MEC1281

The initial goal that I would like to achieve for this course is to be out of my comfort zone and be more confident in my communication and writing skills. It was a fulfilling journey throughout the thirteen weeks engaging in the Effective Communication module. This module is effective for me to equip myself to convey the key information to the targeted audience with enthusiasm and passion using the main pointers. The main points that I learned were such as having consistent eye contact, giving a speech with proper tone and being professional during a presentation will have a better engagement with the audience. Through this module, I feel proud and confident to give a public speech in the future. Overall, I think that adequate preparation for the presentation does affect my performance during presentations. This is because I feel more confident and ready to present. Hence, this will reduce me from feeling anxious and nervous preventing me from stuttering and fidgeting during a ...

According to Wabale (2017), the study introduces the system of smart trolley that uses smartphone and Arduino to minimise customer’s queuing time for billing checkout. This system is beneficial to customers as it provides on spot scanning of the product with price details shown on LCD. The data from the LCD will then be transferred to the billing counter computer. Hence, saving time for the customer to perform check out. In addition, the system provides benefits to customers with a membership card which is also a RFID tag. Having said that, the normal trolley will become a smart trolley when the RID tag is being inserted to the RFID reader. Moreover, the system is cost efficient as this system requires less cost to design and less power supply . Thus, displaying the total amount to the user making it a user friendly system. The proposed design integrates current technology with the existing shopping trolley. The top frame of the trolley includes a RFID scanner, powered by an attach...

Background Grocery shopping is an important aspect of peoples' lives all around the world. Supermarkets are packed with patrons every day, looking to purchase their household goods. One of the supermarket chains in Singapore, NTUC FairPrice, states on their website that it serves 600,000 customers per day (NTUC FairPrice, n.d.). This is the number of patrons visiting this supermarket chain alone, not to mention there are several other supermarket chains such as Cold Storage, Giant and Sheng Siong. Thus, it is not surprising that the checkout queues in supermarkets are long. Looking at an extreme case, for example, the recent Coronavirus outbreak has caused Singaporeans to overreact and thus cause an influx of customers to do their shopping (Tan, 2020). The surge of patrons and the fact that they are purchasing goods in bulk effectively creates a standstill in queues, extending customer wait times immensely. When customers shop for groceries in bulk, they tend to opt for trolleys pr...

In the article entitled "Force-Sensing Gloves Cloud Control An iPhone By Detecting Gestures and How Objects Are Gripped," Owen (2019) mentions that Apple wanted to create a glove technically capable of engaging with technologies for individuals. This force sensing (FS) glove is made of fabric meshed with conductive layers that sense the forces applied in the glove when the user touches a surface. In addition, this glove will sense how much pressure is applied and the number of fingers used. The author also states that Apple will look at different ways a user can control an application without interacting with the touchscreen. The FS glove will include conductive strands that are woven together with normal threads and thus able to monitor contact outside while the inside contains sensors for compression from the fingers. According to Owen (2019) article, it also adds that FS glove has the capability to replace handheld controllers in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Real...

In the article entitled "Force-Sensing Gloves Cloud Control An iPhone By Detecting Gestures and How Objects Are Gripped," Owen (2019) mentions that Apple wanted to create a glove technically capable of engaging with technologies for individuals. This force sensing (FS) glove is made of fabric meshed with conductive layers that sense the forces applied in the glove when the user touches a surface. In addition, this glove will sense how much pressure is applied and the number of fingers used. The author also states that Apple will look at different ways a user can control an application without interacting with the touchscreen. The FS glove will include conductive strands that are woven together with normal threads and thus able to monitor contact outside while the inside contains sensors for compression from the fingers. In the article of Owen (2019), it also adds that FS glove has the capability to replace handheld controllers in VR and AR. Although there is some information ...

In the article entitled "Force-Sensing Gloves Cloud Control An iPhone By Detecting Gestures and How Objects Are Gripped," Owen (2019) mentions that Apple wanted to create a glove technically capable of engaging with technologies for individuals. This force sensing (FS) glove is made of fabric meshed with conductive layers that sense the forces applied in the glove when the user touches a surface. In addition, this glove will sense how much pressure is applied and the number of fingers used. The author also states that Apple will look at different ways a user can control an application without interacting with the touchscreen. The FS glove will include conductive strands that are woven together with normal threads and thus able to monitor contact outside while the inside contains sensors for compression from the fingers. Owen (2019) also adds that FS glove has the capability to replace handheld controllers in VR and AR. Although there is some information and features were give...