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10 weeks ago, back in my letter of introduction, I mentioned two goals that I have set for myself. Firstly, it was to improve on my weakness, which is conveying my thoughts into words. Secondly, it was to make formal writing a second nature. One of the key points of effective communication is to be able to send out your point clearly, fluently, and efficiently, so there will be no miscommunications or misunderstandings. Hence, these were my goals for this course. Looking back at these goals now that the module has ended, there is still room for improvement. However, I can confidently say that I’ve achieved these objectives to a large extent. One of the main contributors to these achievements would be “Dewey’s Model of Reflective Thought and Action”. Reflection isn’t a new concept to me, but when I encountered this model, I realized that reflection is a much more intricate process. The model breaks up reflection into 5 different steps. The first is being aware of an issue. The second is...

In the article "How Artificial Intelligence, Robots Enhance Forest Sustainability in Finland", McQueen (2019) states that the Finnish Forest Centre is in charge of overseeing the conservation of Finland's forests and hence came up with an ambitious solution to use robots to autonomously execute most of the forest conservation tasks. McQueen mentions that the data used has to be precise and attainable before the Finnish Forest Centre can use it to train the robots. Aerial and lidar imagery is used to construct forest inventories and record tree measurements and information on species. The data the robots need is then placed in a geographic information system (GIS). The development director of the Finnish Forest Centre, Hamalainen, and his team see robots bringing benefits. People owning more than 65% of Finland’s forests can have simpler and more proactive management of their forests. McQueen reports that the Finnish Forest Centre is also using Artificial intelligence (AI)...

In the article "How Artificial Intelligence, Robots Enhance Forest Sustainability in Finland", McQueen (2019) states that the Finnish Forest Centre is in charge of overseeing the conservation of Finland's forests and hence came up with an ambitious solution to use robots to autonomously execute most of the forest conservation tasks. McQueen mentions that the data used has to be precise and attainable before the Finnish Forest Centre can train the robots. They use aerial and lidar imagery to construct forest inventories and record tree measurements and information on species. The data the robots need is then placed in a geographic information system (GIS). The development director of the Finnish Forest Centre, Hamalainen, and his team see robots bringing benefits. People owning more than 65% of Finland’s forests can have simpler and more proactive management of their forests. To produce precise data and decrease the amount of work in the field, McQueen reports that the Fin...

According to the article "How Artificial Intelligence, Robots Enhance Forest Sustainability in Finland", McQueen (2019) states that the Finnish Forest Centre is in charge of overseeing the conservation of Finland's forests and hence came up with an ambitious solution to use robots to autonomously execute most of the forest conservation tasks.  McQueen mentions that the data used has to be precise and attainable before the Finnish Forest Centre can train the robots. They use aerial and lidar imagery to construct forest inventories and record tree measurements and information on species. The data the robots need is then placed in a geographic information system (GIS).  The development director of the Finnish Forest Centre, Hamalainen, and his team see robots bringing benefits. People owning more than 65% of Finland’s forests can have simpler and more proactive management of their forests. To produce precise data and decrease the amount of work in the field, McQueen reports ...

  According to the article "How Artificial Intelligence, Robots Enhance Forest Sustainability in Finland", McQueen (2019) states that the Finnish Forest Centre is in charge of overseeing the conservation of Finland's forests and hence came up with an ambitious solution to use robots to autonomously execute most of the forest conservation tasks.  McQueen mentions that the data used has to be precise and attainable before the Finnish Forest Centre can train the robots. They use aerial and lidar imagery to construct forest inventories and record tree measurements and information on species. The data the robots need is then placed in a geographic information system (GIS).  The development director of the Finnish Forest Centre, Hamalainen, and his team see robots bringing benefits. People owning more than 65% of Finland’s forests can have simpler and more proactive management of their forests. To produce precise data and decrease the amount of work in the field, McQueen report...

According to the article "How Artificial Intelligence, Robots Enhance Forest Sustainability in Finland", McQueen (2019) states that the Finnish Forest Centre is in charge of overseeing the conservation of Finland's forests and hence came up with an ambitious solution to use robots to autonomously execute most of the forest conservation tasks.  McQueen mentions that the data used has to be precise and attainable before the Finnish Forest Centre can train the robots. They use aerial and lidar imagery to construct forest inventories, record tree measurements, and species information. The data the robots need is then placed in a geographic information system (GIS).  The development director of the Finnish Forest Centre, Hamalainen, and his team see robots bringing benefits. People owning more than 65% of Finland’s forests can have simpler and more proactive management of their forests. To produce precise data and decrease the amount of work in the field, McQueen reports that ...

 Subject: Thoughts on Communication and Critical Thinking impacting my future role as a leader In the last 4 weeks of lessons in Effective Communication (MEC1281), I've definitely been made more aware of the importance of communication and critical thinking skills, as well as the repercussions it brings or the difference it makes. The short excerpt taken from the article on "The Soul of Communication" on Pearson’s TalentLens website, also mentions that the lack of communication skills and critical thinking can actually impact the success of companies and their projects. I feel that with MEC1281, I am able to better improve my communication skills and pick up more critical thinking methods and habits. Given that, I see the road of my future role as a leader to be a much easier and more fluent task. I will minimally have the skills required to take on the role and to also execute better. This is because I will know how to communicate clearly and effectively to my subordinat...

According to an article by Scott McQueen (2019), Finland’s forests make up three-quarters of the country’s land. The Finnish Forest Centre is in charge of overseeing the conservation of this massive area and hence came up with an ambitious solution to use robots to autonomously execute most of the forest conservation tasks.  Manual harvesting is definitely inefficient in the long run to meet up with demands and with the lack of manpower. There is a depletion lack of interest in forestry jobs due to the job being time-consuming and pretty dull since it is a lonely job.  Firstly, the data used has to be precise and attainable before the Finnish Forest Centre can train the robots. They use aerial and lidar imagery to construct forest inventories, record tree measurements, and species information. The data is then placed in a geographic information system (GIS).  The development director of the Finnish Forest Centre, Hamalainen, and his team see robots bringing benefits. Peop...

  Subject: Self-introduction letter of Teo Joshua To the readers of my blog,    My name is Teo Joshua, and I am writing this letter to formally introduce myself and tell you more about who I am as a person. I graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in April of 2019 with a diploma in aerospace engineering. I went on to serve my 2 years of national service, where I trained as an explosive ordnance disposal specialist. I secured a place at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SiT) as a mechanical engineering student and began my undergraduate journey in September of 2021. My interest in mechanical engineering started when I was working with remotely operated vehicles during my national service. For such a small robot, I was fascinated by its capabilities, such as movable arms to grab objects and long-range voice transmitters for communication. I was also intrigued by the technology behind the coding of the robots to do what they are supposed to do, which piqued my intere...

  Paraphrase of Task #3: Quote:  " Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others . If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it , then having a message doesn't even matter ." - Gilbert Amelio, former President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp What  paraphrase  means to me :  Keeping it short and sweet while still driving the intended message across with no loss in meaning. Paraphrase:  Evolving outstanding oratorical skills is vital to effective leadership. It is imperative that a leader can deliver information clearly to invoke a sense of urgency and passion to others. A message becomes meaningless if a leader is unable to get it across clearly and motivate others to act upon it.