Non-Face-to-Face Health Management and AIoT Chatbot... Demonstration of '4th Industrial Revolution' New Technologies in Seoul Magok

Seoul City Supports 5 'Magok Smart City Living Lab' Projects with 70 Million Won Each
Providing Local Infrastructure as Testbed ... Aiming to Realize 'Smart City'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] Magok, Seoul's advanced R&D industrial complex, will become a testbed for demonstrating 4th industrial revolution technologies.

Seoul City announced on the 9th that it will implement the "Magok Smart City Living Lab" project, selecting five companies through a public contest in the fields of 'health', 'transportation', and 'environment', providing support funds of around 70 million KRW per project, and offering smart infrastructure and public facilities within the Magok area as testbeds until the end of this year.

The goal is for companies to commercialize new technologies through experimentation and demonstration, while the city aims to realize a smart city optimized for the Magok area. Seoul City plans to share the results of these five projects at a performance report meeting scheduled for December.

Among the selected projects, the "Musculoskeletal Health Management Solution Demonstration Project for Residents and Workers in the Magok Area (ExoSystems)" will develop a non-face-to-face service called the "Musculoskeletal Healthcare Platform" that allows professional remote management of musculoskeletal health even at home. When participating citizens use measuring devices, artificial intelligence (AI) analyzes big data on health status to assess the progression and risk of musculoskeletal conditions, then delivers this information to health experts via an app. The experts provide customized health prescriptions based on the data analysis results.

The "Eco AIoT Chatbot Construction Project for Citizen Joint Environmental Management (Unison)" installs various Internet of Things (IoT) sensors in Magok to collect environmental information such as fine dust and noise, then provides this data to citizens through cloud-based big data analysis. For example, if a citizen asks about fine dust levels today, the chatbot guides them with the current fine dust concentration in the area. It is expected that as citizens participate jointly in the research and data accumulates, ideas to improve the environment will emerge.

Other projects entering technology demonstration include the "Non-fixed Shared Electric Bicycle System Construction Project Using IoT Technology (Nine to One)," which introduces shared electric bicycle services to improve mid- and short-distance mobility convenience for workers and residents in the area; the "Citizen Participation Smart IoT Waste Separation Solution Project (Oyster Able)," which installs IoT sensor-equipped recycling bins that reward points usable like cash when recyclables are properly separated and collected; and the "Smart Station Installation Project (Happy & Good)," which equips micro-mobility devices with RFID modules to provide bicycle and electric scooter usage, parking, charging, and sharing services.

Meanwhile, the city will continue to support the five new projects along with five smart city living lab projects conducted in 2019. Project implementing organizations plan to pursue more advanced demonstration research this year based on the successful experiences of the first year.

Kim Seon-soon, Head of Seoul City's Regional Development Headquarters, said, "The Magok area is a true testbed where various smart city projects are underway, making it the optimal place for demonstrating 4th industrial revolution technologies," adding, "We will actively support the emergence of excellent smart city cases in this advanced R&D industrial complex based on smart infrastructure."

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