BTech Practical Assignment Ideas

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Hi everyone

I have to make a practical project for my BTech Information Technology degree and looking for any cool ideas that people can think of that could possibly help - so if you have anything challenging and interesting please let me know. Possibly even a business based solution so that it is practical

I've added some comments from the lecturer so you can get an idea of what they expect.

Thanks in advance!



NOTES:

Here are some examples of excellent Project IVs that have been done in the past:
- Satellite navigation and control system for a diamond-mining ship
- Automated help-desk and fault management system
- Job-sheet and reporting tool using a central server and mobile devices in the field
- Stock management and rotation system, integrated into other corporate systems
- Medical aid administrator and communication gateway
- Full HR management system, including leave, salaries, performance management,
recruitment, post structures, contracts, etc.
- GIS applications
- Distributed access control

Something you should seriously consider is using mobile devices as a component in your system.
A mistake often made with the project is to assume that the project done for the diploma level project
will be acceptable at the B.Tech. level. A project that consists of a database with a front-end (VB,
web-based, etc.) with reporting and basic MIS capabilities is a project that can be developed at a
diploma level. Such a project is not acceptable as a B.Tech. project. Just adding e-mail or SMS
capability will not necessarily be sufficient.

 

[InvisibleJim]

How about a generic data logging server capable of collecting data from a range of TCP/IP enabled remote sensors and presenting it via a we interface. The server could be devloped around an existing application/web server or you could develop a your own in Java, C#, Python or whatever suits. Develop a layer of abstraction so that the server can communicate with different sensors by addition of a driver for that sensor. Example sensors might measure speed of a machine, temperature, power consumption, a water level, noise level, or a number of trigger events (cars passing a point on a road maybe.)

You could demonstrate the server and a network of sensors on a single PC in a virtual network in virtualbox or similar running your server and virtual machines with a lightweight OS programmed to act like sensors or maybe write some virtual sensors that use a virtual ethernet interface (like tap or tun interfaces) to send demo data back to the server.

 

[^^vampire^^]

Hey IJ, I like that idea sounds good, could also be useful in a very practical sense - will look further into this. Thanks!