A new course on The Internet of Things at the Singapore Management University (SMU) is enabling students to conceive and develop practical IoT solutions to everyday real-world problems.
In the future, when Wi-Fi access becomes more pervasive, society may stand to benefit from the increased interconnectivity, with volunteer welfare organisations, for example, being able to track food distribution to needy families, or the visually handicapped being able to use an app to navigate their indoor surroundings.