by Mazlan Abbas | Jun 1, 2022 | Applications, Dscover, Internet of Things
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has raised the number of Hajj pilgrims from inside and outside the kingdom to 1 million in 2022, after two years of restrictions because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Hajj is open to those younger than 65 and probably giving the priority to...
by Mazlan Abbas | Dec 29, 2019 | D'scover
What’re the biggest challenges in managing Millions of Pilgrims? If a person performs the pilgrimage for the first time, they will find the place to be very “foreign” and bound to get lost. If you enter the Grand Mosque of Masjidilharam and perform...
by Mazlan Abbas | Sep 21, 2018 | Internet of Things
The Hajj Vision of the Future Recently, Â Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has released a YouTube video showing its Smart Hajj vision of how the pilgrimage will be supported by a number of technologies, including wireless wristbands, earphones, Â and...
by Mazlan Abbas | Sep 11, 2018 | Internet of Things
The Purpose It was during the Umrah pilgrimage in early February 2018, when I encountered an incident whereby the Officer-in-charge of the Umrah Travel Agency has issues of finding one missing Pilgrim. All of us are already on the bus preparing for one of our tours...
by Mazlan Abbas | Sep 9, 2018 | Internet of Things
Overview of RAQIB Track Pilgrim’s Location Use of GPS to continuously monitor the location Monitor Pilgrim’s Health Help pilgrim’s to be more aware of their overall health Keep In Touch Mutawwif and family members can keep in touch with the pilgrims...
