Getting off on the right foot

NANYANG Polytechnic's senior lecturer from the School of Information Technology, Mar Kheng Kok, may have been involved in the creation of the first-of-its-kind 3D foot scanner, but ask him what the key challenge faced in the project is, and his answer is simple - time zones, culture, language.

"For example, we have to converse in Mandarin when working with our Chinese partners. Initially, we communicated with them through a translator. However, we found that to be time-consuming and ineffective as there were instances of miscommunications due to misinterpretations, which affected the schedules," says Mr Mar.

"We then decided to take up the challen…