The horticultural part of the National Taiwan University
The horticultural part of the National Taiwan University
This is the guard at Taiwan Tech, whose daughter studied at Cambridge University
Professor Chin Huai Young at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) has invented a glass which is coated with amorphous silicon with an underlying reflective coating
This shows the temperature inside a "house" with ordinary glass
Here is the corresponding temperature in the house with the new glass
The silicon photovoltaic generates some 100 Watts per square metre and this also helps to reduce the ingress of heat into the house
More comparisons
Professor Young's discovery is now going to be applied to automobile roofs, where a car left unattended in the heat can be kept cool inside in summer by fans driven by the photocells, and similarly heated by the electricity in winter
Ireland's potato
The grand hotel in Taipei, a place where diplomats were entertained during the era of Chiang Kai Shek
Unusually, this Chinese dragon only has three fingers
But the reason for the fewer than five fingers is not explained
Professor Jer Ren Yang of the National Taiwan University in the Grand Hotel
Chinese paintings like these do not have perspective. The figures in the distance are athe same size as those near by
A Rolls-Royce Corniche
A Rolls-Royce Corniche
The view from the Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel, Taipei
Grand Hotel, Taipei
This is a different building, located inside a dormant volcano, which functioned as an electoral assembly and where Chaing Kai Shek held audiences with his ministers
The volcano is not completely dorman, there are sulphurous emissions from the ground
The gold inlays are not affected by the sulphur-rich gases, but a coin would tarnish within 24 hours
Inside the dining hall
When Professor Jer Ren Yang explained that he had an "important" visitor, we were allowed to take a short cut to the building and provided with a personal guide (on the left
The baby on top is the happiest
Behind the screen is the office where Chiang Kai Shek held meetings
As one walks, his eyes follow
These are beautiful paintings by Madame Chiang Kai Shek
Went for a walk in the mountain
Dinosaurs live here
A giant mushroom
An art exhibit in Taipei
An art exhibit in Taipei's modern art centre
This was a western style house built by a Taiwanese resident, requisitioned by the Japanese police during the occupation of Taiwan, and now converted into an exhibit
The front of this building is made entirely of recycled plastic bottles
Professor S. H. Wang of the National Taiwan Ocean University and Professor Wang, kindly took Harry to the airport
Fascinating engineering of elevated highways and subways
Steel and concrete
At the airport in Mr Brown's Coffee with Hongliang Yi, Professors Wang and Yang
Harry was on his way to Korea
On returning to Taipei, went to the Novotel Airport Hotel and Professor Yang treated Harry to a nice Chinese meal
Novotel Hotel
Novotel Hotel
The airport for the journey to Hong Kong and then London