South Korea aims to become a \u201cubiquitous society,\u201d following its fast changing world of ICT, Prof. Ki-Shik Park, the Chairman, Operating Committee of Ubiquitous IT Korea Forum, said.<\/p>\n
Park disclosed the plan in a lecture on \u201cRecent Trends and Changes in ICT\u201d which he delivered to some 20 Nigerians participating in an e-government training in South Korea.<\/p>\n
He said that the recent trends in ICT had brought about changes in computing environments of the world.<\/p>\n
He also said that South Korea, having passed the agrarian and industrial age, and enjoying a robust \u201cBig Age of ICT, aims to be in ubiquitous age in the nearest future\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cICT is becoming ubiquitous, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, while there is an increase in the availability and diffusion of wireless broadband and the use of mobile technologies in other regions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe upper middle and high income countries of the world are fast adopting the wonders of IT, while the lower middle and lower income countries lag behind, though this is expected to change in the next few years.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The Electronics and Telecommunication Resource Institute (ETRI) fellow said that the world\u2019s information main frame of the 1980s where many persons used one computer shifted to one person\/one computer usage in the 1990s.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we are now in ubiquitous 21st century, with one person having many computers and smart gadgets and widespread use of the Internet.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust by walking down the street, you can be subjected to a personal bio-metric system.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can be scanned by the gateway of the transit system because there will be something embedded in the street or in the flooring beneath you.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can also be touching other tangible interfaces in the environment around you and the lamp posts and other features of the street scape can have informational service.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd a robotic helicopter surveying the cityscape and communicating with all of these devices,\u201d Park, who is also the President of Policy Studies Association for Human Dignity, said.<\/p>\n
He said this might seem to be distant vision, but that the scenario \u201cis just around the corner\u201d adding that presently in South Korea an entire city was being built that would have these features.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral other countries are currently planning and building cities modelled around South Korea\u2019s U-city.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a future world filled with wonders, where today\u2019s possibilities become tomorrow\u2019s reality,\u201d Park said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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