Mirror , Mirror , On the Wall
Question :
How much will you pay for my Data All ?
Answer :
Rs 40,000 – Rs 200,000 per month
Context :
A New City, Built Upon Data, Takes Shape in South Korea / nytimes / 28 Mar 2022
Extract :
For Song-Lee Lee, a 30-year-old resident of South Korea’s first “smart city” experiment, the mirror in her family’s living room is not just for smoothing her hair on her way out the door.
This three-foot-tall mirror — and a Samsung tablet mounted on a wall nearby — are the nerve center of this three-bedroom home in the Eco Delta Smart Village
Once Ms. Lee activates the mirror, it becomes a futuristic-looking touch screen where she can monitor almost every aspect of her health, from her heart rate to how well she slept the night before; pick up suggestions on food and exercise for the day; and check in on the weather and the day’s news.
And the Samsung tablet — one of two in each home — is her window into every virtual nook and cranny of this smart home:
# what appliances are running,
# how much energy the family is consuming,
# if there is a parcel in her mailbox,
# even when certain foods in the refrigerator will expire.
It will be studied by developers, appliance manufacturers, the government and health care experts
Residents in the 54 households in the smart village, which range from single person units to three bedroom homes, are living rent-free ( they pay only for electricity and water ) for three years, with a possible two year extension, in exchange for data collected about them
“ Once the three to five year experiment is over, and the city becomes more fully occupied, we will no longer study the info, but the technology in these homes will be the same “, said Lee Jae Min, deputy director of the smart city project. “ All of the current tenants know how important it is to provide the information. With all the data we collect through the smart village, we can build a smart city “
But to build a successful city for the future, studying the present-day behaviours of the smart village residents is essential, according to the project’s planners. The daily routines of residents and their usage of energy can be a bellwether to how future cities should be conceived
“ Every tenant has a smart-watch that is synced to the mirror and the system in the home “ , explained Kim Do-gyun, general manager of the Korea Waters Resource Corp. “ It monitors your body and constantly assesses you . It’s mandatory that everyone wears a watch for the three years “
“ At 7 am the light in my bedroom automatically comes on , and a speaker says, “ Hi, Song-lee, good morning. Please stretch your body “, Lee said. And a few weeks ago, we burned something in the kitchen, and the air filter system just removed it immediately. The system sensed that something was wrong and dealt with it. It’s a thinking house “
Construction of Busan’s Eco Delta Smart City is one of the more far-reaching attempts around the world to create “smart cities.”
Other communities are also planning to build or rebuild cities or neighbourhoods based on data and a holistic approach to creating healthier and more sustainable live-work environments: Toyota is constructing Woven City in Japan to study new A.I. technology, and residents of neighbourhoods in Helsinki, Finland, and Amsterdam have been studied as they have used smart technology added to homes.
But the intent is to build this city from scratch as fully smart.
“By building a new city from the ground up we can come out with a more comprehensive city,” said Lee Jae Min, deputy director of the smart city project with the Ministry of Land, Industry and Transport. “It’s not going to be soon, but in the future, we plan to have a standard model of a smart city and export that to the world.”
The Busan project is now in the experimental phase, assessing not only how South Koreans might live but also how the government and the private sector might build more efficient infrastructure using solar and hydroelectric energy, as well as more energy-efficient appliances.
MY TAKE :
Ø At least in S Korea, there seems to be acceptance of the following :
# Data is NEW OIL
# Data is OWNED by a person and that person has sole / exclusive RIGHT to MONETIZE that data
# Businesses ( specifically, Social Media ), must not STEAL private / personal data of citizen
# Businesses must “ Buy “ PERSONAL DATA from citizen and adequately compensate for same
Ø In S Korea, apartment rentals are approx. :
# A single bedroom flat……………… Rs 40,000 - 50,000 per month
# A 3 bedroom flat……………………….Rs 150,000 – 200,000 per month
Dear Shri Hardeep Singhji ( Puri ) – Minister for Housing :
Our government is building millions of houses ( flats ) for the homeless poor people of India
I presume, these are given away ( ownership title ) for FREE
Assuming that these are built with very BASIC specifications ( to reduce cost to a minimum ), there is no scope to install in these, those S Korean style MAGIC MIRROR to compile comprehensive data about their occupants
However, I strongly recommend installation of the following :
# Built-in “ Drinking Water “
( https://myblogepage.blogspot.
# Built-in “ Roof Top Solar “
( Printed Solar )
# Equipped with “ Solar Chulha “
( https://myblogepage.blogspot.
# Equipped with “ Smart Meter “
( https://myblogepage.blogspot.
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 06 April 2022
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