September 6, 2004
Koreans conduct ubiquitous orchestra with a mobile baton
The Korea Times has an insightful article on how everyday life in Korea is rapidly going mobile, thanks to the advanced mobile infrastructure in place.
"Sookmyoung Women's University in Seoul is the case in point and currently attracting attention from all over the world.
Under an initiative to build a mobile campus with KTF, students now use their mobile phones with built-in student ID card to enter a library, borrow a book and inquire about personal records.
They installed an attendance check system at a large lecture hall whereby students can simply touch their phone to the system to record their attendance.
More interestingly, now mobile phones are used as means for well-being by providing information such as blood sugar, diet and meditation. A mobile phone even offers services like driving away mosquitoes, a finger vibrator for hand acupuncture and music therapy, a guard service by sounding a siren, a location tracking service and product information in which a camera phone is used to read a barcode.
We all stand at the starting line for a race to the new world. Now is the time for Koreans to commit and conduct a "ubiquitous'' orchestra with a "mobile" baton".
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