Malaysia has achieved reasonable success in promoting and developing ICT since the Sixth Malaysia Plan (1990 -1995) but in order to lead in the next wave of ICT revolution, Malaysia needs to focus on 3 Technology Areas to optimise resources and achieve Vision2020. 

(i) Wireless Sensor Networks (ICT infrastructure)

A wireless sensor networks (WSN) is the fundamental element to the concept of pervasive or ubiquitous computing, making surroundings “smart” by linking advanced sensors with computer networks, blending the physical with the virtual. WSN consists of spatially distributed autonomous devices using sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, vibration, pressure, motion or pollutants, at different locations. Types of WSN Technology Areas of application • Acoustic • Environmental monitoring • Biochemical • Security management • Electromagnetic • Industrial safety • Mechanical • Health / Medical applications • Molecular • Weather prediction • Optical • Energy applications • Radiation • Logistics monitoring • Thermal • Traffic control   • Precision agriculture

 

WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) Applications in Intelligent Home

The Shadow robot hand system holding a lightbulb. Touch sensors in the fingertips allow it to apply gentle pressure.

 (ii) Predictive Analytics (ICT info-structure)

Predictive Analytics harnesses technologies and services to make predictions about future events from large amounts of structured and unstructured data using statistics and data mining techniques. Such predictions rarely take the form of absolute statements, and are more likely to be expressed as values that correspond to the odds of a particular event or behaviour taking place in the future. Types of Technology Areas of application • Bio-medical • Banking services • Weather and disaster    prediction • Financial forecasts • Speech recognition and    language translation • Consumer and retail    research • Prediction markets • Healthcare diagnostic • Communications network    pattern analysis • Logistics management   • Weather and environmental    prediction

 (iii) 3-Dimensional Internet (Multimedia Digital Content)

3-D Internet is a set of emerging technologies for creating, distributing and rendering three 
dimensional scenes and animation in immersive, multi-user, online environments.

Types of Technology	Areas of application
• Virtual worlds, virtual reality and metaverse	• Education content
• Image rendering & data visualisation	• Industrial training
• Online game architecture	• Marketing assistance
• Multimedia	• Exploration
• Simulation	• Disaster simulation
• Wearable computing	• Rehearsal of corporate initiatives
• Advanced data mining & artificially    intelligent inference engines	• Entertainment
	• Tourism

Whilst building on Malaysia’s strengths and uniqueness, the 3 TFAs also mutually reinforce the impact on the country’s key engine of growth namely the manufacturing, services and agriculture sectors. 

Moreover, the proposed TFAs are driven by foreseeable wide market appeal with huge potential for local innovation and export.

The 3 TFAs impacting Malaysia’s key engines of growth

Henceforth, there should be a policy for realignment of the critical resources and investment into these 3 TFAs. 

Immediately, there is a need to accelerate broadband adoption along with the MyICMS 886 and the National Broadband Plan for a ubiquitous deployment of quality ICT infrastructure to spur the growth of content and applications creation around the 3 TFAs.
 
Subsequently, the National Strategic ICT Roadmap and key recommendations have to be cascaded to the various federal and state agencies’ ICT plans.

  

 

Figure below attempts to visualise the potential scenario where Wireless Sensors Networks, Predictive Analytics and 3-Dimensional Internet technologies play a signifi cant role in the Malaysian farming industry.

Potential Future Scenario for Smart Farmers
 

 

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