DataSoft’s IoT device to solve water supply problem in Mecca
July 28, 2018
An Internet of Things (IoT) device developed by the local firm DataSoft will now solve the water supply crisis faced by Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in what can be viewed as yet another giant stride for Bangladesh’s ground-breaking tech firm.
Mecca does not have a central water system and the inhabitants get by with portable water tanks.
More often than not, the households cannot tell when the tanks are nearing depletion; they only find out when the supply has ended, creating great inconvenience for them. Now, thanks to the $450-device developed by DataSoft, the households will get an alert when the water level in the portable tanks hits 10 percent, indicating a change or refill is in order.
“This IoT device will ease the huge pressure Mecca city faces to properly supply water during hajj every year, when pilgrims from all over the world flock to the country,” said Mahboob Zaman, managing director of DataSoft Systems Bangladesh. Mecca-based Sakn Alwantaniya will initially take about 5,000 units of the state-of-the-art device, which will be installed inside the water tanks.
More orders will be placed depending on the efficacy of the IoT devices.
Shipment will start from July 31 with a batch of 100 units.
To mark the shipment, DataSoft will organise a programme at the Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City in Gazipur, where it was developed in a rented facility. Mustafa Jabbar, ICT and telecom minister, is scheduled to attend the event.
DataSoft is also developing an artificial intelligence system for Tokyo’s 10,000 smart apartments, which will help to solve the accommodation problems during the 2020 Olympics.
The company is also developing IoT solutions for the Democratic Republic of Congo for one of its bridges, which will give signal about the bridge’s condition and weight of the vehicles.
“Our company is developing different ICT solutions, but right now we are focusing more on IoT as we believe that this technological evaluation will change the whole game,” Zaman said.
IoT is a computing concept that describes the idea of everyday physical objects being connected to the internet and being able to identify themselves to other devices.
The devices communicate with one another and act on the information they get from each other, without any human intervention.
DataSoft set up the country’s first IoT lab in its office at Shyamoli in Dhaka two years ago. A few hundred engineers are employed to come up with solutions for the various challenges thrown up for city dwellers.
The company is now trying to get a land inside the Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City, the country’s first dedicated tech industrial park, to establish its own factory, according to Zaman.
Courtesy- The Daily Star
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