Take a close look at the picture above. How much do you think this piece of metal cost? The “thing” shown above illustrates a hollow metal piece and for the majority of people, it is considered as a mere piece of hollow “scrap” metal. However, as the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s …
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One of the distinctions that separates humans and animals is the ability of human race to create and use tools. From using flintstones to create fires, to cranes for building constructions, to software for designing. The invention of tools helps speed up and simplify the process of work, thus enabling more humans to handle more …
Many of us probably have heard news of the 5G competition between vendors such as Huawei, Ericson, Nokia and etc. Often than not, the topic shift into becoming a political issue between countries, since whoever wins determining the dominant status. Examples can be seen by the many sanctions, termination of services and supply chain against …
In the past, being able to communicate in far distance seems to be magic. Now this “magic” is actualized in the form of wireless communication. The development of the first analogue communication, which is called the first generation (1G) is considered a quantum leap in the progress of wireless technology. As the years progress, researchers …
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In recent time, the term 5G and IOT are the two most-used words ranging from academia, engineers, researchers to big players like industries and multinational corporations. The new generation of wireless communications, 5G, is believed to be a profound revolution of wireless technology in terms of connectivity, GBits data rate, huge bandwidths, and very low …
It is very naive to think of 5G is just about a new generation of mobile services for terminals which provides enhanced bandwidth for high speed data streaming. The capabilities and features that 5G can provide are beyond our imagination and yet to be explored for all kinds of possible applications which will affect peoples' …
In many countries, the Covid outbreak has caused many setbacks in industries around the world. With the restrictions in movement and the slowing down of the economy, many due dates or releases of new products would have to be delayed. In FILPAL, we face similar challenge with the Movement Restriction Order (MCO) in place. However, …
Directional couplers are four-port circuits consists of through, isolation, coupling ports. An ideal directional coupler is lossless and has all ports are matched. One of the most common couplers is formed by a pair of coupled transmission lines. When two unshielded transmission lines are in close proximity, power can be coupled from one line to …
Teachers have always been an integral part in society in training up generations to be functional citizens in the society. Often times, industry and academia are closely related. Both are mutually supportive with the industry pointing academia to the right direction in syllabus, keeping them updated with the latest technology, and academia providing the human …
The 3G is the first mobile broadband makes it possible for us to surf internet on a smart phone after the 2G digital voice which can only provide wireless telephone calls and short message service (SMS). The 4G mobile internet delivered speed that enabled video streaming and caused a boom in the app development industry, …
