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Favoriot Research Journals and Papers (2017-2026)
FAVORIOT Research Library | Blog Edition FAVORIOT Research library · Updated September 2026 Published research Ideas made observable. Explore academic work that uses or discusses the FAVORIOT platform, from air quality and aquaponics to smart buildings, healthcare and infrastructure. 2017–26 A decade of applied IoT research, gathered into one readable… Read More ⇢
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IoT World August 2026 – Monthly Compilation
IoT World | August 2026 Monthly Collection IoT World · Monthly Collection · August 2026 From Connected Data to Operational Action August 2026 was a month of sharper questions. Why do technically successful IoT projects still fail in operations? Why does real-time data still produce slow decisions? And what should… Read More ⇢
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A Plan to Crowdsource Air Quality Across Malaysia
Your Air, Your Data: A Step-by-Step Plan to Crowdsource Air Quality Across Malaysia | Favoriot Blog Favoriot Blog · Community IoT Your Air, Your Data: A Plan to Crowdsource Air Quality Across Malaysia You don’t need a government budget or a national sensor network to know what you’re breathing. You… Read More ⇢
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Why Building Everything Yourself Can Make an IoT Project Harder to Support
Building an IoT solution from scratch can appear attractive, especially during the prototype stage. The engineering team has complete control over the architecture, source code, database, dashboard, device communication and business logic. There are no platform subscription fees to justify, and every feature can be customised according to the customer’s… Read More ⇢
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What Should an IoT System Integrator Build, Buy or Partner For?
An IoT system integrator can build almost everything from scratch. The more difficult question is whether it should. I have met many system integrators who are confident about sensors, wiring, network installation, control panels and customer requirements. Yet when an IoT project requires a device management platform, mobile application, dashboard,… Read More ⇢
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Why Successful IoT Pilots Fail to Become Operational Systems
An IoT pilot can meet every technical target and still fail. The sensors transmit correctly. The network remains stable. The dashboard displays live readings. Alerts arrive on time. The final presentation impresses the steering committee, and the project team declares the pilot a success. Photographs are taken, reports are submitted,… Read More ⇢
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Malaysia’s Smart City Investment Priorities: Physical Infrastructure, Digital Connectivity and Smart Applications
Smart City discussions often focus on visible technologies such as artificial intelligence, IoT sensors, command centres, intelligent traffic systems, smart parking and environmental monitoring. These are important components, but they represent only one part of the overall investment required to develop and operate a modern city. A city must first… Read More ⇢
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Why Digital Projects Pass Technical Acceptance but Fail Operationally
Part of the Operational Blindness Series Why does a project that sailed through User Acceptance Testing still get quietly abandoned three months after go-live? Ask any operations manager who has watched a shiny new dashboard collect dust while the team goes back to WhatsApp groups and Excel sheets, and the… Read More ⇢
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Africa’s Smart Cities Are Rising. Can the Wiring Keep Up?
What happens when a city can sense a water leak before a single litre is wasted, yet still cannot guarantee the electricity needed to keep that sensor switched on? That contradiction sits at the heart of Africa’s smart city story right now. The ambition is real, the pilots are working,… Read More ⇢
