IoT applications limited by the imagination

Retail and tracking applications dominated the showfloor at IoT Asia this year.

An application by A*Star features QR code-like labels called Snap2tell on retail shelves. Once the labels are scanned with a mobile app, users can find out more about the product. For IOT Asia A*Star integrated the label app with another app called Limelight, which gathers online comments about the product from social networks and calculates tonality. 

A closeup of the image shows how small and unobtrusive the Snap2tell image is.

Signage from Singapore exhibitor CoolAsia also bore Snap2tell code. 

CoolAsia's fleet management app is software as a service based. CoolAsia Fleet Manager draws on GPS technology to display every vehicle in the fleet on the Singapore map. Tapping on a pin yields more information about a particular vehicle, including its licence number, whether it is currently moving, and its speed if it is on the roads. CoolAsia also offers in-vehicle real-time video streaming, courier delivery software, and software for managing bus fleets.

A wearable at the MediaTek booth. This particular wrist wearable is part of the Fall Identification Protocol Support (FIPS) system from Singapore company HutCabb services. It detects if the wearer has fallen and can contact emergency services if required. It also identifies patterns of near falls and calculates risk statistics. A lab trial was done at HDB Pilot Homes on 2 April.

The dates for IOT Asia 2016 have already been set at 13 to 14 April next year, again at the Singapore Expo.

Read our blog post about how MediaTek is handling the IoT opportunity here.