UTM’s hot new device

Soaking up the sun: Dr Mohd Fadhil and his research teammate Lee Yee Yong conducting a demonstration of his Surrogate Human Sensor device at UTM’s SKudai Campus in Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: Universiti Tekno­logi Malaysia has developed a first of its kind prototype to detect and predict the intensity of heatwaves.

UTM Campus Sustainability director Assoc Prof Dr Mohd Fadhil Md Din said the research for the Surrogate Human Sensor (SHS) started in 2010 with the cooperation of Japan’s Nagoya Institute of Technology.