Korea's High-Tech Utopia becoming a reality

How would it be to live in a country like Korea where everything is going to get connected? "Imagine public recycling bins that use radio-frequency identification technology to credit recyclers every time they toss in a bottle; pressure-sensitive floors in the homes of older people that can detect the impact of a fall and immediately contact help; cellphones that store health records and can be used to pay for prescriptions. These are among the services dreamed up by industrial-design students at California State University, Long Beach, for possible use in New Songdo City, a large "ubiquitous city" being built in South Korea.

A ubiquitous city is where all major information systems (residential, medical, business, governmental and the like) share data, and computers are built into the houses, streets and office buildings. New Songdo, located on a man-made island of nearly 1,500 acres off the Incheon coast about 40 miles from Seoul, is rising from the ground up as a U-city."

This is possible when you dream big and start implementing. Korea is moving to the next level, apparently, since naturally, other countries are bound to catch up. It is clear that the country will remain a favourite amongst visiting executives.

(By Asia Business Consulting)