Cisco's Big Bet on New Songdo: Creating Cities From Scratch

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Cisco's Wim Elfrink and developer Stan Gale plan to standardize many elements of New Songdo (rendering above) in other cities. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano[image error]

BRAVING THE NEW WORLD: At last summer's Incheon Global Fair & Festival, New Songdo's ribbon-cutting ceremony, youngsters tried out 3-D technology and a businessman admired the art. | Photograph by James Whitlow Delano

The world is bracing for an influx of billions of new urbanites in the coming decades, and tech companies are...