BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

VOICE-BASED SERVICE

China's leading online lifestyle platform Meituan Dianping has launched a voice-based service to help the visually impaired order food online via speech recognition and voice interaction technologies.

Users can change the company's app into its speech recognition mode by saying certain words.

"POWER BANK"

China's domestically-made unattended power supply system will provide power for the first time to Taishan station in the Antarctic inland ice sheet, its developer said.

Developed by Southeast University, the giant "power bank" left Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on Tuesday to join the country's 36th Antarctic expedition.

WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE

New Internet products and applications will make their debut at the 6th World Internet Conference, which will be held from Oct. 20 to 22 in the river town of Wuzhen in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, local authorities said.

A five-day exposition will open on Oct. 18, showcasing the latest technological achievements in various fields such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, industrial Internet, e-commerce and digital cultural media. Enditem

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