Igloo in the Rainforest

Lady Gaga and Couture

I am appalled by how certain media and ignorant bloggers say Lady Gaga has a poor sense of fashion. Of course, fashion could be somewhat subjective, but it is an insult to fashion to say that Lady Gaga doesn’t know how to dress. Okay, she doesn’t dress like the average American (thank…

PS3 shaky debut in Korea

Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) has finally been launched in Korea after months of delays. On June 16, Sony Computer Entertainment Korea held a special launch event at the Ipark Mall in Yongsan, central Seoul. The release came five years and four months after the PlayStation 2 was…

Video games join summer of horror

By Wohn Dong-hee

Moodle glitches

Linden Lab’s recent problems with Second Life servers, as well as problems with our own Moodle server lead me to write an entry this week on the dangers of complete faith in online data storage.

The concept of the Web as being cyber and something that doesn’t exist is…

Environmentally-friendly architecture

These days, there is all this talk about en

vironmentally-friendly architecture. I guess it all depends on what you consider is “environmentally-friendly” but this art gallery building, located in the Chelsea District, is what I would consider a very environmentally-friendly place.

ICA 2013 in London

ICA is now over; although it was an unusually large conference this year (probably because of the nice location), it was the usual in terms of activities: presenting, networking, meeting old friends, and trying to make new ones.

A sequel is in the stars for popular video game

The American company that developed the computer game StarCraft, which is most popular in Korea, came to Seoul to announce the sequel to the game. StarCraft 2 will probably be available commercially here in 2009, analysts say.

Top 5 Robots in 2014 Pop Culture

1. Hyundai Exobaby commercial

This “harder than steel” exoskeleton turns babies into Iron Man. “The baby in the suit is you in a new Hyundai.” the commercial states.

Research center in limbo as funding, hope vanish

Less than three months after it was launched amid great fanfare, the World Stem Cell Hub has now become as meaningless as the work of its founding director, Hwang Woo-suk.