Seoul Metropolitan Government said Friday that it will develop a smartphone application by 2014 through which citizens can process their civil affairs.

More than 60 students from multiple disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, energy science, have come together to design this car, which was unveiled in presence of the sponsors and the institute’s dean of research and development, Rangan Banerjee.

Get Taxi launched its app in Tel Aviv in April 2011, which allows anyone with a smartphone to order a cab without calling a taxi firm. The application finds the nearest cab and, if the driver is free, Get Taxi directs the cab to the customer, while the customer can track the approaching cab on a map on their phone. Customers can also order cabs through Get Taxi’s website.

According to Xu Da, general manager of Shanghai Mobile, China Mobile expects to invest 13 billion yuan ($2.05 billion) over three years to deploy seamless mobile connections in the city, under a deal signed with the Shanghai municipal government last year.

Una ciudad inteligente es aquella que genera bienestar y crecimiento sostenibles, utilizando información que permite tomar mejores decisiones para su administración, para anticiparse a los problemas y resolverlos de la mejor manera y para manejar de una forma óptima los recursos existentes.