is Coming to Korea - Korea IT Times
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Technology<br />
KERI Selects<br />
Ten Technologies<br />
That Will Shake<br />
The World<br />
KERI in concert with George Washing<strong>to</strong>n University and KISTI<br />
Summer of 2020, Wang Jun-gi and h<strong>is</strong> wife wake up on a Saturday morning and activate their cleaning robot in the<br />
other room via sending wireless electricity that <strong>is</strong> constructed on their wall and windows. They l<strong>is</strong>ten <strong>to</strong> music from<br />
one of their many home appliances that became more compact due <strong>to</strong> the use of direct current power network, and<br />
do their daily chores. Then they get on their hybrid car that <strong>is</strong> cost-efficient and go for a drive, enjoying the natural<br />
landscape where there are no longer electric transm<strong>is</strong>sion <strong>to</strong>wers. They park their electric car near the city sidewalk<br />
and stroll along the beautiful city lighted by LED streetlamps that do not radiate heat. Once they come home, the<br />
couple sit on their comfortable sofa and take out their flexible, bendable electric device from their pockets <strong>to</strong> turn on<br />
the TV. Before they go <strong>to</strong> bed, Mr. Wang's wife put on a whitening patch, run by a paper battery that makes it even<br />
more absorbable through skin, and goes <strong>to</strong> bed feeling very bright.<br />
The magic behind electrical engineering<br />
creates clean energy and<br />
endorses the country's eco-friendly<br />
environment thus one cannot s<strong>to</strong>p asking<br />
how will electrical technology transform<br />
the future landscape after a decade?<br />
To fulfill people's curiosity, the <strong>Korea</strong><br />
Electrotechnology Research Institute<br />
(KERI) conducted a research worldwide<br />
and compiled ten technologies that are most<br />
likely <strong>to</strong> come true within the next ten years.<br />
According <strong>to</strong> Yoo Tae hwan, the direc<strong>to</strong>r<br />
from KERI, the most prom<strong>is</strong>ing ten technologies<br />
are selected in the bas<strong>is</strong> of the level<br />
of completeness, how much social and economic<br />
ripple effect it will create and feasible<br />
probability, strictly calculated from stat<strong>is</strong>tical<br />
data.<br />
The ten brightest electrical technologies<br />
62 KOREA <strong>IT</strong> TIMES | February 2010<br />
are in the following order: metal-air battery,<br />
paper battery, micro development,<br />
transparent solar cell, wireless power<br />
transm<strong>is</strong>sion, d<strong>is</strong>persion power, straight<br />
power network, electric car, flexible transparent<br />
electrode, and LED technology.<br />
These ten selected technologies are believed<br />
<strong>to</strong> improve people's life style and decrease<br />
carbon em<strong>is</strong>sion level. Moreover, it<br />
goes along with the world's initiative <strong>to</strong><br />
sharply cut carbon em<strong>is</strong>sion by 30 percent<br />
and the nation's collaborative plan <strong>to</strong> promote<br />
green growth. Thus, th<strong>is</strong> l<strong>is</strong>t of technologies<br />
<strong>is</strong> significant for they will in concert<br />
construct and transform the world's<br />
landscape <strong>to</strong> a more innovative and safe<br />
environment.<br />
KERI received related vital information<br />
considering the selection of the most<br />
Whitening patch<br />
by Rocket<br />
prom<strong>is</strong>ing technologies of the future from<br />
William E. Halal, both a futurolog<strong>is</strong>t and a<br />
doc<strong>to</strong>r of engineering at George Washing<strong>to</strong>n<br />
University (GWU). Doc<strong>to</strong>r Halal operates<br />
science and technology department at