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The accelerated technological growth majorly influencing our everyday lives, Internet of Things (IoT) has been a trending topic and current interest in the contemporary world. IoT has benefited in revolutionising lifestyles, improving quality of life. Therefore, with the help of IoT, the study proposes a prototype for washroom occupancy tracking and hygiene monitoring system called the Washroomium. The prototype is evaluated with targeted users within the Asia Pacific University campus and received favourable feedback. It is hoped that this prototype would be able to provide a pleasant washroom experience for the stakeholders of university by bringing them an at-desk indication on the occupancy and hygiene status of washroom cubicles, alleviating queues and disappointment.
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This project is supported by the Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation. Washroomium has won several innovation competitions such as the International Research and Symposium and Exposition (RISE 2021) with Silver medal, Asia International Innovation Exhibition (AIINEX 2021) with Gold Innovation Video Challenge award.
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Kasinathan, V., Mustapha, A., Rai, K.D., Ching, T.H. (2023). Washroom Occupancy Tracking and Hygiene Monitoring System Using IoT in Universities. In: Uden, L., Ting, IH. (eds) Knowledge Management in Organisations. KMO 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1825. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34045-1_30
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