Bosch: Getting connected in Dubai's smart vision
The Bosch office was rather tricky to find, I was told before setting out for our meeting at its Dubai Airport Freezone office, and while satnav managed to direct me to the vicinity of West Wing 5A, finding a parking spot was an altogether different experience.
In years to come, technology will have advanced to such an extent that a parking place will have been picked out possibly before I even set out on the journey, Robert Bosch Middle East’s vice president Volker Bischoff proudly tells me, as we talk about the ‘Internet of Things’ and how it’s going to transform our lives.
It has already started in the principality of Monaco, where Bosch technology and solutions has put it on the map, so to speak, with its connected city project that started in late 2013.
Focussing initially on mobility, in one of the smallest but most densely populated countries in the world, the scheme looked to provide the city’s residents and visitors with real-time information on waste collection, bus networks, car parking management, and information on roadworks.