According to the Korean Government we can look forward to some cool stuff…
2012 – Mobile phone batteries that last 2 months before recharge.
2015 – Smells and fragrances over the internet. Yep for real!
2015 – Bulletproof outfits for soldiers that can auto camoflage.
(OOooh sounds kinda Predator. Love it.)
2018 – Robots to carry out surgery on humans.
2018 – Working Nano technology in humans fighting illness.

Photo of a Korean Soldier in 2015. (image courtesy scifimoviepage.com)
More here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6404067.stm
I also found a rather excellent white paper (2006) for the Korean digtial industry.
Just about every statistic youcan imagine:
http://eng.mic.go.kr/eng/secureDN.tdf?seq=10&idx=1&board_id=E_04_03
Link to the Korean Information Technology site (very good) here:
http://www.mic.go.kr/index.jsp














August 13, 2008 at 10:16 pm |
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