Virtual
Reality. Latest wearables, Connected home devices, Smart Toys, 3D
printing, Cloud Services, Robots, Ironman, BB8 Droid, Wifi Electric
Socket and Theta Camera were few of the many featured tech gadgets and
solutions at the recent IoT Summit Philippines held last March 4 and 5,
2016 at the Megatrade Hall 3, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.
Samsung
Gear VR being enjoyed by the participants while Philrobotics brought
Ironman that made the IoT Summit a lot of fun. BB-8 droid on display and
several robotic items on display by e-Gizmo Mechatronix
The first
Internet of Things (IoT) Summit in the was the culminating feature in
the 3 part event that included a Bootcamp and a Hackathon in partnership
with ThinkLab which introduced and taught building hardware (IoT)
projects using Gizduino board provided by e-Gizmo, and cloud computing
solutions provided by Microsoft Azure held at ASpace_Palet Express.
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| Elaine Cedillo, the IoT Summit over-all project head with Diego Jose
Ramos Co-Founder of Redwizard Events, members of PhilRobotics and
Thinklab, the trainors and facilitator of the Bootcamp. |
Aside
from featuring Smart Home, Smart Toys, 3D printers, Virtual and
Augmented Reality technologies, the Summit opened the event with a
conference having some speakers who are the prime movers of IoT
Technology in the Philippines and abroad.
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During the ribbon cutting, a sign that the IoT Summit is officially happening.
In
photo : (L-R) Representative from PLDT Innolab headed by Kristine Dara
Calayag EverJuan, Mike Tagorda, Founder of MTTagorda Management
Consultancy, Ms. Elaine Cedillo the Project Head of the IoT Summit
Philippines, Ms. EmmyLou Versosa Delfin, Program Manager, DOST-ICTO,
Diego Jose Ramos, Co-Founder of Redwizard Events and Horsepower.ph and
friends from Smart Communications. |
THE IOT SUMMIT PHILIPPINES’ PLENARY
Mr.
Marthyn Cuan, the Chief Digital Officer of MERALCO gave the opening
keynote followed by Gio Abaquin of Smart Enterprises that discussed the
roadmap of IoT in our country together with Leo Lirio of IoT Technology
Inc. While Joel Garcia of Microsoft Philippines, Teo Pohsoon from
Ultimaco Singapore, Lowell Tortana of Nokia, Yue Savage of Impinj USA
and Dr. Hernando Delizo of Clinica Manila also shared their expertise on
Big data and Security, 5G in the Philippines and Connected Health
respectively.
A
panel discussion on Wearables and 3D printing were also the point of
interest of the attendees. Showcasing the current and future plans on
the said industries esp. that more and more multi-billion companies such
as Samsung and Facebook are looking into the VR tech.
THE IOT HACKATHON PROJECTS
Several
projects from the hackathon were part of the exhibit and the highlight
of the event including the group demos and judging was held the next
day, March 5. Projects that were presented included a pet feeder,
posture tracking wearable, bicycle safety (signal light and theft
tracking), NFC child tracking, irrigation management, fire alarm system
(smoke detectors), pollution detectors, e-waste management, electricity
monitoring and metering, motion and sound sensing smart plugs, and NFC /
RFID security system.
Mr. Mon Ibrahim during his opening remarks before the Hackathon Pitching Starts
The
groups presented their demos in the plenary and the panel of judges
vetted the projects with innovation, impact, design execution, business
potential, and demo as metrics.
Project Bantay of Team Biotics
emerged as the Grand winner. It is a simple home/office security system
built on motion sensor device that can be manually activated. When
triggered, options are 1. Emit an audible and/or visual alarm, 2. Take
picture of the area where the event was triggered, and 3. Send SMS/MMS
alert to a preconfigured smart phone and/or email the captured picture
with tag to a dedicated email account.
This system is also equipped with an NFC/RFID Door lock which is accessed by a tagged NFC key/card.
The IoT Summit Philippines Grand Winner together with the Judges and Organizers
The other winners are ;
1st runner up: Fibits for Kontador (Electricity monitoring and metering)
2nd runner up: Pentagon for Leave and Feed (Pet feeder)
Jury prize: Team Blueberry for P3 Network (Portable Pollution Profiler)
The Grand Winner received P20,000 Cash, BizSpark Account from Microsoft, Smart Phone, Google Cardboard and Gift Certificates
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Team Name : Fibits
Project Name :Kontador
(Electricity monitoring and metering) |
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2nd runner up: Team Team
Name : Pentagon
Project Name : Leave and Feed
(Pet feeder) |
The
esteemed judges headed by Mr. Mon Ibrahim , Deputy Officer of the
DOST-ICT, joined by Joey Limjap of PLDT, Teodor Drobcsak from Nokia,
Karlo Samson of I.T. Journalists Association of the Philippines , Mark
Vernon, Founder of TAG Cash, , Anderson Tan of Zeenoh Games, Engr. Roma
Mercado of e-Gizmo Mechatronix, and Paul Pajo, Tech Evangelist of Smart
DevNet vote unanimously for Bantay.
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| On photo : Joey Limjap Vice President and Head of PLDT Mainstream
Business Development and Paul Pajo, Tech Evangelist of Smart. Photo by :
Diego Jose Ramos |
With the growing demand of Internet of
Things technology in the Philippines and basing on the success of the
first IoT Summit Philippines, Elaine Cedillo, the head organizer of the
event said that they are looking forward to stage another IoT Summit and
Hackathon next year. “We want to push further to continue to educate
the different business and industrial sectors until we reach our goal by
2020 that everything will be connected and build awareness about the
convenience brought by this technology” Cedillo continued.
“We
are also happy to get the support of from our event partners, community
partners and exhibitors such as ASpace, Thinklab, Philrobitics, VR
Philippines, IoT Technology Inc. Nokia, GDG Philippines, Samsung,
Omnifab, Dreambuild 3D printing, Ephone, Digital Walker, Case Logic,
CameraHaus, Essilor, Ximity Events, FireChat to name a few” Diego Jose
Ramos, the co-founder of RedWizard Events Management continued.
“Internet of things is really the next big thing and we do not want the
Philipines to be left behind” Ramos emphasized.
The
IoT Summit Philippines is in collaboration with DOST-ICTO and supported
by Smart Communications, Smart DevNet, PLDT Innolab, MTTagorda
Management Consultancy, e-Gizmo Mechatronix, ATI and Microsoft
Philippines.
A
follow up training on Gizduino board by Thinklab, Redwizard Events
Management and EConnext Ideas and Media will be held on April 2, 2016 at
the Ayala Technohub in line with the celebration of the International
Arduino Day. There will also be exhibits of IoT and Robotic projects and
extensive talks from respected speakers and makers about the use of
Arduino boards.
So if you missed the IoT Bootcamp last February,
you can still learn about IoT and Arduino. There will be an IOT crash
course and project building workshop in the afternoon (exclusive for
All-access pass holders only).
For more
details, contact Redwizard Events 218 9023 and 0920 9734926 and Thinklab
Secreetariat at 09175868058 or check the event page for more details :
http://on.fb.me/1SIbdlq
