Personal Reflection (TLM1010)

This module, Technical Communication, has helped me in improving my English and also my overall confidence in a presentation. Firstly, I want to show my appreciation to Professor Brad and my classmate for making this module interactive and fun. It has been a long time since I wrote a product review, an introduction about myself and a formal report. This learning journey has taught me about how to organise when writing an article as well as the proper use of English. Also, not to forget the key points to look out for whenever you are giving a presentation. Your valuable feedback for my introduction, product review and my group's report helped me to identify which area I needed to improve on. 

During the showcase, we get to see different presentation skills displayed by all of the presentation group and how they proposed their idea to the audiences. While our content may be lackluster as compared to others, I feel that we did a good job of selling the product. This showcase also gave me an idea of how our final year project and report will be like. 

Overall, this module helped me to improve my writing and presentation skills. Although I did not fully utilise the skills this module has taught me, I feel that in the long run, I will have to use this skills. Thank you, Professor Brad. I hope that we can have the opportunity to learn more from you again.

QardioCore Report (Draft 1)

Qardiocore

Background Information:

1. Background of Qardio
Marco Peluso and Rosario Iannella founded Qardio in 2012 that “transformed the healthcare industry” with easier, intelligent and more practical solutions for everyone (Qardio, n.d.). Qardio comes out with intelligent healthcare products such as the QardioArm, QardioBase and the recently QardioCore.

2. About QardioCore
QardioCore was first introduced in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2015. However, it was only first available for pre-order in 2017. QardioCore is the first wireless wearable patchless electrocardiogram (ECG) device that enable its consumer to monitor their heart activity. Qardio states that the biometric information collected by QardioCore will be “transmitted wirelessly” to the smart devices. The data will then be sent to the Qardio Cloud, which enables the doctors and patients to view the results. Qardiocore not only perform ECG on users, however, it also measures the skin temperature, respiratory rate as well as activity tracking. These enables the heart health practitioners to gain a better insight on their patient’s health.

Problem statement: The ideal ECG device should allow the users to access the data easily. Currently, Qardiocore is only integrated with Apple health that allows the user to share the data with other applications that are integrated with Apple health. Qardiocore will need a platform to allow users to retrieve the data easily.

Purpose statement: The purpose of the report is propose an implementation of a mobile or an online application that enables to retrieve data easily from the QardioCore. This implementation will able to enhances Qardio’s revenue.

Solution: In order to allow both Apple and Android users to retrieve the data easily, it is recommended to have an online application. Through the implementation of the mobile application, it will be able to attract more variety of users.

Benefits:

1. Convenient and time saving:

• By having an online application, users can access their data without finding an Apple product.

2. Cater to more users:

• As there is a mixed variety of Apple and Android users, it will attract more consumers to purchase the product.
• Healthcare professionals are also able to keep track of more patients’ health data and provide medical advices and treatment if necessary.

3. Wide variety of usage:

• Exercise equipments will be able to provide a real-time data to the users. This will enable the user to analyse the data and further improve on their physical performance.

4. Ease of usage:

• By having the application, it will not only restricted to the Apple users but also enable Android users to access the data.

5. Up to date application:

• By having both Apple and Android applications, it allows Qardio to get more users’ feedbacks to help them further improvise their application to better serve the users.

Conclusion:

• In conclusion, by having the online application, it will benefit both the users and Qardio.

Product Summary and Evaluation (Final Draft)

According to "https://telematics.tomtom.com", the TomTom PRO 7350 is an all-in-one device designed to help drivers work smarter and for companies that look to improve on their fleet management. It can be installed in both cars and trucks. When connected to its WEBFLEET, TomTom PRO 7350 "Best-in-class navigation and traffic" provide drivers with accurate traffic information. This traffic information includes traffic jams, closed roads, the fastest road to the destination, locate speed cameras and a personalised large vehicle navigation. The large vehicle navigation system takes into consideration the size of the truck, weight, cargo, and speed. 

TomTom PRO 7350 also helps to improve fleet management by connecting the drivers together with the office. This device helps to keep accurate and reliable mileage records. In addition, clocking in for work is easy with just a tap on the screen. The team is able to communicate with its drivers via TomTom PRO 7350, which can be used to manage orders on the go. By collecting the data from the TomTom PRO 7350 driver terminals, companies can get ready-made reports that give detailed insights on individual drivers and the fleet. 
This insight enables the companies to spot trends, benchmark performance and identify areas for improvement. While other products such as TomTom PRO 5350 and TomTom PRO 8275 also provide the same function, TomTom PRO 7350 stands out from them with the addition of OptiDrive 360.

According to Abdel-Aty (2015), the behavior of drivers contributes to "90 percent of road crashes".This unique feature of OptiDrive 360 helps drivers to adopt "a responsible driving style". It gives insights to both drivers and to the company. Drivers can choose up to eight driving performance insight to get active feedbacks and advice from. These eight insights include speeding, driving events, idling, fuel, coasting, green speed, constant speed, and gear shifting. Improving the behavior of drivers helps to lower fuel consumption, maintenance and also insurance premiums.

In conclusion, the features that TomTom PRO 7350 provides benefits the drivers and companies. It takes care of the drivers' point of view and from the company's point of view. 

References

TomTom Telematics. (2018). Retrieved from https://telematics.tomtom.com/en_gb/webfleet/

Abdel-Aty, Mohd. (2015). Accident Analysis & Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457515000202#!

Product Summary and Evaluation (Draft 3)

According to "https://telematics.tomtom.com", TomTom PRO 7350 is an all-in-one device designed to help drivers work smarter. It connects users together to give extremely accurate traffic info that can be used to help drivers to avoid traffic jam and also find the fastest route to your destination. With its "Advanced Lane Guidance", drivers can use it to navigate through difficult junctions. Additionally, PRO 7360 is able to locate speed cameras and alert drivers to stay within the speed limit. Furthermore, it also has a personalized large vehicle navigation system where it takes into consideration the vehicle type, size, weight, cargo, and speed so drivers will never have to worry when going under a bridge. While other products such as TomTom PRO 5350 and TomTom PRO 8275 also provides the same functions, TomTom PRO 7350 has a unique feature that stands out from its competitors.

According to Abdel-Aty (2015), the behavior of drivers contributes to "90 percent of road crashes". This unique feature of OptiDrive 360 in TomTom PRO 7350, helps drivers to adopt "a responsible driving style". It can help drivers to reduce the total costs of vehicle ownership through lower fuel consumption, maintenance, and insurance premiums. Drivers can also choose up to 8 driving performance indicators to get detailed active feedback from. This includes speeding, driving events, idling, fuel, coasting, green speed, constant speed, and gear shifting. Drivers also can analyze and compare their performance by week or month.

All in all, the features TomTom PRO 7350 provides will be beneficial for companies that look to improve the efficiency of their fleet management and drivers who want to improve on their driving behavior.

References

TomTom Telematics. (2018). Retrieved from https://telematics.tomtom.com/en_gb/webfleet/

Abdel-Aty, Mohd. (2015). Accident Analysis & Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457515000202#!

Product Summary and Evaluation (Draft 2)

Based on TomTom Telematics website, a company commited to fleet management,vehicle telematics and connected car services, introduces to us with its latest product TomTom PRO 7350. With its ability to connect users with your team through the "WEBFLEET subscription", you can access the necessary tools you need to get to your destination using the fastest, safest and the most efficient way.

One of its tools is the "award winning navigation and traffic" system which users can rely on for accurate information on the traffic to avoid them completely. The information it provides include congestions, closed roads, traffic lights, roundabouts and other road obstacles. The website mentions that with the availability of traffic conditions within reach, users can increase their productivity by pre-planning your route ahead and giving realistic estimated time of arrival to customers to keep them notified. Users do not have to worry about using an older version of the software as it is updating is simple through Wi-Fi. Clocking in for work and mileage can be easily done with just a simple tap.

Another aspect of the product is the capability of the "Advanced Lane Guidance" system that help users navigate through tricky junctions. With this, drivers can be alot more safer while travelling on the road. TomTom PRO 7350 outshines its previous product TomTom PRO 5350 with the addition of OptiDrive 360.

According to an abstract of "Accident Analysis & Prevention" by Mohamed Abdel-Aty, states that the behaviour of drivers is a "contributing factor to 90 percent of road crashes". As a result, it is crucial to identify drivers who engages in dangerous driving practices. OptiDrive 360 which is only compatible with TomTom Pro 7350, helps to improve driving behavior in real time by providing them with active driver feedbacks.

References
TomTom Telematics. (2006). In TomTom PRO. Retrieved from https://telematics.tomtom.com/en_gb/webfleet/

Mohamed Abdel-Aty, March 2015. Accident Analysis & Prevention. Retreived from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457515000202#!

Product Summary - PRO 7350 by TomTom Telematics

Introducing the PRO 7350, a product by TomTom Telematics, enable users to stay connected with each other as well as providing the tools to get to your destination using the fastest, safest and the most efficient way.

Users can get more work done in a day with its ability to send routes directly from the award winning navigation and traffic system WEBFLEET, to the driver terminals. Access to the latest map and software versions can be as easy with just an update over Wi-Fi. Logging and registrating mileage for work can be easily done with just a simple tap to the system. 

Driving can be alot safer with PRO 7350 as its "Advanced Lane Guidance" systems can help you navigate through tricky junctions and also alerting users of stopped traffic and tailback warnings.
With the features of OptiDrive 360, users can improve the driving behaviour through the real-time active driver feedback.

Source: https://static.telematics.tomtom.com/_ttt/lib/assets/ttt/doc/datasheets/en_us/ttt-pro-x350.pdf

About Myself

Dear Professor Blackstone, 

My name is Lee Jun Heng, Kelvin. I graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic with a Diploma in Chemical and Green Technology in 2014 and is currently pursing a Degree in Telematics at Singapore Institute of Technology. 

Before coming back to studies, I was exposed to radio communications from vehicles to vehicles as part of the mandatory National Service. That plays a part in why I have decided to choose this course. Also, finding new ways to improve the communcation between vehicles will be a great contribution to the community as it would help improve the efficiency and the reliability.

My weakness in communcation is the fear inside of me when presenting to a large crowd. I will tend to veer off from topic and start to blabber nonsense which will confuse the crowd. In addition, I will also tend to stutter and make long pauses in between speeches as i would think that they would not understand what i wanted to express. Some would consider this as a weakness but for me it would be my strength in communicating, gestures. Gestures helps me to feel more confident in speaking as it makes me feel big.

Communication is important as it conveys the message to the audience and you do not want anyone ending up with the wrong idea. With the guidance from this course, I would like to improve on my communication skills and also my writing skills. 

Thank you for taking the time to allow me to introduce myself. I hope we have a great journey together in this module.

Yours Sincerely, 

Lee Jun Heng, Kelvin