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The digital revolution is transforming the world through exponential growth, digitization, and recombinant innovation, fueling skill-biased technological change that is creating both economic abundance and disparity.   Since the time we can be called human, we have gone through several “revolutions” to reach modern times. These include the Neolithic Revolution, which...

Focusing on the debate between Bohr and Einstein at the Solvay Conference in 1927, this course analyzes Popper’s and Kuhn’s philosophies of science and sheds new light on the distinction between narrow and broad scientific activity.   In 1927, the Fifth Solvay Conference, held in the Belgian capital of Brussels, took place over several days in a debate that would go down in...

The secret of how young children can play with yellow rubber bands and make different shapes is their resilience. Shape memory polymers, which have similar properties, show promise for innovative applications in a variety of industries by utilizing their ability to return to their initial shape.   Two young children are playing with a yellow rubber band. Using their tiny fingers to make...

When Typhoon Bolaven hit South Korea in the summer of 2012, many people used tape and newspaper to cover their windows. However, when analyzing the properties and tension of glass, it turns out that it’s the combination of the window frame and the window pane that matters.   In the summer of 2012, one of the hot topics in South Korea was Typhoon Bolaven. With wind speeds of up to 50...

This article explains why smartphones have become an essential part of modern life and how they have evolved, covering the technological differences between smartphones, feature phones, and PCs, and the social changes they have brought.   If you had to name one component that defines a modern person in the 21st century, it would be a smartphone. These days, it’s rare to find someone...

As land resources are depleted due to increasing energy demand, offshore resource development is becoming increasingly important, and technological advancements and economic efficiency of offshore plants and FPSOs are attracting attention as promising areas of the future shipbuilding industry.   As energy demand increases globally, people are beginning to realize that resources from land are...

South Korea is facing depleting water and fossil fuel resources, and explains that it needs to develop alternative energy technologies and joint efforts from government, business, and the public to address the issue.   South Korea is classified as the 129th water-scarce country out of 153 countries in the world, with 1,453 cubic meters of water available per capita, which is the annual...

This course introduces the principles and practical applications of MATLAB for system analysis, automotive control technology, and ACC/CA, with a particular focus on control technology, which is gaining attention in the broad field of mechanical engineering.   Mechanical engineering covers a wide range of fields. When most people think of mechanical engineering, they think of automobiles...

Nuclear engineering plays an integral role in modern society by increasing the efficiency of electricity production, providing clean energy that does not emit greenhouse gases, and conducting research in a variety of specialized areas.   Energy is an essential element when considering the development of modern society. Not only is it the basis for the development of other industries, but it...