U-Life In Korea

When completed in 2014, South Korea’s new New Songdo City will exemplify a digital way
of life or "U-life", or that’s the plan. All major information systems (residential, medical, business,
governmental, etc.) share data, and computers are to be built into the
houses, streets and office buildings.

An example of this info-society in action is the resident’s smart-card house
key. The same key can be used to get on the subway, pay a parking
meter, see a movie, borrow a free public bicycle and so on. It’ll be
anonymous and won’t be linked to your identity.

What’s also interesting, is how public recycling bins may use RFID to credit recyclers every time they toss in a bottle.

New Songdo City
<via WMMNA>