BBC visits Korea's new metropolis: Songdo
2008/07/08 22:57BBC News recently reported on the 200 billion dollar development underway in Korea with information technology as one of the main elements:
To attract that sort of business, Songdo has been designed as a so-called ubiquitous city, with wireless networks and radio-frequency identification linking all major information systems - residential, business, medical and governmental.
Residents will have smart phones they can use to pay their bills, access medical records or just open their doors.
And if all goes according to plan, they will be able to time their commute outside with the changing walk signals on the street 50 stories below their apartments.
Here's a previous article from the New York Times which also visited the development back in 2005.
