Cities Of The Future: What Do They Look Like, How Do We Build Them And What's Their Impact?

You may have heard of a "smart city" or "future city." Songdo, in South Korea is a good example of what this looks like. It was built from the ground up in 2005 with over $40 billion invested into its creation and opened in 2009. Censors are planted throughout the city to monitor to monitor everything from temperature to traffic patters to help alert residents of what their days might look like. Instead of having garbage trucks collect trash the waste is automatically "sucked" out of each house into a central system that then uses it to create compost. Telepresence is outfitted in schools and homes, the buildings themselves are designed to be sustainable and eco friendly, and the city itself is designed around open spaces. Songdo is just one example of what a "smart" or "future" city looks like and is perhaps on the very forefront of this evolution.