Modified A* Pathfinding Algorithm for Grid

Lets say you want to travel from point A to point B and you are given 3 options. Option A is a straight path but with many obstacles, option B is longer but with fewer obstacles and Option C is the longest path but with no obstacles. How would you determine which path will get …

Will Industrial 4.0 Destroy Our Jobs? And Should We be Concerned?

In recent years, a new phase in the industrial revolution which is commonly known as Industrial 4.0 has caused a sensation in the industrial sector and has totally transformed the face of the current market. This paradigm shift has brought a significant impact in our society, especially in the employment sector. A Paradigm Shift In …

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) – Advantages, Disadvantages and Cost

To stay ahead in the game in the world of competition, the mobile operators or service providers always promote and offer better quality of service for their customers with the hope of attracting more customers or subscribers. What if this mobile operator is newly established and all the users have already subscribed to different operators? Here is one business …

Building Software with Jenkins and Gitlab

Software development is a long and complex process, more often than not, involving multiple programmers working on the same software. Which is why one of the most important tools when coming to developing software as a company is to have a virtual service platform that can host the shared source code online, serve as a …

Hundreds Of Dollars Worth of Hollow “Scrap” Metal?

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 …

5G LEGO, The Advantages and Challenges

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 …

Will 5G be Available to Us in 2020 and should We Care?

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 …

3 Skills to Prepare For 5G and IOT

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 …

The Hunger Space

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' …

What do We Expect for Future Education?

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 …