Overview
Penang International Science Fair (PISF) is an event to inspire students and the public with hands-on science, technology, and innovation through exhibitions, workshops, and competitions. In year 2015, Motorola Solutions Malaysia has been selected to be the main organizer of this event.
The Challenge
- How to make a smooth registration process when people started walk-in to the event.
- How to update the attendees which workshops still vacant to register, and which workshops have been fully booked, in real time.
- We have an idea in mind to have a similar cinema booking system to be implemented for this purpose.
- Since this is an outdoor event, we also taking a serious consideration about the internet connection available at the event space.
My Approach
I studied about cinema booking system and started designing the user interface (UI) for booth the booking system, and the live workshops availability to be broadcasted on all TV display channels at the registration counter.
I built the booking system using PHP and MySQL coding, and only using a local development mode for the registration process to avoid service interruption.
Results
- This system allow committees to register walk-in participants smoothly without any interruptions.
- Multiple LCD displays show a real-time updates on the workshops' schedule and availability status.