More than 40 SMU students taking a new course on The Internet of Things (IoT) showcased on SMU’s campus yesterday various hypothetical digital solutions to everyday real-world problems. One team of four students developed a web-based monitoring system called SupplyWatch, which will enable voluntary welfare organisations to tailor their food rations to the specific needs of their beneficiaries and to ensure that they supply the right amounts to households. SMU Associate Professor of Information Systems (Practice) Tan Hwee Pink said: “In a smart nation, we are talking about building infrastructure to make people smarter, to make societies better. So when we talk about smart infrastructures, one of the underlying key enablers would be the IoT.”