Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) seem to have created a new type of electric bus called the Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV). Instead of the trolleys you normally see in places like Vancouver or San Francisco, its powered by charging wirelessly through the ground using magnetic charging strips and is able to cut costs of electric vehicles to an estimated third of the cost of the current system. The test bus only needs 400 m out of the 2.2 km to have the strips installed in the ground and its claimed that only 20% of the Seoul bus routes would need strips installed at places buses spend more time. The technology is not all new though. The article says it was originally developed at the University of California-Berkley but ended without any tangible results.
There are plans in the works to test out a bus route in Seoul and to transport delegates who will attend the G20 summit using the new system. I’m not going to hold my breathe, but I’m always glad to see technology moving in the right direction (hopefully).
Check out the article for yourself over here at PHYSORG.
There’s some software created for SNU students to plan out their courses for the semester. I found a nice little tutorial in English about how to use it (see it here). It’s cool that the tutorial is out there, but what about the fact that when I install SNUTime on Windows which isn’t the Korean version (although I have Korean support installed and other Korean apps work) the Korean words never are shown correctly. With NateOn, I get the same thing but only during installation. After install, I can use the app fine and see all the Korean characters. With SNUTime the character problems persist after instillation.
So, anyone out there know a way to get the characters to show up on Windows without having to install native-Korean Windows?
Just go there and change it to Korean (or some other language if you’re dealing with a different country).
Kind of SNUTime specific, but you also have to change the regional (time, etc.) settings to Korean. I guess the programmer parses the string rather than the data structure? That’s the only possibility I can think of. I have no idea why one would do that though. If he/she reads this post I’d love to hear about that.
SNUTime seems like a pretty nifty app now that I can use it. If you’re going to SNU definitely check it out.
Have you seen those mysterious covered boxes for the past (at least) two months? They said they would debut in February and they finally have. The “Digital View” terminals are internet phones (free to use) with subway, store and tourist information. I have to say, they’re cool but not what I need/want. Who else would much rather have a wifi system installed? That would reach so many more users, plus there won’t ever be a line (though you would have to fight for bandwidth).
I heard about the wrapped sausages and found out something which I don’t know if everyone knows … you can use American string cheese on your iPhone/iPod! I saw that the Korean ’sausages’ were really just cheese so I tried out the American string cheese I brought with me to Korea. I may be wrong, but I ‘think’ I’m the first to confirm you can just use string cheese (instead of the Korean variety) on your iPhone instead of your fingers. Enjoy!
I’ve been searching around and it seems going with KT Pre-Paid service (선불폰? 카드폰?) seems to be the most recommended option and that bringing a Korean friend along is pretty much required to get anything done well. Any advice, particularly from those who have gone through this process before?
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