten Outstanding Young Person (TOYP) Award, Sri Lanka. December 2015
award
Singapore designers create lights for the deaf and rings for the blind
newsHilary Whiteman, CNN
Read Bridge lights up for the festive season
newsShivaanan Selvasevaran, Channel NewsAsia
Blinking curtain of lights to bring SG50 to a close
newsBerita Harian (Print)
An interactive tribute to Singapore
newsThe Straits Times
2014 29
Wearable device helps you read with your finger
videoFox Business News
Wear this ring to hear what's written
newsHoe Pei Shan, Straits Times
Tomorrow Daily: Reading with Your Finger
videoc|net
This Ring Scans Text And Reads It Aloud For Visually Impaired People
newsJordan Kushins, Gizmodo
This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind
newsHuffington Post
This Decoder Ring Helps The Blind Read Without Braille
newsSydney Brownstone, Fast Company
The ring that READS for you: Finger-worn gadget reads aloud when you point at words
newsEllie Zolfagharifard, Daily Mail
Suranga received Innovator under 35 (MIT TR35) award for Asia Pacific Region
award
Sponsor's Choice Award
awardStudent Innovation Contest (UIST 2014)
New Invention: FingerReader
videoFox 10
New Finger Device Reads Books To The Blind
newsJanet Fang, IFL Science!
MIT's FingerReader Helps The Blind Read With A Swipe Of A Digit
newsEvan Fleischer, TechCrunch
MIT's FingerReader Could Make Life Easier For The Blind
newsFederico Guerrini, Forbes
MIT Researchers Design Ring To Help Visually-Impaired People Read
newsOlivia B. Waxman, TIME
MIT Finger Device Reads to the Blind in Real Time
newsRodrique Ngowi, Associated Press (ABC, CBC and others)
Interactive lighting experiences at 'i Light Marina Bay 2014'
newsThe Singapore Engineer Magazine
FingerReader Is a 3D-Printed Device That Reads Text Aloud to the Blind
newsKari Paul, Mashable
Finger reader for the blind
videoSPH Razor TV
Finger Computer Reads Books Aloud
newsNic Halverson, Discovery News
Der Ring, der lesen kann [The ring that can read]
videoChristina Endruschat, RTL
Creating the next generation of innovators
newsSunday Times, Sri Lanka
A ring that reads text for the blind
videoReuters Videos
A New Type Of Ring Worn On The Finger Eliminates The Need For The Blind To Learn Braille
newsDylan Love, Business Insider
A device that could help the blind read
videoCraig Melvin, MSNBC
5 amazing gadgets that are helping the blind see again
newsSimon Hill, Digital Trends
3D-printed ring reads out text in real-time for the blind
newsLiat Clark, Wired (UK)
300 Students Unite To Light-up Marina Bay
newsLianhe Zaobao, Singapore
'Seeing-Eye' Ring Helps Blind Read With Finger
newsAssociated Press
2013 2
"Wireless device lends a listening ear"
newsStraits Times, Singapore
2012 4
2010 3
"New Technology to Help the Hearing Impaired Enjoy Music"
newsInnovation: The magazine of Research & Technology
2009 2
2008 1
"Haptic Chair hearing for the deaf"
newsThe Island, Sri Lanka