Koo Kien Keat in Sudirman Cup 2009

Yesterday was the semi-final of Sudirman cup and Malaysia meets China. Malaysia lost to china with the result of 3-0 is what we Malaysian don’t wish to see. Furthermore, I personally don’t wish to see Lee Chong Wei lost to Lin Dan but it happen yesterday. Anyway Malaysia team already try their best and performed well in the competition.

What I discuss here is the sportsmanship of Koo Kien Keat. I think all of us that watch the match yesterday noticed that Koo Kien Keat show middle finger to his racket during the match with China. Although he did not point this to the opponent but to a non living thing which is his racket but it is still not what a professional athlete should do in international stage. All his action is capture by all the camera there and the competition is live for people all over the world to watch and yet he dare to do such action. However, I understand his motive to release his emotion and during the match, sometimes emotion is hard to control.

Picture from http://unansweredbleakness.blogspot.com/

Jabatan KerJa Raya Kuching

Jabatan Kerja Raya Kuching (JKR) is not a place new to me. The Picture above show the JKR Kuching division office which located at Batu Lintang Kuchig, There lots of department here and now I’m having my industry training in the electrical department. As we all know that most of the government projects are out source to other private company, hence there’s nothing much for me to do or even to learn in this department. My 1st week in JKR has just pass and my life in JKR is totally free plus boring but I did not regret about the decision to do training here because it is in Kuching and near my house. That is the priority I’m looking for when I choose my training place. I receive the accept letter from Nexus Resort Karambunai in Kota Kinabalu but I wanted to came back to Kuching more than in Kota Kinabalu. There are still 8 week for me here and I believe that no matter how there will still have something for me to do and learn in JKR.

This is just the division office in Kuching. The head quarter of JKR is in Wisma Saberkas which I will have my training there on my 5th or 6th week. The division office is not big. Pictures below show the area of the division office.

This place is not new to me even though this is the first time I having my Training here. Why I said so? This is because when I’m still in form 2 and form 3, I used to come here once or twice or few times a week. During that time, the JKR basketball court is still open to public. Hence I used to come here with my friend. The condition of the basketball court here is well maintained compare to the public basketball court.

The other reason we choose to come here is that my friend, Crazyfool 's house is just next to the basketball court which is the main reason we come here. Let me zooms the picture so that the house can be view clearly. Do you notice there’s only a fence as the border of the house and the basketball court? During that time, the fence was not in this good condition, so we use to climb over the fence to the basketball court. Those times were really fun. However when JKR stop the public for using the basketball court, they rebuild the fence. Starting from that day, we did not go to that basketball court anymore. Furthermore, we seldom play basketball because there is a new activity that we had attracted to, COUNTER STRIKE. Hence, starting from that day, we spend more time in cyber café than playing basketball.

Times really pass fast and those times are only memories for us. Really miss those times.

Dry Market Kota Kinabalu

Every semester end before I go back to Kuching from Kota Kinabalu, there is a place in Kota Kinabalu that I must visit. Or I should say that every time before I got back from Kota Kinabalu to Kuching, there is a place that I must pay a visit. It is just a dry market call “ Pasar Ikan Masin” located in the centered of the Kota Kinabalu Town. If I’m not mistaken, this place consider as the Filipino Market.

What so special about this market? Well, it is a place where you can buy fish’s air bladder 鱼鳔, sea cucumber, dry scalloped, salty fish咸鱼, and other dry product. Fish’s air bladder and sea cucumber is what we Chinese like to buy as a gift when you go one place. However this is not for my case because it is my grandma that wanted me to buy those foods.

Fish Air Bladder 鱼鳔, Do you know how to value the grade? I’m not pro in this, all I know is the ticker it is, the best it will be. So I always look for the thick one. The type of fish is also the factor for the quality but I not sure that which type of fish give the best fish’s bladder.

Sea Cucumber, Various size of sea cucumber you can find here. The bigger it is the higher the price

The price in this market is reasonable. The advantage of buying thing here is that you can bargain. If you are gifted with the talent of bargain or you equip with a good bargain skill, for sure you can get a cheaper price. As for me, I don’t have those skills, but somehow the price I get still consider cheap if compare to the price in Kuching. Hence, if you like to buy all those dry product, you must not miss this place when you visit Kota Kinabalu.

Next to the dry market is the fruit market and the handicraft market. The picture below shows the fruit's market. Most of the time you will find mangoes sold here.

Bug in Dota 6.59b invisible frog

The invisible frogs in 6.59b, I wonder how many people have already try it when playing online in GG or in cyber. This bug can help you earn extra fast money. So there is no problem of winning the game. However, this map already out dated seem now there’s already have 6.59d. I wonder how many of you have played game with bug but you do not know they are exist? I still remember that I meet this situation once, the bug was on the syllabear where it can earn extra item by killing the bear. I played on GG and the opponent team got a syllabear. Of course I don’t know there is bug so for me, I still though that the person really pro because he earn fast although he had been slay for a few times. As a result we lost the game due to the extra fat syllabear. When look back the replay… then I know what is really happen. Anyway that just a game, so lost or win does not bring any meaning. Just feel a bit dissatisfaction of losing in that way.

One more subject to go before my final exam end, can’t wait till that day!!

The Day Of Exhibition

The day of exhibition was on 16th of April 2009. This is only a small exhibition in our faculty which is organized by the IEEE of Universiti Malaysia Sabah. The visitors are mostly student but the judges are specially invited by our lecturers. Besides exhibition, there was also a competition among us where 3 teams will be selected as best design. There are about 11 groups of us so there were 11 products during the exhibition. However, some off the product does not function on the day of exhibition due to some technical error.

I do take some pictures on the day of exhibition but they are not much. I should have take more but I’m too tired due to lag of sleep. Most of the teams are not sleeping the day before exhibition. However, we still look good during the exhibition. Although this is only a small exhibition, but the visitors are not less. Maybe the size of the place is small that make it look crowded.

First of all, I would like to introduce my team which is Primetech electronic. As you know we design a dog collar. This dog collar is for dog training purpose and the way we design it is base on the information we got from a professional dog trainer. Hence it is extremely safe to use in dog training. So from what we got from the trainer, the collar is not use to train the dog to behave the way you want. It is used to correct their natural habits which will cause them sick or dead.

Let me explain the situation here. For example if you have a fierce dog to guard your house, when there is a thief or other intruder that wanted to enter you house, guess what will they do? Most probably they will throw some food which is already being poison for your dog. Naturally, your dog will eat it without a thought. However, with some special training course for your dog, this sort of problem can solve. During the training, the trainer will of course let the dog wear the electronic dog collar. After sometimes or few weeks when they get use to it , they will start the training. The trainer will throw some food from outside the house without letting the dog see him. Then they will observe the dog in a hidden place with the remote control in hand waiting for the dog to approach the food. The moment before the dog bit the food, the will turn the collar own and shock the dog. This will make the dog think that the food is giving them pain but not the collar. Hence, after few times of training, the dog will start to realize that unknown food that not in their plate by their owner will give them pain and they will be more aware in eating unknown food.

So, above is one of the used of the electronic dog collar in the dog training purpose. It is not a cruel stuff if the training is conducted in the correct way by a professional trainer. Here again is our product dumb on the table during the exhibition. I got no idea how am I going to demo without a dog. However, there are some visitors that willing to try the voltage which is pain but won’t cause any harm. Visit Primetech for more detail. However i think my blog got more detail of the collar than the website build. Haha!

Now lets me show the other product from the other teams. The one shown in above picture is the auto gate system, auto door and also auto light. Their prototype really looks good. The concept of this system is using sound to control all the devices. For the auto gate, the sound sensing sensor is placed somewhere near the car engine. When the engine starts, the sound sensor will detect sound from the engine and transmit a signal to open the gate. Once the car goes out of the transmission range, the receiver in the house will receive no signal and will automatically closed the gate. When you are coming back from outside, once your car are in the range, the gate will open again to welcome your return. At the same time, the light in your car garage will turn on automatically and the door to enter your house will be open too. This is just a draft design hence there still other issue that need to be solve if this system is being used practically. Visit Happinesscare to know more about this product.

Do you know what stepper motor is? If you don’t know, neverming, let Touch The Sky tell you what is stepper motor. For some blogger, the name Touch The Sky might be familiar to you. Yes, this product designs by famous SABAHKING from Touch The Sky blogspot.com. Touch The Sky is trying to introduce stepper motor to the world by design a remote control car which not using ordinary DC motor but a stepper motor. Picture above show SABAHKING going to demo his remote control car to our faculty DEAN. Visit Stepper Motor 2009 to know more about this product.

Take a look at the picture above. What do you think this will be? Well, this is a camera which will follow object that go into the range of the camera. The application of this product is for security purpose where during night time when there is something moving outside your house and spotted by the camera, the sport light will turn own and follow the object. Visit Smart Follow Spot for more detail.

Next is this piece of unorganized circuit. What do you think this can be? It is another security system where when intruder are detected, it will call from the cell phone to the owner cell phone to let you know which part of your house had been break into or where the intruder is sported. The different of this product with the one in the market is that the one in the market use the phone in our house to call the owner. Which mean that if the intruder cut off the phone line of your house before they break in your house, you will not receive any call. Too bad that they come fisnish the prototype in time but they really did a good job. Visit S.C.U.K for more detail.

Here comes another interesting product. A musical fountain which the water will fire out followed the music. From the picture, the prototype does not look like a fountain at all but it really works well with the high bass soundtrack. Visit Aegis for more detail.

There are still lots of product which I can’t manage to take their picture. The heart beat detector is another interesting product. This is a low cost hard bit detector which is user friendly and can be owned by any people who like to check their heart bit at home. Visit WalkTogether for more detail

This is the one you must not miss. I’m regret that I can’t manage to take the picture of this product. However you can visit LAVATORY PROS to see what and how it looks like. This is a weight scale that going to build on you toilet seat. Yes, this is done so that you can weight yourself while busying with other stuff. It will also calculate your BMI too!!!

Here are websites for other groups which I’m not sure about their product so I can describe much about it. If you noticed the photo showing Sabahking’s product , you can see the team leader of TETYD is testing their cane which is not function well during the exhibition day. The electronic cane is a useful device for blind people but it is not successfully done yet. Visit TETYD to find out more about the electronic cane.

HELTZ - Centralized Home Wireless Electrical Switching System

Progad - Remote Control Digital Clock

Now guess who is the winner for the best design?? There are three team will be selected for the award. There were “The Heart Beat Analyzer” by WalkTothether , “ The Musical Fountain” by Aegis and unexpectedly “ Electronic Dog Collar” by my team. It is unexpected because we can’t even demo to show how it work to the judge and during the exhibition, excluding the non-function product, our product consider boring because you hardly see what can it do. However this product bring us a prize home.

Overall, doing this design project really drive us crazy. However we do enjoy lots and learn lots of thing especially during the final presentation when we receive dozens of professional comment from lecturers.

Electronic Dog Collar

Finally our project design comes to an end. From my previous post I had mention that my group is going to design an electronic dog collar. Although it is not perfectly done however it is successfully done. The electronic dog collar we design is nothing much than the one outside in the market. Maybe the quality still can't compete with the manufacture product. Below is the prototype of our product.

NOT FOR SALE!!

The one with the belt is the dog collar. The size seem a little big but that is what we call hand make. Actually the size can reduce to half of this but this is our first outcome, so there’s lots of imperfection. You might notice that we just use bolt and nut as the output pin. The output of the collar can reach up to 1000Kvolt but with a very small current. So it would not bring any harm. The other black box is the remote control. The range of the remote control can go up to 35 meter in an open area. We are using RF module for the wireless communication.

This product is really simple but due to lag of skill and knowledge; it takes us lots of time to finish it. Now everything has been done and I would like to shout out a loud loud “HURRAY!!” Before the day of exhibition, all of us (not only my group but all my fellow course mate) did not take a good sleep because we finish our product few hours before the exhibition starts. Here by I would like to congratulate all the other groups who had fought hard for their product.

Produce An Electronic Dog Collar

It has been quite some time I didn’t update my blog. This is because I’m busying with my 3rd year project. Before I go to my project, I have to make myself clear that I’m a dog lover. Yes! I like dog although I never have one. Dogs are human best friend which I believe this is quite true. Dog behave well when they are being train well. So how will you train your dog?

My project is not a high technology project like what you imagine, after all I’m study in Malaysia Local University which seldom does research or never do research on future technology. It is just a project that required me to make an electronic dog collar. Nowadays, you can get this type of electronic dog training collar on the net easily, so what I can do is already in the market. Besides, I’m not the kind of high ambitious person that wanted to “conquer the world”. So I want to do is just an ordinary and stable electronic dog collar that can give an amount of shock to the dog for training purpose.

However due to the limitation of knowledge, I still face lots of problem in doing this ordinary electronic dog collar. 1st is how to produce a stable amount of voltage? Till now, I still can stable down the voltage produce by the collar. 2nd is how can I produce different level of stable shock? 3rd is the problem of power source because by stepping up a small voltage to a very high voltage, the power source drain very fast. 4th is will my wireless remote control stable???

If all the above problems cannot be solve, the collar I produce will got no market value at all and all the time I use on it will be wasted. Still got around 1 month to go and hope that will have a HAPPY ENDING for this semester. Wish me luck!!

Will my product look as good as the picture below??? Lets wait and see!!