What if you can use Internet of Things (IoT) to capture the perfect photos of the stars? What if it can ease your Astronomical instrumentation operation? These are some of the questions we asked ourselves when Shahrin Ahmad of Falak Online came to visit FAVORIOT, we explored several opportunities how IoT can play a role in Astronomy landscape. Shahrin is a creative Astronomy speaker for outreach events.  He is an experienced System developer for integrating astronomical instruments (telescopes, mounts, imagers ) and software, specifically on .NET framework. He had done many strategic consultations works on Astronomy to local agencies, universities, and schools. Shahrin is also the Owner and content provider for Malaysia’s Astronomy web portal, FalakOnline.

The possibilities of applying Internet of Things in different industries are endless. When you connect your most important asset, it will benefit not only the maker of the asset but also the users, other products and it’s surrounding environment.

Literally, watch this “Space” in the future.

About the Author

Dr. Mazlan Abbas is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of FAVORIOT Sdn Bhd. He is an IOT Evangelist and a Thought Leader. He received an award as 50 Most Impactful Smart Cities Leaders by World CSR 2017. He is ranked No. 20th Thought Leader in IOT by 2014 Onalytics Report – “The Internet of Things – Top 100 Thought Leaders”, ranked Top 10 in IoT Top 100 Influencers by Postscapes 2016/2017, ranked Top 100 in Smart Cities Top Experts by Agilience Authority Index May 2016. He is also a Global Vision Board Member. You can reach him on LinkedIn or Twitter. Check all his presentation slides HERE.

I have written an article regarding “Top Jobs in IOT Value Chain” in March 2017 and predicted the IoT developers will on demand within 2-3 years time frame. However, in order develop this new skills, we believed that it should start with proper training in the Universities. Thus, within less than 3 months we have made a partnership with 15 Universities (including 1 from Singapore) (Note: All the names will be disclosed later) whereby FAVORIOT will be providing the IoT platform for the following purpose:

1. Hands-on Lab for students
2. Final Year Projects
3. R&D projects for the students and lecturers
4. Beta trial – within and outside the University

We hoped this initiative will spur the interests in IoT and also groom the next Generation-IoT.

Are you ready to become Generation-IoT?

About the Author

Dr. Mazlan Abbas is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of FAVORIOT Sdn Bhd. He is an IOT Evangelist and a Thought Leader. He received an award as 50 Most Impactful Smart Cities Leaders by World CSR 2017. He is ranked No. 20th Thought Leader in IOT by 2014 Onalytics Report – “The Internet of Things – Top 100 Thought Leaders”, ranked Top 10 in IoT Top 100 Influencers by Postscapes 2016/2017, ranked Top 100 in Smart Cities Top Experts by Agilience Authority Index May 2016. He is also a Global Vision Board Member. You can reach him on LinkedIn or Twitter. Check all his presentation slides HERE.

Faculty of Electrical Engineering UiTM invited me for an Industrial Talk entitled “Internet of Things – Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities”

I will publish the slides after the presentation HERE.