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Collaboration Between UTHM and FAVORIOT – The IOT of Making Babies

March 24th, 2017 Posted by BLOG, PARTNER 0 thoughts on “Collaboration Between UTHM and FAVORIOT – The IOT of Making Babies”

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KUALA LUMPUR (March 24, 2017) – What if you can use a smart fertility tracker using IOT which can take the guess-work out of getting pregnant? This is what interests Favoriot Sdn Bhd, the latest IoT startup in Malaysia to enhance the Smart Health scene in Malaysia.

A team of researchers led by Dr. Farhanahani Mahmud from Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM),  proposed a project called “IoT-based Smart Basal Body Temperature (BBT) monitoring device for Women’s Healthcare.” Favoriot provides an IoT platform and the necessary IoT expertise to assist in delivering the project’s objectives.

However, most of the commercial Basal Body Temperature (BBT) devices cannot directly derive the information needed, where the user need to plot her temperature readings manually into a BBT chart every day, and she also need to interpret the changes in the BBT chart by herself or to set several appointments with a doctor for further consultation.

Therefore, through this research, a development of an Internet of Things (IoT)-based automatic BBT charting and monitoring system with a fuzzy logic computational intelligence method will be done to improve the current practice. This research will eventually help women effectively monitor their menstrual cycle through automatic BBT charting and conveniently share the data with a doctor for their health care consultation via the IoT.

This work could enhance women’s understandings of their own unique menstrual cycle on a deeper level towards a better healthcare and to the best of our knowledge, this will be the first local based product for the automatic BBT charting and monitoring with a smart fertility prediction system.

The collaboration also seeks for more funding to support the development of this project into a commercial system.

 

FAVORCITY – An Open City Platform From FAVORIOT

March 21st, 2017 Posted by BLOG 0 thoughts on “FAVORCITY – An Open City Platform From FAVORIOT”

There are three (3) basic steps in building smart cities:

  1. Digitize your infrastructure
  2. Build a real-time data platform
  3. Engage your community

 

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TOP Jobs in IOT Value Chain

March 10th, 2017 Posted by BLOG 0 thoughts on “TOP Jobs in IOT Value Chain”

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Have you ever wondered what are the top or most popular jobs in IOT now?

Answer: It depends on the adoption maturity levels of your country.

Just take look at the IoT value chain on the perspectives of maturity levels:

  1. Research – from fundamental to applied research and uncovering the mysteries of IoT.
  2. University IoT courses – educating the University students
  3. IoT training – creating awareness and educating the masses. From basic to intermediate and advanced courses.
  4. Consultation – Developing IoT Blueprint, framework and strategic plans.
  5. Product Development – Create new innovative IoT solutions
  6. System Integration – Integrating IoT solutions with legacy systems
  7. Selling IoT Solutions – creating new businesses from IoT

The above activities are translated to job opportunities:

  1. Researchers
  2. Lecturers
  3. Trainers
  4. Consultant
  5. IOT Product Developers (software and hardware)
  6. System Integrators
  7. Business Development

Personally, I found out that Trainers and Consultants are making money out of IoT since they are now in demand. (5), (6) and (7) will be in demand within the next 2-3 years.

But in reality, we are seeing too many jobs in the area of IoT Business Development. Most probably, the companies are trying to find business opportunities and create demands. Even in the recent Mobile World Congress 2017 that ends recently, the telcos are still trying to find where the real market resides.

Consultants are in a very high demand where mostly their customers are States who want to implement Smart Cities or Governments that desperately want a new National IOT Blueprint or Frameworks.

Training in IoT has become a high demand for the industry folks since most of them are not trained and armed with the IoT knowledge during their University days. Good for training companies who are seeking knowledgeable trainers.

About the Author

Dr. Mazlan Abbas 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. You can reach him on LinkedIn or Twitter. Check all his presentation slides HERE.

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