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Busan groups agree to expand smart-shoe service for vulnerable people
Three organizations in Busan agreed to expand a smart-shoe service designed to support disabled people and others who may need help.
The agreement involves Busan Techno Park, the Busan Association of Parents of Disabled People and Inpecvision.
Sensors in the shoes track walking and movement, and can alert caregivers to unusual gait or a fall.
If a user wanders beyond an area set by a caregiver, the service can help locate them.
The service is already used by 500 vulnerable residents in Busan as part of a government-supported smart village project.
The agreement sets out roles: Busan Techno Park will lead operations and technical support, Inpecvision will operate and maintain the service, and the parents’ association will help find users and gather feedback.
The groups plan to make the service easier for disabled people and their families to use and work together on its operation and testing.
Busan Techno Park, the Busan Association of Parents of Disabled People and InfecVision are set to sign an agreement to expand a smart-shoe support service for vulnerable people.
The service uses sensors to monitor users’ walking and movement, alerting caregivers to unusual gait or falls and helping locate users who wander outside a set area.
The groups plan to make the service more available to people with disabilities and their families and to work together on its operation and testing.
Busan City and Busan Techno Park currently operate the service for 500 vulnerable residents of Busan.
- Who
- Busan Techno Park, the Busan Association of Parents of Disabled People and InfecVision.
- What
- They are set to sign an agreement to expand and support an Internet of Things-based smart-shoe service for vulnerable people.
- When
- October 22, 2026.
- Where
- At the Korea Shoe Center in Busanjin-gu, Busan.
- Why
- To help people with disabilities and other vulnerable people live safer, healthier daily lives.
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Busan City and Busan Techno Park operate the smart-shoe service for 500 vulnerable residents of Busan.
The three organizations are set to sign an agreement to expand the service and coordinate its operation and testing.
- Organizations
- Busan Techno Park, Busan Association of Parents of Disabled People, InfecVision
- Current users
- 500 vulnerable residents of Busan
- Monitoring
- Sensors track users’ gait and movement
- Alerts
- Caregivers can be notified of unusual walking patterns or falls
- Public trial sites
- Busan Children’s Grand Park and the second floor of KT&G Sangsang Madang (Padoble)