2/13( Thurs) Swallow This 'Password' Pill to Unlock Your Digital Devices

[die hard]

. Working level talks between South and North Korea over reunions for families separated by the Korean War ended smoothly after roughly 4 hours yesterday. 

남북 이산가족 상봉 행사를 위한 실무접촉이 순조로운 협의 진행 속에 4시간여 만에 마무리됐습니다.

2. President Park Geun-hye appointed yesterday former KBS news anchor Min Kyung-wook as the new spokesperson for Cheong Wa Dae.

박근혜 대통령이 어제 청와대의 새 대변인으로 민경욱 전 KBS 앵커를 임명했습니다. 

3. The removal of oil from the sea surface that spilled from the recent crash of an oil tanker off the coast of Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, has been completed. 

유조선 충돌 사고로 인해 전남 여수 앞바다로 흘러든 기름의 해상 방제가 사실상 마무리됐습니다.

4. The Ministry of Justice Announced that starting in April, foreign spouses must prove that they are capable of basic communication through methods like a Korean language certificate in order to obtain a marriage visa.

법무부는 4월부터 외국인 배우자가 결혼비자를 발급받기 위해서는 한국어 자격증을 취득하는 등 기본적인 의사소통이 가능하다는 점을 입증해야 한다고 밝혔습니다.

5. Meanwhile in Sochi, Russia, the Korean national team, aiming to rank within the top 10 for the 3rd consecutive time, has officially made its entrance at the Olympic Village. 

동계올림픽에서 3회 연속 종합순위 '톱10' 진입을 노리는 한국 대표팀이 소치 올림픽 선수촌에 공식 입촌했습니다.

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Anti-bullying Insurance to Be Sold

When it comes to one of the Korean government’s “four social evils,” the buck stops here. Beginning in March, Koreans will be able to purchase insurance coverage for bullying, sexual assault, domestic violence and food adulteration. A major Korean insurance provider has been tapped by the government to offer protection "to compensate for both the financial and mental damage suffered by crime victims,” according to a company spokesperson. Low-income earners and adolescents without parents will receive free coverage.

1) the buck stops here

 responsibility for something will not get passed on any further

 ~에 대한 책임

  Ex) If you want to be happy, tell yourself that the buck stops here and take responsibility for your own happiness.

2) adulteration (n.)

 comes from the word adulterant, something added to food or drinks or fuel that is not legally allowed; adding an adulterant is known as adulteration

 첨가물

  Ex) Several years ago there was a terrifying food adulteration case involving baby formula.

3) tapped (by someone) to do something 

 to be selected for the responsibility of doing something important; like when you tap someone on the shoulder to tell them to do something

 ~을 하는 데에 책임을 지도록 선택된

  Ex) The rookie pitcher was excited and nervous after being tapped to start the championship game.

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Swallow this “Password” Pill to Unlock Your Digital Devices

Passwords for everything from unlocking your phone to checking your email are a necessary evil. Choosing a strong password isn't easy. Subsequently, remembering the password can be a real hair puller. But one major telecom company has introduced a password pill that automagically unlocks your smartphone with a signal from inside your body. The pill is medically safe enough to be ingested every day, 30 times a day but it’s probably a good idea to unlock your phone before going to the bathroom.

1) a necessary evil (n.)

 something that is bad but that you have to do; something that is negative that comes with something positive

 필요악

  Ex) She hates visiting the dentist but it’s a necessary evil if she wants to have a bright smile.

2) a hair puller (n.)

 something that causes you stress or anger and that makes you want to pull your hair out

 스트레스를 일으키는 / 주는 것 

  Ex) The sudden drop in revenue was a major hair puller for the company.

3) automagically (adv.)

 A combination of automatic and magically; to describe something that happens automatically as if my magic

 마법처럼 자동적으로 / Automatic + Magically

  Ex) She wishes she could automagically make her husband pick up his socks.

▶Say What?

Idiom 1: “learn/know the ropes”

 to know/learn how to perform a task skillfully; to understand the workings of an organization; to become conversant with the tricks and dodges of a job.

  Ex) You'll learn the ropes at work in no time since you're a fast learner!

  Ex) It'll take some time for the new receptionist to learn the ropes.

  Ex) He knew the ropes when it came to fishing, so he decided to teach his daughter some of the fundamentals to get her started.

  Ex) She can teach you the ropes around here.

  Ex) I can show the ropes around the office since it's your first day.

Idioms 2: “get your feet wet”

 to have a first experience in something; to begin to do something for the first time.

  Ex) Mina had never been in a play, but she took a small part just to get her feet wet.

  Ex) Investors are encouraged to get their feet wet by buying just a few shares to begin with.

  Ex) I'm looking forward to learning to drive. I can't wait to get be

Swallow This 'Password' Pill to Unlock Your Digital Devices

 

     

                       

 

It seems like every other day we read about some far-out, new technology that makes us scratch our heads and say, "What the heck?" In this series, we'll take a look at all types of crazy new gadgets, apps and other technologies -- and the entrepreneurs dreaming them up.

Forget concocting long, complicated passwords to protect your digital devices and the precious information you access on them. They’re too easy for hackers to crack and for you to forget. Just pop Motorola’s edible “authentication vitamin” pill and you can literally become the password.

Becoming a living, breathing human password is really the big idea behind the telecom company’s controversial swallowable electronic pill. A quick soak in your gastric juices turns the pioneering pill on, triggering it to transmit an 18-bit, EKG-like signal from your insides. The ingestible micro computer’s (thankfully silent) signal would then automagically unlock your smartphone and other gadgets. Yes, you’ll actively be your very own password beacon for as long as the pill is still inside of you.

And you thought external wearables were all that.

Regina Dugan, former director of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and current senior vice president of Motorola’s cutting-edge special projects team, is an outspoken champion of the pill, and of making the authentication process more human overall. At an event last year, Dugan said that once the tablet is swallowed, it basically turns you into a cyborg. Well, kind of.

“It means that my arms are like wires, my hands are like alligator clips — when I touch my phone, my computer, my door, my car, I’m authenticated in. It’s my first super power. I want that.”

Too bad the pill, developed with help from ingestible tech leader Proteus Digital Health, isn’t available for purchase just yet, despite successfully winning FDA approval. Dugan claims it’s “medically safe” enough to take up to 30 times a day every day.

In these early days, many questions remain. How much will it cost? Will you need a prescription to get it? Does it really stop emitting a signal upon, um, elimination?

Like it or not, ingestible transmitters like these are here to stay and we’re going to see a lot more of them. Pharmaceutical giants like Otsuka and Novartis have teamed up with Proteus to embed medications with sensors that will automatically tip doctors off to how well their patients’ bodies respond to meds. They’ll collect and stream real-time data like skin temperature, heart rate and who knows what else.  

Want a close-up look at Motorola’s small but mighty password pill? Here's a video, via Slate:

Digital Tattoo Interface Turns Your Skin Into A Display

As great as it seems, this concept is seriously creepy because it powers itself by converting the glucose and oxygen found in blood into electricity. Though somehow getting your blood sucked by a gadget is worth it for the endless potential applications. I'd probably just end up using it to moderate comments, but what would you do first with your implan

There are implants which are purely aesthetic, and then there's the Digital Tattoo Interface concept. It's a blood-powered electronic interface which is embedded under skin to mimic a tattoo, display videos, or act as a phone or computer.

[SpeakingMate]

I am not available tonight. And as a topic giver for next week, I will post them before it is too late. Have a fantastic weekend!

[Katie Kim]

thank you! ^^

[간바레리나]

sorry i cant join tonight. I have to get up at 4am

[Katie Kim]

wow at 4? ㅠㅠ hope you can make it!! ^^