Summary SKEE4012
SKEL4012-PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE
NAME: MOHAMAD HAFIS BIN NORNAIM
MATRIC NO: A16KE0130
SECTION:09
Summary of toward the future with Internet of Things (IoT)
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a new emerging technology under the 4th industrial revolution (IR 4.0).it is basic concept of connecting any device to the internet. Malaysia has also jumped on the IoT bandwagon. Five years ago in 2014, the government through ministry of science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).
What is the focus on new technologies is how to reduce the cost of running and maintaining buildings, to increases utilisation of asset and many more. IoT technology is used to primarily to increases the productivity and to reduce the cost of operations for industrial application. The potential and challenges is the data transmission rate is lower than IoT which makes it doable to connect a huge number of things. The application of IoT can expedite the modernisation of agriculture, another large area for IoT application is the Smart Home for consumer market. IoT is also widely used in the engineering sector, with cross-disciplinary application such as between mechanical and electronics and other engineering fields.
For implementation of 5G can help provide connectivity to IoT sensors and that Malaysia has taken steps toward implementation and 5G has three focus areas. The first is the enhanced mobile broadband which can send data at a rate of 10 times higher than current 4G. in term of developing connectivity Malaysia had already taken the right direction in embarking on 4G.
For big challenge in develop the IoT are the aspects of technical, social, business and security. In term of security, user concerns about security must be addressed while, from the technical aspect, end-to end security must be in place. Data send via network from the sensors must be encrypted before reaching storage platforms. For capacity building is IoT is an emerging technology graduates in engineering and information technology (IT) are the one who can fill positions in this area. From tertiary education level to the stage of supply to the industry.
As conclusion, Internet of Things (IoT) has 4 stage in which is sensor and actuator (temperature, humidity, light, DO, CO2 and etc) to network and connectivity (Wifi, Bluetooth, 3G.4G). Then, send to internet and cloud (platform, database, analytics) and we can monitor or control (Visualization, notification, mobile apps).
Summary of Empowering Agriculture & Food Industry Towards Agriculture 4.0
The Agriculture 4.0 is aimed at meeting global food demands of the future. The world needs to produce 70 per cent more food by 2050. For agriculture 4.0 farmers will no longer have to apply water, fertiliser and pesticide uniformly across entire fields, for instance. Instead , they will use the minimum quantities required and target very specific areas.
For agriculture 4.0 & industrial revolution is transforming the production capabilities of al industries. Including the agriculture sector. Nowsdays, the world has now entered the era of industry 4.0 with increased use of robotics that are equipped with algorithms. Therefore, there are several innovative farming methodologies under agriculture 4.0 which is drones, internet of things (IoT), block chain, autonomous & robotic labour and driverless tractors
For the drones use to capture of images of the crops. These image are then analysed with SW programmes which provide information on how the crops are growing. It possible to use drones as remote fertilising vehicles. Next, for Internet of Things (IoT) is to capable of remotely sending data related with the crops opens a whole new world of possibilities. Actuators can be part of IoT such as: automatically enable watering in a specific area when sensors report that soil moisture is under 30%. Then, we have blockchain is related to the ensuring the origin food and possible to record the transaction in a blockchain. This can ensure the legitimacy and origin of each transaction. Therefore, for autonomous & robotic labour use the Agriculture robots (AgBots) to perform tasks ranging from planting and watering to harvesting and sorting. However, driverless tractor also one of the innovation which is autonomous tractors will become more capable and self-sufficient, especially with the inclusion of additional cameras and machine vision system, GPS for navigation.
As conclusion, modernising the agro-food sector the major agro-products that drive the Malaysian economy are palm oil, rubber and cocoa. Malaysia still relies heavily on food imports, despite being blessed with land and natural resources.