MIMOS technology may be applied in Putrajaya

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama) – Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, Yeo Bee Yin hinted at the possibility of deploying MIMOS technology, such as for public safety, in Putrajaya.

During her maiden visit to the national applied research and development (R&D) centre (MIMOS) recently, she queried on the low uptake of local technology by Malaysian companies.

She also raised the need to have an initiative to incentivise the local industries that utilise home-grown technologies as these are equally competent and cheaper than the foreign ones.

During the visit, the minister was briefed by the agency’s senior management team led by chief executive officer, Ahmad Rizan Ibrahim, on the agency’s functions, capabilities, challenges, opportunities, current and future technology undertakings, as well as other organisational issues.

MIMOS said the agency’s focus was on applied R&D in frontier technologies, citing public safety, traffic management, agriculture, environmental monitoring and national healthcare.

“Through MIMOS’ Big Data Analytics, insights could be derived from data, including crowd-sourced data (for example, data from social media and popular apps such as Waze) which in turn would be used in building technology solutions, like one that manages public grievances on environmental issues such as open burning,” said MIMOS chief technology officer, Thillai Raj Ramanathan, according to a statement.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Rizan said, as key driver of technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), MIMOS was committed to supporting emerging technologies such as 3D-Design and Augmented Reality for Smart Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics, apart from running programmes in talent and skills development.

“MIMOS is committed to supporting the national agenda and to be a strategic government centre of excellence and advisory agency for 4IR towards moving Malaysia from a nation of technology consumers to technology producers,” he said.

-- BERNAMA