These street lamps in Seoul allow you to connect to WiFi or charge your electric car


Seoul, South Korea is taking another step towards becoming a smart city by implementing streetlights that meet new needs. — AFP Relaxnews

In South Korea, about 20 so-called smart street lamps have been installed in the city center. They are designed to better manage traffic or to monitor certain places, or simply to help connect to a public wireless network. By the end of the year, the new models should be able to charge electric cars, as well as drones!

For the moment, 26 of these lamp posts have been installed. Each of these poles of course provides street lighting and traffic lights, but they are also more “intelligent” than regular street lamps, collecting a maximum of information. Other services such as public wireless access points (WiFi) and closed circuit video surveillance cameras are also integrated into the posts.

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