Retrospect: 3 quotes to ruminate onThe past 2.5 COVID years had been tumultuously life-changing for many who are negatively affected by the ‘end’-emic. It is one thing to…Sep 2, 2022Sep 2, 2022
Learning, making and living for posterityWhen was the last time you tried doing something new for the first time?Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021
Goodbye for now, but another story must begin.“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly.” — (Richard Bach)Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021
Devastated but not destroyed: Lessons learnt for surviving 2021 and beyondIt is an understatement to describe 2020 as a crazily difficult and challenging year. Seemingly overnight, everything had changed as if…Dec 29, 2020Dec 29, 2020
AI Robo-racing and why it is a big dealFor many years now, conversations regarding artificial intelligence (AI) has shifted from scientific research labs to the politicians’…Jan 22, 2020Jan 22, 2020
Six observations on why Chiang Mai Maker Party 2019 is one of the most memorable maker events thus…In conjunction with the sixth edition of the Chiang Mai Maker Party, here are six personal observations as to why I think it is one of the…Dec 9, 2019Dec 9, 2019
Creative technologies for our classrooms: Tools, talents and the ‘touch’.A Singapore Minister of Education once lamented in a speech he gave in a public school function:Mar 30, 2017Mar 30, 2017
Published inAsian MakersYoung makers imagining possibilities for Malaysia’s futureThe weekend Kuala Lumpur Engineering and Science Festival (KLESF) saw the crowning of a new national champion at the National Finals of the…Nov 9, 2016Nov 9, 2016
Fast & furious guide to programming the Nano32 (Part 6)In this part of the programming guide, we are going to look into how to take reading from the DHT22 temperature and humidity sensor and…Oct 29, 2016Oct 29, 2016
Fast & furious guide to programming the Nano32 (Part 5)In this part of the programming guide, we are going to look into how you can control the I/O pins of the Nan032 board to do all sorts of…Oct 29, 20161Oct 29, 20161
Fast & furious guide to programming the Nano32 (Part 4)In this part, we will look at obtaining some system information using just a few lines of codes.Oct 19, 2016Oct 19, 2016
Fast & furious guide to programming the Nano32 (Part 3)In Part 2, we explored the program structure that is necessary for it to run in the Nano32 board. As mentioned earlier, the program needs…Oct 18, 2016Oct 18, 2016
Fast & furious guide to programming the Nano32 (Part 2)Part 1 of the fast & furious programming guide describes the steps towards getting started to programming the Nano32.Oct 18, 2016Oct 18, 2016
Fast & furious guide to programming the Nano32 (Part 1)Setting up Espressif’s IoT developmental framework (ESP-IDF) to work used to be labourious with multiple setup instructions depending on…Oct 17, 20163Oct 17, 20163
Published inAsian MakersThailand as the next destination for IoT development for makersIn recent weeks there have been a surge of updates and activities by tireless geeks, hackers, makers and developers, burning up all their…Oct 9, 2016Oct 9, 2016
Finding The Innovator In YouSingapore Makers founder William Hooi believes the maker movement is a way to tap and grow capability and talent in Singapore. Are you game…Mar 25, 2016Mar 25, 2016
Published inESPert OpinionsUnfortunately, there’s no ‘I’ in IoT..Acolyte: Oh machine, would you accept my offer of information so you may run my program and perhaps give me a computation?Mar 16, 2016Mar 16, 2016
Published inESPert OpinionsHere comes another hardware wannabeIn what is superbly obvious to those who have been following our social media feed, ESPert yesterday officially announced a partnership…Mar 4, 2016Mar 4, 2016
Published inESPert OpinionsImplementing democratised IoT strategy (I.D.I.O.T.S)About four months ago, I announced that I will be taking on a new project that will be keeping me occupied for a while. True enough, it had…Feb 27, 2016Feb 27, 2016
Making our nation smart, one mind at a timeEver since Singapore Makers (SG Makers) was featured in the local news, there has been a surge of interest in trying to understand what the…Jan 19, 2015Jan 19, 2015
