Trends Identified
Micro drone
(Definition) The drone can detect danger flying both indoors and outdoors, and follow to provide information. (Application) Not only fight against the crime, for example, monitoring the crime and tracing the criminal, but also used as a recon (fire, military and so on). (Impact) Personal needs for drones will increase for safety purposes and it can be used for everyday life such as delivery. However, new laws will be required for accidents and invasion of privacy. It is expected to have $ 1.2 billion economic effect.
2014
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2014
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Tactile Display
(Definition) The technology allows the user to actually feel certain objects from the surface that they touch. (Application) Improve the elderly and the disabled’s use of touchscreen, therefore, improve the convenience via reproducing the sense of touching virtual hand.
2015
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2015
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Smart Learning
(Definition) The technology can increase the studying effect easily and efficiently by providing user centered contents and services with intelligence.(Application) Learning contents are subdivided into different categories according to the user's ability and characteristic, and provided with feedbacks from every session. This can provide the optimum learning environment and high quality educational environment to the user.
2015
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2015
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Smartphone Diagnosis
(Definition) The technology can measure biometric information and send the result instantly through sensors, camera and simple accessories for collected blood sugar level, blood pressure and heart rate. (Application) The technology can replace expensive medical devices which make it easier to supply them at low price. In addition, it will improve health service accessibility and allow giving feedback simply with smartphone application.
2015
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2015
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Bigdata Analytics for Healthcare
(Definition) The technology collects patients’ hospital service use, medication, treatment and other various data including medical records to analyze useful information. (Application) Based on the result, the technology can provide prevention of diseases and personal healthcare which in turn reduces the medical cost.
2015
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2015
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Quantum communication
(Definition) The technology is a method to deliver the password created using quantum technology safely; when there is a bug, the password key will be damaged. (Application) Tapping and monitoring are blocked initially providing a new paradigm of security system for areas such as financial network where personal information pass around. (Impact) Not only information leakage can be blocked at source, but the transmission speed can be vastly increased. Quantum communication technology is worth $ 3.3 billion world wide.
2014
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2014
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Bio Stamp
(Definition) The technology is a sensor which can be attached to skin in order to monitor the person’s health. (Application) The technology allows the elderly to simply monitor their health as when the device is attached to the skin it can automatically monitor live the blood pressure, temperature, brain activities and so on, then send the data.
2015
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2015
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Context aware computing
(Definition) The technology is a software which analyzes the user’s action, surrounding environments and etc to automatically perform appropriate function. (Application) Through understanding the crime situation, it can help the user to respond to the crime immediately. In addition, in cyber area, automatic trespassing detection and etc can counteract the attacks. (Impact) Not only work in security areas, but also it can work as personal AI secretary. A lot of work in service areas are replaced by computers, therefore, it creates $ 14.7 billion economic benefit.
2014
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2014
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Electronic nose
(Definition) The technology is an electronic device which imitates human olfactory system as human nose cannot continuously smell different odors and there is a limit to which it can detect. (Application) Through the reaction with odor molecules, the technology can detect harmful substances, for example, food, environment and medicine. (Impact) Real time approach to human body risk information will lead to a change in food distribution environment. The biosensor will create $ 14.4billion economic benefit.
2014
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2014
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Green vaccine
(Definition) The technology uses genetic engineering technology to insert useful genetic trait into plants where they can create mass production of useful proteins (vaccines).(Application) The technology can help mass production of economic vaccines without the risk for pathogenic infections and with simple cultivation condition. Therefore, when there is a large scale of the epidemic, vaccines can be provided quickly and easily (Impact) The plants can be consumed for treatment of diseases, and through mass production, it will cut the social and economical costs. Vaccine market has the market size of $ 12.5 billion world wide.
2014
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2014
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)