South Korea strengthens international ties for Industry 4.0
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ehicles, batteries for clean and flexible energy storage, “manufacturing and materials of the future,” and “robots for a safer world.” This is where metamaterials researchers could look for suitable applications, Ngo said. As an example, she pointed to artificial intelligence and data economy and its challenge “Audience of the future” involving new immersive technologies as an obvious candidate. Think gaming, virtual reality, and other possible applications, was her message. “What do new immersive technologies look like?” she asked. Perhaps metamaterials could deliver useful acoustic applications.
South Korea strengthens international ties for Industry 4.0
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ast Spring, South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) held separate joint committee meetings with Russia and Switzerland. The goal of the meetings was to expand cooperation on innovative technologies. With Russia, South Korea agreed to focus on developing and commercializing technologies in artificial intelligence, high-functional UAVs for aerial and offshore missions, life science of developing anticancer immunotherapy, and quantum communications, identified as key drivers of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
marked by accelerated technical progress. Furthermore, the National Research Council of Science and Technology of South Korea and the Russian Academy of Sciences brought together about 40 experts in artificial intelligence, bioengineering, and advanced materials, and about 200 professionals from Russian universities and research institutes to share their research outcomes and to explore substantial cooperation methods between researchers. Both research institutes expect to continue this cooperation.
US Department of Energy funds R&D for fusion energy.gov
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he US Department of Energy (DOE) has recently announced USD$14 million in funding for 10 university-led research projects in fusion energy. A major goal of the research is to develop methods of sustaining steady-state or continuous operation of fusion reactors, an essential step toward eventually making nuclear fusion a practical energy source. “Fusion remains one of the world’s most promising potential sources of
energy,” says Under Secretary for Science Paul M. Dabbar. “This research— aimed at achieving steady-state operation of fusion reactors—will be an important milestone on the road to sustainable energy from fusion,” he adds. Research will focus on high-priority challenges in magnetic confinement of plasma on the pathway toward eventual development of a contained, self-sustaining fusion reaction. The
Ngo advised that future challenges “won’t say metamaterials. They probably won’t even say materials.” They will include such topics as “Manufacturing made smarter,” “Commercializing quantum technologies,” and “Driving the electric revolution.” The idea is to let people bring their answers to these challenges, not to tell them what to do. Ngo said, “Use metamaterials to solve some of these challenges, that’s how you need to think of it. Look at these challenges and think, ‘How can the wo
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