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The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) is pushing for the implementation of conditional licenses for elderly drivers by 2025,Yonhap Newsreports. That in and of itself is, well… boring. But the real story is abouthowthey’ll determine who gets to keep their license:virtual reality. As of Monday, a three-year research project has been introduced, which will employ VR tech to assess whether drivers aged 65 years and older can remain behind the wheel....

By 2015, students will be carrying digital textbooks in lieu of paperback books in all schools in South Korea, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Taking advantage of cloud technology, the ministry said that it will invest KRW 2.2 trillion (US $2 billion) to convert textbooks to digital with links to various multimedia content, establish massive servers and WiFi networks in schools, and provide free tablets for students from low-income families, reportsThe Cosunilbo....

In case you missed it, July 9th 2011 is the date a new country is welcomed into the world. Back in February, southern Sudan voted overwhelmingly in favor ofindependencefrom Sudan, with 99% of the population opting to split Africa’s biggest country in two. This Saturday the Republic of South Sudan will be born, and this will raise a number of practical issues for the country. Think about it – currency, stamps, passports, diplomatic relations and a whole new infrastructure all have to be considered when any new nation is born....

Southeast Asia and Latin America’s startup ecosystems are more similar than you think Don’t overlook these ecosystems 1. Startups are scaling in a fragmented market Leaving aside tech giants like China and Japan, Latin America and Southeast Asia have approximately the same number of countries and almost the same population, hovering around 650 million people in each region. Despite their similar population sizes, Latin America receives a fraction of the venture capital invested in Southeast Asia....

The British Medical Journal tellsthe fascinating storyof a Soviet surgeon who removed his own appendix in 1961, in the Antarctic wilderness without the assistance of medical professionals or hospital equipment. Here is an excerpt from the diary of the doctor,Leonid Rogozov, written shortly after the auto-appendectomy: I worked without gloves. It was hard to see. The mirror helps, but it also hinders—after all, it’s showing things backwards. I work mainly by touch....