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2010년 4월 25일(화)에 유성생명과학고등학교(구 유성농고)에서 식용작물학 중간시험을 마쳤다. 시험범위가 제4장부터 제8장까지 벼의 구조에 대한 전반적인 범위로 넓어서 시험을 준비하는데 4일을 투자하였다. 매일 퇴근후 유성도서관에 들러 교과서를 읽고 어제는 사무실에서 주관식 예상문제 39 개..

New Bluetooth Technology Expected To Reduce Power Consumption. The AP (4/20) reports, "A new version of the Bluetooth wireless technology could expand what can be done by watches, toys, home sensors, medical monitors and other devices that typically have been limited in their functions because they don't get their batteries changed or charged very often." A low-energy version of Bluetooth was o..

2010년 4월 19일 새벽까지 첫 학기 과제물 두 개를 성공적으로 온라인으로 제출하였다. '동서양의 고전' 과목은 학번에 따라 정해진 고전을 읽고 40쪽 분량의 범위를 잡아 발췌요약본 5쪽을 작성하고 독후감 1 쪽을 쓰는 과제물이었다. 나는 '원효의 금강삼매경론'을 선정하였다. 어려운 불교 용어들을 이..

2010년 4월 3일 대전충남지역대학 301호실에서 출석시험을 마쳤다. 정말 오랫만에 시험이란걸 준비하고, 약간의 스트레스를 즐기고, 시험이 끝날을 때의 기쁨을 맛보았다. 차일 피일 미루다 목요일부터 오늘 오전까지 시험에 낸다고 교수님들이 공지해 준 문제들을 정리하고 암기하느라 머리를 굴렸다. ..

NASA, NAS To Probe Unintended Vehicle Acceleration. NBC Nightly News (3/30, story 2, 2:20, Williams) reported that given the lingering mystery as to the cause of unintended acceleration in Toyotas, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced yesterday that the federal government is "stepping in." LaHood: "We couldn't find it at DOT. Toyota couldn't find it, so we are going to hire the exper..

Farmers Sue Bayer CropScience Over Genetically Modified Rice. The AP (3/29) reports on a type of genetically altered rice called Liberty Link, which was developed by Belgian researchers to "withstand a popular herbicide that kills weeds in the fields," and eventually came to be owned by Bayer CropScience. Now, "lawyers for Bayer CropScience are in an Arkansas courtroom, fighting the latest of s..

Air Force's Top Scientist Focused On Scramjets, Lasers. The Los Angeles Times (3/26, Barnes) reports on Werner J.A. Dahm, "the chief scientist for the Air Force," whose "job is to separate promising ideas from the stuff of 'Star Trek.' He advises generals in an era of tightening research and development budgets which scientific innovations are worth pursuing -- or not." Among the new technologi..

China Planning High-Speed Rail Link To London. Popular Science (3/17, Dillow) reports on China's "plans to extend its high-speed network all the way to London" by 2020, "with a rail line that will fly through 17 countries at speeds reaching 200 miles per hour." In all, three lines are being planned. In addition to a link between London and Beijing, "a second line will connect China with Southea..

2010년 3월 21(일)부터 3월 23(화)일까지 2010학년도 1학기 농학과 3학년 출석 수업이 있었습니다. 한국방송통신대학교의 수업 방식은 여러가지가 있으나, 출석수업은 방송과 통신을 통한 원격교육방법이 갖는 한계를 극복하고 교수님과 학생, 학생 상호간의 교류를 활성화하기 위하여 학기당 3과목(1-3학년..

Spider Silk Research Could Lead To Stronger, More Flexible Materials. The Daily Telegraph (UK) (3/15, Alleyne) reports, "Researchers found that spider silk employs a unique crystal structure that converts an otherwise weak material into one stronger and less brittle than steel or ceramics. They believe in future it may be possible to copy spider ingenuity to create new classes of materials that..

Tobacco May Help Clean Up Pond Scum Toxin. Discovery News (3/10) reports tobacco, helped by "a couple extra genes" may disarm "a dangerous environmental toxin, called toxic pond scum," which "is a type of algae that makes water unsafe for drinking, swimming, fishing or watering crops." Pond scum poses "a big problem in the developing world," said Pascal Drake, a plant biotechnologist at St. Geo..

2010년 3월 6일(토) 15:00-18:00 대전충남지역대학 대강당 오늘 오후에는 한국방송통신대학교 입학식에 참석하였다. 농학과 3학년에 편입하여 새로운 경험을 시작하는 날이다. 윤영자 대전충남지역대학장과 서울에서 내려온 각과 교수님들, 동문회장, 역대 학생회장 등이 참석한 입학식이었다. 그동안 농..

2010년 3월 4일(목) (주) KT에서 운영하는 App Store 의 개인 셀러로 등록을 마쳤습니다. 아직은 특별한 Application 을 고려하고 있지는 않지만 무언가 다른 분들에게 행복을 줄수 있는 Item 들을 개발하려고 합니다. 우선은 셀러 등록을 해놓고 Item을 개발해 볼 작정입니다. 내가 잘할 수 있고 다른 ..

South Korea Plans To Launch "National App Store" With Public Data. Popular Science (3/1, Hsu) reports that "the South Korean government hopes to launch its own "national app store" in the form of a universal API for public data, which would encourage private companies and developers to create and sell apps based on that data," according to a Korea Times report. However, "South Korean officials ..

Eurocopter Introduces New, Quieter Blade Technologies. The Wired (2/25, Paur) "Autopia" blog reported Eurocopter "unveiled its most recent effort to reduce helicopter noise with the radical-looking Blue Edge rotor blade." The new blade, which was tested on EC155 helicopters, "was shown to reduce noise 3 to 4 decibels." Additionally the company introduced a new technology called Blue Pulse which..

Researchers To Test Method For Vaccine Production Using Tobacco Plants. The Wired (2/24, Drummond) "Danger Room" blog reports that "a team at Texas A&M may have come up with a way to turn tobacco plants into vaccine-making machines." The Texas Plant-Expressed Vaccine Consortium is receiving $40 million from DARPA to "test the tobacco-based method and then offer up 10 million doses of H1N1 vacci..

DARPA Plans Test Flight For Prototype Hypersonic Weapon. The Wired (2/22, Hodge) "Danger Room" blog reports that DARPA "is planning an April test flight for a prototype of a hypersonic weapon that - in theory - could cross the Pacific Ocean in under two hours." An unpowered version of the Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 (HTV-2) "will be launched on a booster rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Bas..

Remote-Controlled Roaches Could Be Used To Detect Radiation. The Wired (2/17, Drummond) "Danger Room" blog reports, "A team of nuclear engineers at Texas A&M's Nuclear Science and Policy Institute attached radioactivity sensors to the backs of cockroaches, meant to scope out different kinds of nuclear material. The cockroaches are remote-controlled, so officials could unleash them into potentia..

Michigan State University To Establish Bio-Digital Evolution Center. The AP (2/18, Goodman) reports, "The National Science Foundation has awarded $25 million to Michigan State University to create a center for the joint study of natural and digital evolution." According to Erik Goodman, the director of Bio/computational Evolution in Action Consortium, or BEACON, "the center will conduct basic a..

More Wind Tunnel Tests Planned For Ducted-Fan Propulsion System. Aviation Week (2/11, Warwick) reported, "American Dynamics Flight Systems will wind tunnel test the ducted-fan propulsion system for its proposed AD-150 vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft with support from the University of Maryland (UMD)." A scale version of the High Torque Aerial Lift (HTAL) was wind tunnel tested at ..