Ahmad Sukri was one of the earliest FAVORIOT Beta Developer. He used the FAVORIOT IoT middleware to connect current sensors to monitor several electrical appliances in his house.
His homemade IoT monitoring set comprised of ACS712 Current Sensor, Arduino UNO and Cytron WiFi Shield. See below some of his pics (courtesy of Ahmad Sukri).
“GSIAC Smart Cities Alliance (SCA) is a platform established during the 7TH GSIAC for the council members to deliberate on Smart City’s issues and challenges and creates an opportunity for networking among the stakeholders. The formation of GSIAC SCA consist of cross sector participations from academician, governments and industry players. Thus, forming a new structure comprising founding, core, vertical, innovator, market & funding governed by the strategic objectives, specific roles and responsibilities for the members.
Currently in Malaysia, a number of ‘smart’ initiatives being executed by few parties across the major cities in Malaysia including Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Melaka & Ipoh. The GSIAC SCA will be synchronizing the initiatives implemented at the targeted cities in Malaysia towards the specific targets of Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Results-focus and Time-bound (SMART)” – GSCA
The GSIAC Smart Cities Alliance ( GSCA) towards a smarter city, together. We’re proudly associated with these partners! Favoriot is one of the 4 Founding members from the Industry in GSCA – http://www.might.org.my/gsiacsc/partners-directory/
As India is making a fast progress directed towards a digital world, making headlines in initiatives like the smart city or a dedicated center of excellence for the Internet of Things.
The country is evidently stepping towards a better-connected world. Indian information technology (IT) services companies now own about two-fifth of the global Internet of Things (IoT) market. In all, about 43 % or $1.5 billion of the global $3.5 Billion market, says a report by research and strategy consultancy Zinnov Zones.
The share in Western Europe and North America is 27 % and 23 %, respectively. And the report has listed TCS, Wipro, Infosys, HCL, Tech Mahindra, Persistent, Genpact and L&T Technologies among the global leading innovators and market leaders in IoT.
As the Internet of Things is hitting the products and services side of it, creating job opportunities like never before. Statistics below are taken from “IoT India Job Study 2017”