Students create solutions to prevent floods, AI detects Parkinson's disease

(NLDO) - These projects show that the creativity of Vietnamese students does not stop at ideas but gradually enters life.

10 projects were honored in the "Innovative ideas for universities in the Southeast region" contest held on the morning of October 28 at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH). Among them, unique solutions such as anti-flood buoys or AI detecting Parkinson's... show the unlimited creativity of students.

Flood control buoys - a solution to save crops during flood season

Winning second prize in the competition, the project "Flood protection buoy for crops" by a group of students from the Vietnam - Japan Institute of Technology (HUTECH) led by Nguyen Quoc Kiet made a strong impression thanks to its high applicability and ability to directly support farmers' lives.

Based on the current storm and flood situation, a group of students started researching a floating model to help protect crops from waterlogging and flooding. Photo: NVCC

The idea was born after the group witnessed the severe damage caused by Typhoon Yagi in 2024, which caused a loss of up to 85 billion VND to the country. In 2025, successive typhoons continued to seriously affect peach growing areas - the main source of income for many households. "We thought that if there was a way to help trees survive the flood, people would not lose everything" - Kiet shared.

This is a 2-in-1 smart farming system. Under normal conditions, the float acts as a “smart plant pot”, integrating IoT to automatically water based on humidity sensors and allowing monitoring everything via phone. When there is a storm or flood, the float automatically rises according to the water level.

The product is designed with a price of only about 350,000 VND for each set, a lifespan of 8-10 years, can be used for 3-4 seasons. In total, the cost is only about 50,000-100,000 VND/tree per season, while each tree has an economic value of up to 1 million VND.

AI detects Parkinson's disease in 19-year-old student

The project “VOICECARE - AI helps detect Parkinson's disease early through voice analysis” by student Tran Phuc Khang, majoring in information technology -FPT Aptech, won first prize with a high-tech approach in the medical field.

Khang and Nguyen Hong Quan, logistics students at Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, have the same goal of starting a business and met by chance on social networks, from which they developed their ideas together.

Tran Phuc Khang (left) is in charge of technical and web design, while Nguyen Hong Quan (right) is in charge of marketing, communications and product promotion. Photo: NVCC

From witnessing family members get sick when it was too late, Khang asked the question: "Why not prevent the disease early?". They started developing an AI training application to detect Parkinson's early through voice with the hope of helping people proactively prevent the disease.

Khang and Quan researched and found that there were only a few applications on the market abroad, not yet popular in Vietnam. Although only 19 years old, Khang trained the AI ​​model himself using voice data from 3 public sources in Vietnam, Italy and the US. After the process of "teaching" the AI ​​to distinguish between sick people and normal people, the experimental model achieved an accuracy of up to 95%.

The judges highly appreciated the feasibility and commercialization potential of the project, and advised the team to build user trust, because Vietnamese people still trust doctors more than AI. In the future, Khang and Quan plan to expand the data and perfect the application interface, aiming to support early screening and prevention of Parkinson's disease.

Creativity from the classroom to the community

This year’s “Innovative Ideas for Universities in the Southeast Region” competition attracted more than 100 projects from 13 universities. Of these, 70 projects entered the semi-finals and the 10 best projects competed in the finals.

The ideas span a wide range of areas such as renewable energy, sustainable materials, green agriculture, smart technology, etc., reflecting how students are applying their acquired knowledge to solve practical social problems. Each product and model demonstrates the creative thinking and sense of responsibility of young people in contributing to building a sustainable future.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/sinh-vien-sang-tao-giai-phap-chong-lu-ai-phat-hien-benh-parkinson-19625102814192148.htm