Wireless Technology Seminar - “Going Wireless for Better Wellness and Lifestyle”

On 30th Sep 2009, the School of Engineering (SEG) at Republic Polytechnic (RP) organised the Wireless Technology Seminar by the theme “Going Wireless for Better Wellness and Lifestyle”. This seminar, supported by The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Singapore Industrial Automation Association (SIAA), aimed to bring together the industry, the academic and the research institutions to network and share their experiences in the use of wireless technologies for better wellness and lifestyle.

In conjunction with this seminar, SEG also signed an MOU with Texas Instruments (TI) Singapore (Pte) Ltd to establish a joint laboratory – RP-TI Low Power Wireless Applications Joint Laboratory. This is TI’s first such undertaking with a tertiary institution here, and will see the company invest both its expertise as well as funding towards the laboratory, which will boast state of the art equipment for development and testing. The lab is now equipped with the necessary development kits and software to develop low power wireless applications.

The seminar featured a keynote address by Mr. Lim Kwee Song (Managing Director, Texas Instruments Singapore (Pte) Ltd) and three presentations by guest speakers - Prof. Ser Wee (Director of the Centre for Signal Processing at NTU), Mr. Yong Keng Kwang (Deputy Director, Nursing, Tan Tock Seng Hospital) , and Ms Goh Yiping (Managing director of Human Network Labs). The seminar ended with a tour of the RP-TI Low Power Wireless Applications Joint Laboratory. Altogether, this event showcased 20 exhibitions from various wireless technology key players and attracted close to 200 participants.