Technology

The growth of South Korea as a major con¬tributor in the field of science, engineer¬ing and technology can be considered a story for many growing economies to emulate.

The continuous and huge investments made in hu¬man resource development and research activities have borne fruit by building a remarkable innovation system in the country.

Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) is one of the finest markup languages available for Web pages. It is a way to develop structured documents. It also helps embed images and objects to create interactive Web pages. The latest version of HTML, HTML5, was published as a Working Draft by the WC3 on Jan. 22, 2008. The World Wide Web Consortium is the maintainer of HTMLand CSSstandards.

Nanotechnology involves controlled manipulation of materials at the nanoscopic level to achieve remarkable properties at the macroscopic bulk level. Recently, the International Organization for Standards defined nanomaterial to have at least one dimension less than 100 nm (nanometer is a billionth of a meter).

A 3D television applies techniques of three-dimensional presentation including stereoscopic cap-ture, multi-view capture, or 2D plus depth, and a 3D display. 3D display is a special viewing tech-nology used to visualize a television program into a naturalistic three-dimensional field. 3D sequences became popular in the late 1990s. It was first demonstrated when several exhibits in the United States used this technique to attract spectators and also increase their ratings.

Usually when you hear the news of a Korean rocket launch, it is North Korea being belligerent. But this time, it’s South Koreans being scientific. South Korea will launch its Naro rocket, officially called the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, in June. It is the second attempt at launching a satellite into orbit, the first being just August of last year. The country has high hopes for a successful second rocket launch. This peaceful, scientific use of rocket technology shows that the path North Korea follows is not the only path. And Korea’s burning desire to be a technology center is what is driving this forward.

The launch is tentatively scheduled to be June 9, and preparations have been ongoing since April 8. However, if there are weather delays, it can be up to ten days later.The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KA RI) built half of this rocket – the upper half. The lower half is a Russian booster stage, an Angara rocket, manufactured in Khrunichev State Space Science and Production Center. The two stages of the rocket are currently being looked over at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jolla Province. The 100 kg satellite payload was also created in Korea.

North Korea gets the headlines with sensational reports on its nuclear weapons program, but South Korea also is a nuclear power. The difference is that South Korea’s four nuclear complexes produce nuclear energy, not nuclear explosives, and South Korea is well on its way to emerging as one of the world’s biggest manufacturers and exporters of nuclear reactors. South Korea’s success as a major producer of nuclear energy, however, inevitably arouses suspicions.

The telematics industry in China, South Korea and Japan is moving beyond the traditional navigation services to explore new opportunities on the commercial front. Commercial vehicle telematics finds applications in vehicle tracking, location based services, fleet management and more.

India and South Korea, known for their collaboration efforts in various fields, have now embarked on a mission to implement environmentally friendly projects by reducing carbon emissions and enforcing strict adherence standards for their industries.

In this context, India has announced energy efficiency measures to fight against the ills of climate change with South Korea following suit by announcing that it will fix carbon emissions targets to be achieved by 2020.

A technology incubator is an economic and social development entity that focuses on business creation for new technologies. It is created to select, establish and accelerate the growth and success of new, technologybased entrepreneurial businesses through a comprehensive technical and business assistance program.