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Use Case: Detecting Power Interruption Using IoT
Problem Statement A University client have several network hubs, where each network hub is placed in a small room in several buildings around its large campus to serve the Internet connectivity to offices, labs and lecture rooms. When the users encountered problems in...

IR 4.0 and IoT – The New Frontier
In 2014, Malaysia has launched its Malaysia National IoT Strategic Roadmap which intend to propel Malaysia as an IoT hub for the region, create new jobs and become industry's new source of revenue. Later, in 2018, we launched Industry 4WRD, the National Policy on...

What is Exactly Parking 4.0?
Once upon a time, we used to park at the roadside and someone that claimed to be a parking attendant will collect your money as the parking fees. But you will know that this person is an illegal parking attendant. But nowadays, there are official carparks which was...

Malaysia IoT Board: Hibiscus Sense and FAVORIOT
MyInvent with the collaboration of Kay Jay introduced the Hibiscus Sense, which is an Internet of Things (IoT) development board powered by the mighty and popular dual-core ESP32 microcontroller, embedded with 3 sensors (APDS9960, BME280 & MPU6050) and 2 actuators...

The Easiest Way to Understand IoT via 7 Layers of OSI
Internet of Things have been defined by many parties in their own way and thus the original definition of IoT by Kevin Ashton might have evolved further. IoT itself is a combination of several technologies from hardware to connectivity to software. Thus, it's...

Digitalisation of Malaysia With MyDigital Economy Blueprint
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today has launched MyDigital — the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint – that will chart the growth trajectory of the country's digital economy development. The Blueprint seems to be quite extensive. It requires the support and...

The Best Way to Develop IoT Solutions in the Universities
A better way of learning to build IoT solutions that can really solve actual problems is to see around you. For example, in the campus, where all the infrastructure which includes roads, vehicles, houses (dorms) or offices (lecture rooms) are operating like a small...

IoT Middleware – The Critical Missing Component in the IoT Value Chain
What's missing during the learning process of understanding and building an IoT solution? A lot of us tend to focus on the development of the sensors and devices including the dashboard to view the data stream. However, many forget that they require another important...

IoT is the Core Technology for IR 4.0
When Industry 4.0 is being defined, the area was called Cyber-Physical - the convergence of physical things with the Internet world. This is the area of Internet of Things. Furthermore, in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution, data plays a very critical role. These...

Will IoT and IR 4.0 Really Gonna Take Our Jobs?
Actually every new technology being introduced, it bound to enhance or even replace the current tasks and thus jobs. But does it mean that we will not adopt new technologies? IoT and IR 4.0 technologies will be solving many issues that are currently being handle by...

Three (3) Things You Need to Know About Robots
Maybe nowadays we thought robots should look like humans but in fact robots have different forms depending on the situation or problems that we want them to solve? There are robots which only have "hands" and maybe other have only talking "heads". Some have only...
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Which Era is Our Parking System?
What kind of parking system that you encountered when trying to find and enter a car park? Have you seen the ones that are being managed using manual? You need to pay at the counter or at the exit? Are you still using cash to make the payment? And how do you find an...

What is Exactly Construction 4.0?
When Malaysia launched Industry 4WRD Strategic Framework, it was targeted for the manufacturing sector and thus the 9 pillars of technology was chosen to help this sector. However, the same technology pillars might not be necessary for the other sectors such as...

IoT Detect Potholes
Why complaints regarding potholes go unhindered? It can be various reasons, such as: No one makes the report Difficult to make report or not sure to whom should the report be sent Late in responding Budget constraints Basically, it boils down to reporting, escalating,...

Abusing the Word “Internet of Things” (IoT)
When the word "IoT" has become trendy, sometimes it can be abuse in many ways. People thought by using the word "IoT in their speech, they can be looked good and cool in the eyes of the audience. Also, we have seen many articles and even research proposals that...

Data Convergence – Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0 and Emerging Tech
A micro-podcast interview with Vijay Gunthi on Learn Data Convergence Micro Podcast: Digital Transformation.

What’s the Big Deal About IoT?
Life is just fine without IoT - thus, why the big fuss about IoT? What's the big deal about IoT? This is one of the most difficult challenge when you have someone especially the leader or the owner of the company that thinks this way. If it's not broken why fix it?...

Can You Really Trust IoT?
Do you trust IoT with your life? Or you can ask the other way around - do you trust the data that's being collected through IoT sensors? Just like you trust human, you might not be able to trust 100% their judgement because as humans, they have the possibility of...

IoT in the House
One of the best consumer IoT application is Smart Home. The interest has grown when the technology has becoming more matured and easy to install. There are many smart home devices that people can purchase online. Big names such as Apple, Xiaomi, Samsung, Amazon,...