Tech-Savvy Travel Destinations to Find Inspiration

The benefits of traveling are not just a temporary thing—it could change you physically and psychologically. As future innovators, this means we can also find inspirations for what we can do to start a new breakthrough. Here are four travel destinations around the globe to get inspiration for your latest innovation.

Singapore: Digital Art Gallery and Artistic Science Installation

Made possible by an award-winning Japanese art collective group called teamLab. Future World is a highly interactive museum with installations that represent the dynamics of the world’s existence—Nature, Town, Park, Sanctuary and Space—and each has its own story, thanks to the modern and advanced technologies used in each exhibit. If you are looking for an attraction that is educational, then this one must be there on your go-to list.

Berlin, Germany: The German Museum of Technology

With a reputation as a comfortable, suitable city to be an artist and a tech initiative, Berlin has a number of interesting places for those with a thirst for knowledge. If you are interested in how stuff works, the German Museum of Technology or Technik Museum charts the history of German ingenuity, while also exploring some of the world’s most famous inventions and innovations. Bearing the focus on transport, expect to see a wealth of planes, trains, and automobiles.

Silicon Valley, USA: The Tech Capital of the World

Silicon Valley is a global center of innovation and history hometown of the computer and silicon-based computing technology, so no wonder why it has no shortage of science and technology-based tourist attraction. Can be found in the southern San Francisco bay area, Silicon Valley is the perfect location for tech and social media enthusiast. As the home to some of the best-known global tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Dropbox, it provides visitors with countless opportunities to fill their Instagram feed with contents captured outside of the HQs of these companies.

Yogyakarta, Indonesia: A Home for Impactful IoT Solution

Yogyakarta is famous for being the capital of Javanese art, but apart from that, there’s a simple but impactful piece of technology worth seeing and it is a place you wouldn’t want to miss. Pioneered by Universitas Gadjah Mada Graduates, JALA is a startup with a water quality sensor solution to produce the first management data that is beneficial for the farmer. Using the NB-IoT network from Telkomsel, the sensor sends data about water conditions quickly and precisely. This solution enables fishery enterprises to save feeding costs up to 11% and yield up to 25% outcome.

We will see more cities in the world developing technology, turning themselves into the true embodiment of Smart Cities whether the city is a major metropolis or a small town. As these cities keep on experimenting and trying new things, they are developing new ways to let us take part and experience a new kind of culture.