KIST Korea Institute of Science and Technology
menu skip
go content go gnb

Introduction of Converging technology

Introduction of Converging technology

  • Written on the basis of the report of NBIC Advancement Project

BT Convergence

Human/humanized antibody production

  • What is human/humanized antibody production technology?
    • It refers to the technology which manufactures human/humanized antibodies(biosimilars) with improved effect for treatment of serious intractable diseases such as cancer, immune disorder and infectious diseases.
  • Domestic and Foreign Research Trends
    • Europe has led the increasing development of biosimilars and USA is in its process of reinforcing biosimilar-related M&A and strategic alliances.
    • Korea also has a set of biotechnology companies such as LG Life Sciences, Hanhwa Chemical Corporation, Celltrion and IsuAbxisin the biosimilar industry.
  • Expected effect
    • The near future will witness enhanced global competitiveness of the medical/pharmaceutical field by developing biosimilars and new antibody drugs that can substitute several blockbuster biopharmaceuticals of which the patents expire in a few years
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Manufacture and massive production of human/humanized antibodies
  • Biobetter products with doubled remedial effect than previous blockbuster antibody drugs (Production of antibody-drug conjugates, fragment antibodies or chimeric antibodies)
  • Cell lines which mass produce human/humanized antibodies

Aranesp, a biosimilar product of Epoetin

Improvement and efficacy verification of human/humanized antibodies
  • Their own verification technology that proves the efficacy of their antibodies similar to the previously released ones
  • Glyco chain engineering technology which improves the efficacy of antibody, and new scaffold application technology

Examples of human/humanized antibodies

Antibody improvement

  • What is antibody improvement technology?
    • It refers to the technology which produces new generation antibody drugs: for example, fragment antibodies, antibody analogues, antibody-drug zygotes and improved Glyco chain of antibodies
  • Domestic and Foreign Research Trends
    • Prolia of Amgen, Bapineuzumab of J&J and Pfiezer, and ndBenlystark of GSK are receiving great attention as new blockbuster antibodies
    • Biotrion, LG Life Science, Hanhwa Chemical Corporation and Celltrion are now conducting researches and clinical trials.
  • Expected effect
    • The near future will witness enhanced global competitiveness of the medical/pharmaceutical field by developing biosimilars and new antibody drugs that can substitute several blockbuster biopharmaceuticals of which the patents expire in a few years
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Manufacturing and massive production technology of fragment antibodies
  • The goal is to improve each fragment antibody depending on the domain features
  • The main targets for each domain: Fv is for affinity and specificity, Fc is for glycosylation or ADCC effect, and Fab is for the makeup for the weakness of fragment antibodies.

Various kinds of fragment antibodies

Antibody analog production and antibody Glyco chain improvement technology
  • Antibody analog production and antibody Glyco chain improvement technology
  • The technology of manufacturing antibodies conjugated with drugs or apoptosis-inducing proteins
  • The Glyco chain engineering technology for the improvement of antibody safety and cytopermeability

Antibody-drug conjugates of Roche (T-DM1)

Production/Cultivation of high expressing cell lines

  • What is the technology of producing and culturing high expressing cell lines?
    • It refers to the technology that produces therapeutic protein drugs of high quality: it involves technology of manufacturing and selecting high expressing cell lines(production host cells) and of producing high quality proteins by cultivating highly concentrated cell lines for a long time in a cultivator.
  • Domestic and Foreign Research Trends
    • The focus of the pharmaceutical market is now shifting to protein drugs from chemical drugs and biosimilar products of the therapeutic protein drugs are increasingly developed of which the patents will expire starting in 2013.
    • Some researches are being performed at the level of factor technology in Korea but converging technologies in this area is scarce.
  • Expected effect
    • It can make massive production possible within a short period of time and shorten the time to develop biopharmaceuticals, thereby reducing the unit cost of production and providing many patients with the benefit of high-quality bio medicinal products
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
High-performance expressing vector system
  • Search for strong promoters and insulators which enhance the rate of gene expression
  • Search for terminators which effectively terminate gene expression
  • Search for DNA fragments which minimize the expression effect from a gene locus
  • STAR-Technology of Crucell
  • MAR Technology of Selexis
  • UCOE Technology of ML Laboratories
High-secretion host cell line system
  • Search for protein secretion control factors
  • The productivity decreases if the secretion rate is low even though the gene expression rate is high
  • Researches on chaperone regarding protein mobilization are being actively conducted
  • PER.C6 Technology of Crucell
Development of high-producing media technology
  • Search for dietary factors which affect the growth and productivity of cells
  • Evaluation of the influencing power depending on the optimization of the combination of medium components and production methods
  • Media products of HyClone
  • Media research service of Invitrogen, BD and others
Quality control and management of productive protein
  • Search for the causes of quality degradation resulting from high concentration production of protein
  • Development of probe which monitors and controls protein quality

Production of substitute substances for food additives

  • What is food additive substitute production technology?
    • Development and its functionality/safety of the substitutes for the existing natural and chemical food additives based on material conversion technology Environment-friendly food additive substitute technology for verification
  • Domestic and Foreign Research Trends
    • NIH of USA is leading researches on the safety of food additives, and Japan is actively conducting researches on the carcinogenicity of food additives
    • USA is implementing integrated management of materials for natural food additives with National Center of Biotechnology Information(NCBI), National Biological Information Infrastructure Initiative(NBII), and American Type Culture Collection(ATCC)
  • Expected effect
    • The development of useful materials from natural substances secures the diversity of resources, which was impossible due to the Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD)
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Alternative food additives for enhancing their storage and processing suitability
  • Substitution of the controversial food additive of sodium nitrite
  • Combination of fermentation technology and phytochemistry
  • Rapid growth in sales since its release from Moguchon Korea and CJ
Food additive substitutes for enhancing taste
  • Substitution of artificial dyes such as Food Red No.3 with natural food additive substances
  • Development of pilot products made of natural substances such as safflower dyestuff and grape skin extracts

Biomass component biosynthesis mechanism and control technology

  • What is biomass component biosynthesis mechanism and control technology?
    • It refers to the platform technology and renewable energy technology which analyze the components of biomasses to utilize them as the solution to the mineralization of energy sources and global warming
  • Domestic and Foreign Trends
    • Many companies in USA are now in progress of developing technology utilizing lignum biomass with the financial support of the government. Especially, the technology using enzyme fermentation is close to commercialization by such firms as DuPont, Verenium, Abengoa, Poet and Iogen
    • In Korea, venture businesses such as Bioland, Amicogen, and Genofocus are developing its application technology
  • Expected effect
    • In Korea, venture businesses such as Bioland, Amicogen, and Genofocus are developing its application technology
    • It may make substantial contribution to the achievement of the government’s goal of CO2 reduction by 2020 (20% reduction based on the BAU criterion)
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Biocatalysts for decomposing cellulose biomasses
  • Applicable to various kinds of biomass characteristics and has twice as much vitality as other products.
  • Useful in resisting inhibitors(Inhibitor) which hinder enzyme activity

[Novozyme] Cellic® CTec2 :
Cellulase Extraction
[Novozyme] Cellic® HTec2 :
Hemicellulase Extraction

Enzymes for producing biomass-based bio-ethanol
  • The enzyme cocktail commercially used in the cellulose ethanol industry
  • The enzyme capable of simultaneous use of C6 and C5 hydrocarbon
  • It may reduce conversion of Glucan and product inhibition, since ß-glucosidase is included

[Genecor] Accellerase®TRIO: Cellulase Extraction

NT Convergence

Smart nanocomposite material for pure water treatment

  • What is smart nanocomposite material for pure water treatment?
    • Material and process technology which has been developed to solve energy & environment problem simultaneously and to process various pollutants by using nanotechnology.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • The environmental engineering application of nanomaterial led mainly by advanced countries is being done, and the development of film using hydrophilic nanocomposite has been in the implementation stage.
    • Korea has promoted the research about nanobase fusion core material through nano-technology development project and material original technology development project.
  • Expectation Effect
    • The environmental engineering application of nanomaterial led mainly by advanced countries is being done, and the development of film using hydrophilic nanocomposite has been in the implementation stage.
    • Korea has promoted the research about nanobase fusion core material through nano-technology development project and material original technology development project.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
High flux film made of nanocarbon and inorganic material
  • Carbon Nanotube, CNT composite film can establish high flux (1,000~10,000 times the existing ones)
  • Graphene material film has 2~200 times higher mechanical strength than the existing material.
  • Inorganic film utilizing Alumina, Silica, Titania, and Zirconia can be operated under high temperature and high pressure.
Pollutants selective absorption material
  • As a carbon nanoabsorption material has a high surface area and a uniform small sized gas pores, it is possible to overcome the limit of the existing absorption material (low absorption speed, none uniform absorption of isomer series, limitation by mass transport speed of absorption surface)
Nanocomposite material base customized pure water treatment facility package
  • With the combination of nanocomposite material base pure water treatment facility process, a customized pure water treatment facility package is commercialized for treatment target pollutants and water use purpose.

New material core original material technology of next generation clean high efficiency hydrogen storage

  • What is a new material core original material technology of next generation clean high efficiency hydrogen storage?
    • Through the technology related with Hydrogen impregnation, Hydrogen generation, Hydrogen liquidization, it is a technology to upgrade the energy density which the existing high pressure hydrogen tank has.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Advanced countries including USA have completed the development of Hydrogen high pressure container type 3 and manufactured, and they have progressed in the research of type 4.
    • In domestic case, the technology about 350 bar high pressure type 3 has been procured, and the effort to procure the 700 bar technology has been in progress.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through the procurement of technology about high pressure hydrogen storage container and charging technology for vehicle which can lay the foundation of hydrogen era, it is possible to utilize for power generation industry, chemical industry, energy storage industry including transportation industry by procuring the hydrogen storage technology using new material which fits for the future hydrogen era while entering the initial market.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
High Pressure Hydrogen Storage Container
  • High Pressure Hydrogen Storage Container
  • Type 3, Type 4
Vehicle Container for Hydrogen Transportation
  • Replace the container of hydrogen transport trailer charged with 200 bar
Hydrogen storage device for fuel cell vehicle using new material
  • High density hydrogen which reaches at 1,000 km driving distance per one charge device

Development of super capacity original material for high capacity electric energy storage.

  • What is the development of super capacity original material for high capacity electric energy storage?
    • The development of original technology of electrode and electrolyte of super capacity which has a high output density and charge/discharge efficiency, a characteristic of closely unlimited charge/discharge life span compared to the existing capacity.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Maxwell in USA has progressed the joint research for HEV super capacity with GM and FORD, and in Japan, USA, and EU, the output change standardization technology has been developed which composes a secondary cell and a super capacity to compensate the output change.
    • In domestic, the commercialization of super capacity has been in progress, and the technology has been developed for the improvement of technical independence for the case of electrode active material.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Procure eco-friendly energy resource through the application of high capacity electric energy storage system.
    • Procuring the original material with high output and super capacity, it is possible to procure the technology which corresponds to the original technology such as electrode material of advanced countries like Japan.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Tens of Wh/Kg level High Capacity, Thousands of KW/Kg level High Output Capacity
  • Improve the capacitor performance by the development of a new electrode material
  • Accelerated since the year 2005
DC-DC inverter of Hybrid vehicle
  • Applied to specially equipped vehicle using Hybrid system.
  • Apply capacity for DC Link, LC Filter, and surge absorption
Eco-Friendly vehicle
  • A pack composed of super capacity is used for the emergency power supply of Hybrid vehicles such as Toyota's Prius and Honda' Civic.
  • Shanghai in China and others have adopted a public bus to which the super capacity was implemented.
For Smart Grid Energy Storage Device
  • A device which stores the energy with high capacity generated by a new regenerated energy.
  • The proof evaluation is in progress for 100 KW level system composition.

Technology of hydrogen NG convert electric energy storage system for Hybrid vehicle.

  • What is the technology of hydrogen NG convert electric energy storage system for Hybrid vehicle?
    • Procure the original technology for the energy convert and the storage material such as a fuel cell stack and an electric vehicle battery to lead the future vehicle industry.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • In Japan and Europe the R&D has been promoted for the commercialization of fuel cell vehicle, and especially Germany sets a goal to supply over 500 thousands fuel cell vehicles by 2020.
    • Korea has progressed to support the localization of battery technology and fuel cell stack through 'Green Car Industry Development Strategy' in October 6, 2010
  • Expectation Effect
    • The localization of core technology and the procurement of original technology of Zero-Emission Vehicle which will lead the future vehicle market.
    • In order to grow continuously after entering the world market, the price reduction and the development of next generation core technology are possible.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Fuel Cell Vehicle
  • Stack for Fuel Cell Vehicle
  • Generate Electric Energy using Hydrogen Energy
Fuel Cell for Power Generation
  • Use Developed Stack for Power Generation Fuel Cell
  • Utilized as centralized system and factory auxiliary power supply after 5~10 years of use.
Electric Vehicle
  • Battery for Electric Vehicle
  • Electric Storage Device for General Household Electricity
For Household and Industry UPS
  • Apply Developed Battery to Household and Industry UPS
  • Utilize as UPS with a low price after 5~10 years of use.

Technology of Emission Gas Post Treatment System

  • What is the technology of emission gas post treatment system?
    • Satisfying the emission gas level of diesel internal combustion engine vehicle to EURO 6 and over, it belongs to the technology of pre/post treatment of diesel vehicle to go beyond the response to the restriction but to lead the technology.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • German Mercedes Benz has solved the restrictions of Tier-2/Bin-5 by North America and of Euro-6 with the technology of Bluetec, and Nissan has released the vehicle equipped with a 1,600 bar common rail system and a LNT post treatment device.
    • A Korean car maker, Hyundai Motors has been performing the development of ultra fuel efficient diesel vehicle, and the technology of domestic clean diesel vehicle is equivalent to the level of competitive countries by developing R Engine and U-2 Engine which satisfy the restriction of Euro-5.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Localization of the core products can replace the expensive import parts with domestic products and strengthen the international competitiveness with high efficient core parts.
    • If the technological development of realistic, high efficient and eco-friendly clean diesel vehicle is accomplished, it will cause the various expectation effect on industrial and economic sides.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Clean Diesel Vehicle
  • Released Prototype Audi A3/1.9 TDI e - CO2 Emission 110g/km
Commercial Vehicle
  • Diesel Hybrid Vehicle Released in Domestic
  • As the average fuel efficiency is within 5km/L, the reduction effect of CO2 and fine dust is high when the fuel efficiency is improved.
Specially Equipped Vehicle
  • As most of large trucks uses diesel fuel and have 3km/L fuel efficiency, the emission of exhaust gas is high.
Power Generator
  • The using amount of diesel power generator used at construction site is higher than that of vehicle.

Technology of CO2 Capture Material

  • What is the design and manufacturing technology of functional nuclei acid for genetic treatment drug?
    • It is a technology to use various materials such as liquid absorption agent, dry absorption agent and separation film to separate carbon dioxide selectively from the exhaust gas generated during the combustion of fossil fuel. It is a core technology of carbon dioxide collection such as a collection technology after combustion, a collection technology before combustion, and a pure oxygen combustion technology.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • USA has established a national CSS technology development road map under the supervision of DOE, and ARPA-e project has been in progress to develop Carbon Sequestration Project and innovative CCS technology development, and Europe has established EU Zero Emission Power Plant Technology Development Plan for the purpose of accomplishment of zero CO2 emission by 2020.
    • As its potential market growth has been predicted, Korea has actively participated in the technology development by related industries in domestic such as Doosan Heavy Industries and Constructions (Adopted HTC(Canada) Wet Amine Technology), KC Cottrell (Dry Process), POSCO (Amine Process) Daelim Engineering (Amine Process)
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through the completion of CCS technology which importance has been noticed as a realistic reduction means of carbon dioxide, it will contribute to the reduction of national green house gas.
    • The original technology of CO2 capture material expects to have a technical spreading effect to the fields like desalination plant and green chemical.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Collection plant using CO2 liquid absorption agent
  • Manufaturing techonology for low-aqueous and non-aqueous absorption agent which can drastically reduce the reaction heat and the evaporation latent heat without the decrease of CO2 absorption speed.
  • The collection plant technology of after and before combustion to apply to the mass emission source like a steam power plant.
Collection Plant using Dry Absorption Agent
  • A manufacturing technology for a dry absorption agent with different absorption/regeneration temperatures in order to overcome the limit of the existing technology of first step dry collection which is impossible to recover the absorbed heat.
  • It is a technology of energy exchange multistep type CO2 collection plant, which can reduce 50% of the cost of regeneration energy. It is a world first new concept process technology.
Collection Plant using Separation Film Module System
  • It is a separation film material technology which has an excellent durability and permeability for CO2 separation through pores and channel control technology.
  • Procuring hollow fiber membrane, thin film shape and module manufacturing technology which can minimize the large scale of film material and system size, it is a collection plant technology of CO2 separation film with high performance and low cost and is suitable for the collection plant of before and after combustions.

Gas Turbine Combustion Catalyst Reaction Technology for IGCC

  • What is the gas turbine combustion catalyst reaction technology for IGCC?
    • CO2 collection before the combustion oxidizes part of coal to produce a compound gas (H2 + CO) and continuously transfers it to hydrogen and carbon dioxide through the water gas shift reaction, and separates Hydrogen or carbon dioxide and thus collects CO2 before the exhaust.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • In USA the research on CO2 recovery technology before the combustion has been progressed through the "Hydrogen from Coal" program under the supervision of DOE which is a part of zero emission power plant development with IGCC application, and Europe has promoted the separation film collection technology before the combustion with a goal to accomplish zero CO2 by the year 2020.
    • In domestic, as for the technological development of medium and large tasks, the CO2 collection technology development before the combustion have been progressed using absorption agent and separation film: the absorption agent mainly by KEPCO research institute and the separation film mainly by KIER.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through the completion of CCS technology which importance has been noticed as a realistic carbon dioxide reduction means, it contributes to the reduction of national green house gas.
    • It is expected that the eco-friendly carbon dioxide treatment facility will continuously increase for the reduction of CO2 emission, and through the original fusion technology, it is possible to create a new growing power industry related to CCS.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Low Cost Oxygen Manufacture Separation Film Plant
  • If the ion conductive separation film is used, it is possible to separate oxygen in the atmosphere effectively, and if a high temperature link technology like the gasification process can be developed, it is possible to procure high economics.
Refining and Hydrogen Station with the application of Hydrogen Separation Film
  • Using Hydrogen separation film, it is possible to spin off as the technology of Hydrogen refining and station which can shorten the future hydrogen economy.
Collection Plant using Hydrogen Separation Film Module System
  • Through the separation film technology of Pd alloy series, hydrogen production and high pressure CO2 collection process linked with gasifier.
For Household and Industry UPS
  • Apply Developed Battery to Household and Industry UPS
  • Utilize as UPS with a low price after 5~10 years of use.

NanoCarbon Fusion composite Material

  • What is the technology of nanocarbon fusion composite material?
    • It is a technology of high added value type material and part which combines various scales and levels of material composed solely of carbon by using physical, chemical and mechanical fusion process; and with this the polymer matrix phase is mixed to have an innovative performance.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Companies in USA and Japan such as IBM, NEX, GE and Toray have performed various R&D to graft the existing material like a field emission material and to develop a new material like an eco-friendly material.
    • In Korea most of companies are in the stage of R&D, but Hanwha Chemical is performing both R&D and manufacturing.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Applying the developed new material to futuristic fusion products like a fuel cell of electric vehicle, it creates a domestic market of related industry and procures the market competitiveness.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Graphene Material
  • Single Layer Material of Graphite
  • Compared to the existing material, electric conduction, heat resistance, heat conduction, mechanical strength are improved by 2~200 times.
Super Porous Nanoscale Pores Carbon Ball
  • Carbon structure which has a uniform nanoscale pore.
  • Manufacture structure as a micron size sphere.
Graphite NanoFiber Carbon NanoFiber
  • Nanofiber of Graphite and Carbon Phases
  • Apply to composite material and energy environment material by giving functionality
Nanocarbon composite Material
  • Accomplish a light weight with high strength compared to the existing material by compositing CNT and nanofiber with high molecular matrix.
  • Apply to Vehicle and Aviation Parts

Fuel Cell Nanofusion Material

  • What is the technology of fuel cell nanofusion material?
    • It is a fusion technology which accomplishes a high efficiency and durability by applying an innovative material performance to the fuel cell, which performance can be demonstrated by utilizing nanotechnology.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Led mainly by research centers and universities in USA such as Argon Research Center, Brown University, various R&Ds have been in progress, and the multiple researches about solid oxide fuel cell are in progress.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to procure the domestic supply and the price competitiveness of the new regeneration energy by applying a nanofusion technology to the high molecular electrolyte and the solid oxide fuel cell
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
High Molecular Electrolyte Fuel Cell Material
  • Precious Metal Catalyst Alternative Electrode
  • Added electrode 1/100th of existing catalyst adding amount
  • Development of new electrolyte material substituting existing electrolyte
Low Temperature Micro Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
  • Silicon Base Super Low Temperature Micro Fuel Cell
  • Nanotube Type High Temperature Fuel Cell
  • Oxygen Ion Transfer High Performance Electrolyte
Proton Transfer High Fuel Cell
  • High Performance Proton Transfer Electrolyte
  • New Concept Proton Transfer Fuel Cell

Hybrid Energy Convert Material

  • What is the hybrid energy convert material?
    • It is the material technology required for a new fusion energy convert device which performs a multistep change, that changes solar energy, bioenergy and heat transfer energy into electric energy in-situ.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Led mainly by USA such as University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, various R&Ds of high temperature water electrolyte, photovoltaic heat transfer composite material, artificial photosynthesis has been performed.
    • Korea has performed a basic research about artificial photosynthesis and photovoltaic element led mainly by research teams in universities.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It devotes to the creation of new market like the expansion of portability due to the development of new mobile device for high electric power and long period electric power and the increase of recharging and exchanging period of the existing mobile device.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Artificial Photosynthesis
  • Nature Imitating Photosynthesis Device
  • New material which is necessary for the technological development of direct production of electron from artificial Chlorophyll.
Photovoltaic composite Material
  • Necessary material for the high efficiency power generation which combines solar power generation and heat transfer power generation.
  • Accumulate vertically by integrating photovoltaic element and heat transfer element
High Temperature Water Electrolyte
  • Hydrogen generation technology of high performance which utilized a reversal reaction of fuel cell.

Energy Convert Nanofilm

  • What is the energy convert nanofilm?
    • It is a technology to develop a fusion material and an energy saving insulation film which are necessary to the electric energy convert and the energy harvesting of new regeneration energy.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Led mainly by USA, EU and Japan, the development of insulation material for energy reduction has been a major concern, and recently a research for high efficiency and performance to procure a long period of safety has been actively in progress.
    • Korea has progressed the research which grafts a high efficient precision control material to a commercialized solar cell.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through the reuse of the alternative energy and the existing energy, it devotes to the energy efficiency improvement and through the export of original material needed for high tech device, it raises the status as a material export country.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Solar Cell
  • Organic material and organic composite for solar cell with high efficiency
  • Develop a new compound which substitutes CIGS
Heat Transfer Power Generation
  • New Material for High Temperature, Medium Temperature, Low Temperature Heat Transfer Power Generation Element
  • Nanocomposite and High Efficiency Material with Core-Shell Type
Energy Harvesting
  • High Efficiency Piezoelectric Composite Material
  • Vibration and electromagnetic wave sensitive harvesting nanostructure material

High Purity Hydrogen Separation Film Technology

  • What is the energy convert nanofilm technology?
    • It is a technology of separation film material and its composition which penetrates hydrogen selectively from a compound gas which consists of hydrogen and carbon dioxide originated from a fossil fuel.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Japan led mainly by Tokyo Gas and other public institutions has actively progressed the research of metal separation film for hydrogen and carbon dioxide separation, and USA has started the research about hydrogen separation and purifying membrane since the beginning of the year 2000.
    • Korea has progressed the basic research led mainly by large companies and government contribution research centers such as KIER
  • Expectation Effect
    • As the separation film technology for CO2 collection before combustion has been developed, it increases the power generation efficiency by more than 40% including the collection of CO2, and offers an excellent separation film with durability to other industrial process so that it enables the expansion of industrial efficiency,
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Ceramic High Purity Hydrogen Separation Film
  • Using a high density sintered compound of Perovskite series, selectively separate hydrogen
Metal and Composite Hydrogen Separation Film
  • Purify hydrogen of such purity that can be utilized for fuel cell and gas turbine.
  • Procure the economic superiority compared to other carbon recovery technology.

New material structure base Epi Board LED Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is a technology which accomplishes a LED with high brightness through the development of a new material, a new structure and a new process which can avoid the public campaign by patent predominating countries.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Through strategic M&A and patent mutual share by companies in Japan, USA and Europe, who procure the original technology, they are holding R&D of developed companies in check, and each country has progressed actively the production and research led by a private business company such as Samsung LED promoted by the national project in order to preoccupy the LED market for the next generation lighting.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through LED lighting and display utilization of communication device, grafting the concept of sense, fusion and eco-friendly, it can lead the living revolution in daily life of 21st century and help to participate in the new market creation and the policy of national energy reduction
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
White LED with High Brightness
  • LED for lighting and BLU
  • New material to procure the original technology, LED using a new conceptual structure Epi.
RGB Color LED with High Brightness
  • LED for Full Color Display and Sign Lighting
New Material Substrate
  • GaN board which enables homo epitaxy or New concept board which can grow dislocation free epi.

Nanophotonix Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is a fusion technology of nano technology and photo technology which can increase the efficiency of photovoltaic element by controling mutual interaction of light and material occurred at the level of nanometer,
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Companies which procure the original patent have monopolized the market domination and R&D by forming a cross license among them, and Japan Europe and Taiwan monopolize LED in most of its overseas market. Korea has progressed the research about nanophotonix technology led mainly by large companies.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through the original core technology of nanophotonix and its fusion, it provides the next generation growing power of semiconductor, display and medical industry.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
LED Light Source
  • LED for lighting and BLU
  • Photonic crystal and nano fluorescence applied high efficiency LED
OLED Light Source
  • High efficiency OLED using photonic crystal and surface plasmon
Biosensor
  • High sensitive bio medical sensor which can detect a single molecule based on the technology of surface plasmon.

Flexible OLED

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is a display technology which triggers the light from the organic luminous material by coating an organic luminous material, looked like ink or toner, on the glass like board lightly.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • The research has been in progress in USA and Japan led mainly by governments, Department of Defense and Department of Economy and Industry, and in Europe led mainly by companies like Phillips. Especially the competition for the display market preoccupation of next generation in OLED and Flexible has been accelerating.
    • Korea has commercialized various products like Samsung AMOLED by investing in the research of Flexible OLED led mainly by companies.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through the development of eco-friendly/low power display, it responds actively to the ubiquitous environment and through the energy reduction it responds to the environment protection.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
OLED Display
  • Next generation information marking device with the merits of super thin, low power supply and high response.
  • Small size is in the stage of practical application but it needs the development of large area device.
OLED Lighting
  • It needs the development of high efficiency lighting which can substitute the LED of point light source and the fluorescence light of line light source.
Flexible Display
  • Display using Flexible Board

LED for sterilization and disinfection lightings

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is a technology of system production which has sterilization/disinfection and purification functions using ultraviolet ray UV_C LED light source in 265nm wavelength band which has a strong sterilizing characteristic.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • In USA, supported by the Department of Defense, studies by universities and small venture companies have been in progress, and in Japan, studies by research centers like RIKEN have been in progress.
    • Korea has preoccupied the core technology like light source production/module design/system establishment in order to enter the LED application market in environment/medical fields through various research projects.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Using special wavelength LED light source, it can foster to the future industry which can create a new market in the fields of medical, environment and agriculture & fishery and also it expects to create a high added value.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
High Output Ultraviolet Ray LED Light Source
  • UVLED Light Source using AlN series material
  • Need PKG material for UV resistance
Air purification and deodorizaton system for vehicle
  • Air purification system using 265nm band LED light source.
  • Establish DB of bacteria/air flux and UV projection amount in the air.
Water Pollution Sterilization System for Water and Sewage
  • Water Purification and Sterilization System using 265nm band LED Light Source
  • Establish sterilizing bacteria DB and UV projection amount

Sensitive LED Lighting

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is a LED lighting related technology which can improve the quality of human life by controling the color temperature and the intensity of illumination by considering bio rhythm of human body not just by lighting a simple light
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • The research on the sensitive LED lighting is in the first stage worldwide, and the research about light, human sense and behavior has been in progress in overseas.
    • Korea has accomplished the anticipated goal in patent (502 cases in 2008, third in the world)
  • Expectation Effect
    • It can procure the international competitiveness of LED lighting by advancing the development of sensitive LED lighting which corresponds not only to the energy reduction and eco-friendly lighting but also to the human sense.
  • Core product and service
    • LED lighting which controls automatically the color temperature and the intensity of illumination by hour to fit for the human bio rhythm..

Smart LED Lighting Technology for Vehicle

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is a technology to design and control the Smart LED lighting system for vehicle, and it consists of the technology of high output, high efficiency, varying color temperature LED manufacture and the technology of LED communication among vehicles which are strong to various road environments, and the varying color temperature lighting system.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • As the eco-friendly element has been noticed worldwide, the eco-friendly environment lighting market like LED has been in research extensively.
    • Korea has improved the output of vehicle chip and its efficiency through various researches.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through the procurement of original technology for LED light source for vehicle, it can lead the lighting market for future vehicle.
  • Core product and service
    • V2V Communication System using Visible Light
    • Advanced Adaptive Front-light System)

IT Convergence

IT Fusion Mixed Reality Visualization Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the research trend by the domestic and overseas' original technology of organic user's interface through the imaginary information intelligent augmentation in order to communicate between human and human in a real world based on the mutual reaction of reality reflection using the mutual interaction method of reality in the space of mixed reality visualization without any knot.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Led mainly by USA, Europe, and Japan, the cellular phone product has been released through the augmented reality technology, and especially it is applied to various interfaces such as a gesture of turning the page and etc.
    • In Korea, Severance Hospital, GwangJu Institute of Science & Technology, etc. use it for the mental disease treatment and the sensitive interface utilizing an imaginary space research.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through the organic user's interface technology, it maximizes the user' convenience and strengthens the national competitiveness through the activation of related industry.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
User's Participation Type Mixed Reality Browser (Earthmine)
  • It is the real space browser to evolutionize on which the information that a user wants can be acquired intuitionally and rapidly through peripheral object and the feedback is offered.
Reality Reflection Augmentation HDH Interaction Experience Service
  • It is the education/training (Interns, Cyber Campus) experience service for interns using a reality reflection augmentation organic interface technology.
Noneplanar/Flexible Display base Augmentation Reality Service
  • Based on noneplanar/flexible transparent display,It offers a reality reflection augmentation reality service to user.

Scalable Multi-platform Multiple Reality Space Kernel Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the reality media interaction technology of multi-platform multiple user participation which offers a personalized service through the interaction between multiple users' participation and realistic contents in the imaginary space environment which supports multi-platform.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Various R&Ds have been performed led mainly by USA and Europe such as AT&T and Total Immersion, and mainly through the development of hologram and realistic multiple media, various fields such as national defense and medicals have been utilized.
    • In Korea, led mainly by the government contribution research center and the large company such as LG Electronics, ETRI and KIST, various technologies such as no eyeglass type 3DTV and mobile augmented reality base experience tour technology have been applied to industries.
  • Expectation Effect
    • The variety of living and the increasement of conveniency, and the level up of various augmented services and the national competitiveness through this.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Multiple User's Participation type Cooperative Design Service
  • Service to see the visualized result besides documents like a design blue print in the production stage designing cooperatively by many people in the imaginary space to design a complex product by the customer's order.
Multiple User's Participation type Entertainment
  • Service which offers a convincing game to users by increasing necessary elements for the game process.

Imaginary design for process improvement and optimum system technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology to develop the imaginary design and the optimum system for the process improvement such as the reduction of development period and the promotion of production improvement by applying the imaginary simulation technology to design/manufacture/verification process.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Various R&Ds led mainly by USA and Germany have been performed, and mainly the research for the production process improvement of vehicle and space training system is in progress.
    • In Korea, it expects the effect that the imaginary design technology is utilized as the core technology of shipbuilding industry and car industry, led mainly by large companies like Samsung Heavy Industry.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It improves the private service level through the system development of imaginary design for the process improvement and strengthens the national competitiveness through this.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Building/Cities Maintenance and Repair Service
  • As sewage pipes and gas pipes in cities or electric wiring, sewage pipes and heating pipes of building structures are buried under the road or inside buildings, it provides the convenience to create the invisible information in the computer and provide, maintain and repair the conformed information augmented to the real life.
Mechanical Maintenance Visualization Service
  • The augmentation type user service which provides to the user with machine assembly procedure and explanation, etc. which projects to the display like HMC

High Efficiency Power Supply Management Electric Power Semiconductor

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the accomplished semiconductor technology by one chip with the control and convert function which distributes the electric power suitable for the system with the power switching element for electric power and its control IC.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • R&D have been progressed in USA and Europe, led mainly by the MCU base intelligent vehicle and in Japan by the semiconductor for Hybrid vehicle, and joint R&D among companies have been promoted.
    • The development performance expectation effect for production development and mass production through the strategic partnership agreement rather than the research of thesis work level.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to have lightness of electric and electronic system and to procure the core technology in design, process, evaluation and verification of the semiconductor for vehicle.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Smart Junction Box
  • Box type wire harness product for distribution and control of vehicle power supply
  • It is the product which can have a fuel efficiency improvement effect by lightening the weight of the vehicle with the necessary system for the accomplishment of intelligent eco-friendly vehicle.
Battery Management System
  • System which monitors the battery condition and maintains and manages it in an optimum condition.
  • In order to manage not only the eco-friendly vehicle but also the varying whole length loads effectively, the application range is extended.

Vehicle Green House Reduction Monitoring Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology of monitoring and quantification of green house reduction amount which is cut by improving vehicle's operation efficiency through vehicle IT fusion in order to procure and trade the carbon emission right according to an accomplishment of low carbon emission society and a liable reduction of green house gas.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • The advanced countries have been promoting R&D and international standardization which are related to the core original technology led mainly by governments.
    • In Korea the technological strategy supported by the government has been established ant its technological development has been partly in progress.
  • Expectation Effect
    • When CDM project is promoted, it is possible to create profit in the future through the utilization of green house reduction liability and the carbon emission right sale.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
  • Induce a flow of driving with constant speed by linking traffic signal infrastructure such as traffic lights and traffic information collection device.
  • Cut unnecessary fuel consumption by vehicle's acceleration, deceleration and stop.
  • Eco-friendly path plan and guide technology which links the high precision road information and the infrastructure.
Vehicle Green House Gas Management and CDM Project
  • he promotion of Green service policy establishment and CDM project by monitoring vehicle green house gas reduction amount through the integrated control center, and by monitoring the green house gas reduction amount in the status information service vehicle of nationwide green house gas reduction amount.

Communication Technology between Unit and Part inside Vehicle.

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the wire and wireless integrated network platform support technology inside vehicle with which low cost, weight lightening and random installation are possible by integrating the wire network structure and the wireless network structure inside vehicle.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • The world prominent finished vehicle companies like GM and FLAT are in the first stage of the development of a wireless sensor networking technology between ECU & ECU and between ECU & intelligent sensor.
    • Korea has established a technical development strategy by the government and progressed a partly development in its technology.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to utilize it as the basic technology of low electric power intelligent vehicle and to have economic benefit through the reduction of development cost, and to create the import alternative and the new employment.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Wire Network System Inside Vehicle
  • Wire Network between Sensors and ECU inside vehicle
Wireless Network System Inside Vehicle
  • Wireless Network between Sensors and ECU inside vehicle

Vehicle Operation Information Recognition and Verification Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the core technology of autonomy vehicle which offers safe and convenient service based on the sensors inside & outside vehicle, the vehicle communication and the information about driver's sense, body and behavior.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • The related base technology has been in development about multisensor information fusion of unmanned vehicle at the college research centers like Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley and Virginia Tech.
    • In Korea Hyndai and Kia Motors have progressed the research on the vehicle control which detects driver's health condition and body information, and college research centers like Seoul National University, Kukmin University and Hanyang University etc have been developing a basic technology of vehicle electronic control.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to propose a value of new life style and to highly advance the vehicle system by providing a customized well being service.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Biohandle
  • Body information(Finger print, iris, voice, face) recognition and vehicle verification security technology
  • Biohandle base real time human body information(pulse, brainwave, blood pressure, blood sugar, body temperature, alcohol concentration etc.) recognition technology.
  • Human body information analysis and vehicle operation control technology at unexpected accidents during driving (epilepsy, cerebral hemorrhage, heart attack, etc)
Sense Information base HMI Module
  • Modeling and analysis technology of driver's sense(emotion) and behavior information.
  • Sense (sight, touch, smell, hearing) base smart cooperation and air purifying technology.
  • Sense and behavior analysis information base adaptive human interface technology and smart Cockpit technology

Robot Suit Mechanism Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the robot technology which increases the physical ability of human by increasing the strength through driving a safe and high output actuator on the joint parts of human body to which the suit is worn.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Lockhead Martin and Sarcos in USA and Japan have actively progressed the technological research about the wearable robot armor as a national defense project.
    • Korea, led mainly by some universities (Hanyang Univ) and research centers(KIIT), has progressed a small size R&D and is in the comparatively high level in thesis and patent researches. (based on the year 2010)
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to improve the quality of life through the strength increase of rehabilitation and silver industry and the resocialization.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Robot Suit for Defense Industry
  • It helps to improve the combat power by reducing the burden of heavy robotic object transportation which has a purpose of power support for soldiers in the national defense field.
Industrial Robot Suit
  • Prevents the musculoskeletal system disease at the robot working site which supports the strength of worker in the industrial field where heavy weight objects are handled and improves the working efficiency.

BT + NT Convergence

high efficiency/high targeting gene carrier development

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology to improve the vector system which can load treatment gene(BT) by transferring selectively to organ or tissue which is the target of incurable disease. It is the technology of designing & manufacturing nano particle(NT) for functional nuclei acid carrier or polymer.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Gendicine, Advexin(USA), AnGEs(Japan) have preformed the related research, and besides these, ISIS Pharmaceutical, Eytech have performed the medical drug research based on DNA/RNA.
    • In domestic clinical 1,2 phase experiment about genetic treatment has been in progress.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to develop anti cancer drug without side effect through the safe carrier development in which the side effect such as carcinogenesis is removed at maximum while transferring to target tissue.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Development and Improvement of Vector for Gene Transfer
  • Virus Vector for Gene Load (Mainly for AAC, AdV, RV, LV)
  • B-Virus Vector for Gene Load (Plasmid)
Development of nano particle and polymer for gene transfer
  • Nano particle which is possible to load functional nuclei acid ((siRNA/shRNA or antisense RNA)
  • Liposome. conjugated polymer or dendrimer base organic polymer

The mulitporous material molding and the production technology of biodegradable control material.

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is a bio new material production technology which utilizes the mutlporous material formation(NT) technology using biodegradable polymer/metal/ceramic base biomaterial(BT) and the biodegradable control material(NT) technology by enzyme and hydrolysis reactions in the human body for tissue engineering, tissue regeneration and drug transfer.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Cabot Inc., Aspen Inc., Aerogel Inc., Nanopore Inc.(USA) have performed the research about aerogel, and BASF, Austem(Europe) and Mitsubishi(Japan) have also actively performed the research.
    • The material production has actively been performed mainly by Seoul National University and KIST utilizing MEMS technology.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to accelerate the procurement of high added value medical technology and the creation of future new industry by deriving a bio regeneration research original fusion technology.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Tissue Engineered explantation tissue
  • A group of explantation tissue product in every part of human body acquired by planting cell externally utilizing precisely controlled multiporous material and making biological tissue by controling specific modulator.
Mesh type Multiporous Regeneration Treatment Drug
  • A group of product which has the biodegradability as a two dimensional multiporous supporter of mesh type; and which can be utilized for tissue regeneration treatment drug in internal and external human body
Internal body Biodegradable Injection/Transplant type Material
  • A group of biodegradable injection/transplant type material product which can easily deliver biological active element or gene like cell, protein and enzyme, and can control nondegradation or biodegradation performance and its hour.

Diagnosis Reagent Excavation and Diagnosis Method Design

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology of establishing and designing the method to develop disease related biomarker such as DNA, RNA Peptide, Protein and Metabolome and to analyze and detect(NT) the deduced result by verifying (BT) overall work mechanism of disease and its related biological function for the purpose of disease diagnosis.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Led mainly by Affimatrix, Agilent(USA) and Hitachi, Canon(Japan), the development of exact measurement/analysis technology has been mainly in progress for the goal of 'super sensitivity' and multi diagnosis'. CGen and GoodGen have developed the diagnosis product of chip/kits types.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It detects disease at the early expression or before its progress to treat disease easily. It performs the suppression function of expression and progress of disease and improves personal quality of life.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Biomarker Super Sensitivity Analysis System
  • Gene analysis and mass analysis using SNP analysis, small amount of protein and metabolome analysis technology using NMR device analysis.
Biochip
  • Production technology of DNA, protein, metabolome and micro array chip of cell
Diagnosis Kits
  • Technology to develop enzyme, fluorescent and radioactive mark antigen or antibody as diagnosis kits.
Bio Imaging
  • cell video analysis technology by using hematinic drug, fluorescent mark, antibody, and so on

Design of Polymer Material for Folding Type Artificial Intraocular lens

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology about the design of bio-friendly (BT) polymer biological material (NT) and about the manufacturing and molding of folding type artificial intraocular lens to manufacture soft flexible folding type artificial intraocular lens which is used by transplanting it into eyeball to substitute damaged crystalline lens.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • STAAR Surgical, AlconLaboratories(USA) have performed the research about the artificial intraocular lens element, and LCA Pharmaceutical(France), Aeren Scientific(USA) have performed the research about the surface treatment.
    • KIST, Seoul National University, Catholic University have performed the research about the related technology of artificial intraocular lens and surface modification.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Procure the high functionality through the introduction of soft material which is suitable to the human body compared to the existing hard material, and improve the patient's quality of life.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Molecular Design and Synthesis Technology of Foldable Artificial Intraocular Material
  • Development of monomer which is similar to the refractive index (1.49) of soft PMMA after the molecular design of high purity monomer and its polymer synthesis, and which has a low glass transition point.
  • Technology of molecular design and its synthesis which is hydrophilic, and is possible to introduce not only the work device which can control hydrophilic property but also the work device which can protect UV.
Polymer Synthesis Technology and Surface Treatment Technology
  • Development of optimum neutralization method for manufacturing monomer and Technology of controling molecular amount.
  • Development of surface treatment method to improve the bio-friendly property of polymer for folding type artificial intraocular lens.
  • Procurement of technology of bio-friendly property of polymer and human body toxicity evaluation for folding type artificial intraocular lens
Types of Intraocular lens and Technology of Material Property Control
  • The product design to maximize the optical characteristic and the manufacturing technology of aspherical artificial intraocular lens

Convert of Molecular Structure for Food Material

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the food material convert technology to create high efficient and high added value food (provides foods for special use and high added value food material) by improving and converting (NT) the molecular structure which uses bio-technology based on the variety of biological active material and its functionality(BT) inside the human body
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • FrechMeadowBakery Inc. and Pharmachem Lab(USA), Nestle, Unilaver(Europe) have performed the research about various functional food such as starch calory absorption hindrance food and saphonine.
    • In domestic Eugene Science and Dongwon F&B have performed the related research.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to manufacture the high added value functional food by increasing the efficiency of functional material which is related to various disease/food preservation property/palatability.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Function Improvement High Added Value Food Material
  • Derive high functional food material through molecular design and convert technology.
Disease Peculiar Function Improvement Food Material
  • Provide the disease peculiar function improvement food material for citizen's public health.
Function Improvement Food Preservation Material
  • Provide preservative of future oriented process food

Biosensor/Biochip base for Functional Composition Detection.

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the biosensor/biochip(NT) technology for the functional composition detection and food pollutant source detection to improve the quality of food, which is cheap and highly trusted, and easy to use.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Kraft Foods, Biodelivery Science International(USA) etc are the leading runner of food nano food technology, and Japan and Europe have actively performed the related research about the standardization and the sensor development.
    • Korea has focused mainly on the blood sugar sensor(Allmedicus, KMH, etc.), and LG, ETRI, and Biotech Research have performed the related research about material and detection technology.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Improve the trust in the huge saving effect of citizen's medical cost and the food sanitation for citizens through the disease prevention and delay by procuring functional composition and pollutant source detection technology.
    • An effective check and a distribution expansion of production line through pollutant origin detection in the process of food production and distribution by the company.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Biosensor/Biochip for Food Functional Composition and Added Material Analysis.
  • Biosensor and Biochip to which the functional marker is loaded to detect the food functional composition and added material.
Multi Biosensor/Multi Biochip for the Verification of New Functional Composition
  • Biosensor and Biochip loaded with the multi marker for the functional composition analysis which has been newly found based on the systemized functional composition library.

Manufacturing nano particlization of food composition.

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the manufacturing technology of future food which is optimized for the human body transfer per each composition by analyzing (NT) the movement of food composition in the human body through the molecular video technology, which goes through nano particlization with the maximized technology of the human body transfer of functional food composition (BT) and the biological use rate by food nano material.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • EU and etc. have supported the research under the general national level, and Wageningen University(Netherland) and etc. have focused on the research about the transfer of effective food composition, the health improvement, the toxicity of nano material, and the Food Research and etc. have performed the research mainly about the transfer of effective food composition.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to improve the quality of life by providing a big role to the improvement of functionality and safety of products in food industry and by satisfying the preference and demand of final consumers.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Health and Food & Drug Food Nano Product
  • Future oriented health and well being food with the improvement of solubility, body absorption rate and biological use rate of functional food composition.
  • Food and Drug product which contains a large amount of functional health improvement composition to treat specific metabolic disease.
Analysis Technology Service for human body use rate of food composition
  • Technology which is possible to analyze the movement in the human body through the animal molecular video technology by marking the video proof at the food composition.
  • It is possible for the analysis request service and the commercialization after the procurement of core original technology.

Chemical Material for Waste Utilization and Hydrogen Production Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • Procure the basis for the creation of green area through the reduction of carbon dioxide by substituting the entire amount of the fossil fuel base chemical products through the nano/bio convert technology for the production of biomass base chemical material and hydrogen.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • It is expected that the chemical product market by the industrial biotechnology will be expanded to about 300 thousands ton level by the year 2013. In domestic, research centers have been trying to procure the original technology for the hydrogen production, and in industries, the necessity of hydrogen for biomass utilization has been noticed so that the active research for the related area has been in progress.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Through the development of bio chemical material and hydrogen, it contributes to the realistic accomplishment of CO2 reduction goal by the government by the year 2020(BAU base 20% reduction) for the resolution of price and environmental problem of material based on the fossil fuel.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Biomass PET bottle
  • Plant Bottle in Japan announced the manufacture of PET bottle by adding 5~30% Bio-Ethanol extracted from sugar cane to the existing PET raw material in May, 2009
Echo-phone (SCH-W510)
  • The cellular phone made of corn starch has been released in domestic in June, 2008, and it is being exported to overseas currently
Biomass base Hydrogen
  • Virent Inc. in USA has demonstrated the hydrogen production technology using polyol, and linked it into power generation system by connecting with fuel cell.
  • In domestic, the prototype has not been developed yet.

Nano Catalyst Utilizing Alkane Series Fuel Production Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • Provide the basis for energy independency and procure the competitiveness of world environmental economy era through the development of bio-chemical fusion technology for the production of hydrocarbon series fuel which can be used for bio fuel.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • It is expected that the production using commercialized process will be possible because currently, technology venture companies like Avantium and Furanics in overseas have been developing the production process of hydrocarbon series bio fuel.
    • In domestic, SK Innovation Inc., KIST and Hanyang University have performed the research about the development of catalyst and its process for the production of hydrocarbon fuel based on polyol and polyol precursor.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is expected to advance to the advanced country of new regeneration energy and to accomplish the goal of green house gas reduction and to improve the atmospheric environment.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Vegetable Oil Origin Bio-Diesel
  • Bio-diesel has been noticed especially by its eco-friendly characteristic.
  • The research which substitutes FAME series bio-diesel through hydrogenerated bio diesel has been in progress.
  • In Germany, France and USA, the bio-diesel is being used for bus, governmental vehicle, and sanitation vehicle.
Lignum Series Biomass origin Hydrocarbon Series Fuel
  • USA, Canada, and Sweden have actively performed the research about the cellulose degradation enzyme to acquire bio fuel from lignum series biomass.
  • Starch crops like corn and sorghum, sugar crops like sugar cane and beet, and fiber crops like switch grass are the representing alcohol production crops.
Marine Algae Biomass origin Hydrocarbon Series Fuel
  • As green algae contains about 70% of fat composition, if this is converted to bio diesel, the production of 53 thousand gallons per one acre is possible. Marine algae origin biofuel system can produce the clean fuel and reduce the carbon dioxide emission amount, and it is possible to produce a large scale biofuel

Clean Medium Utilizing Biomass Destructurizing Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • it is the technology to develop the clean solvent which dissolutes, extracts and converts biomass in order to effectively destructurize the composition of biomass, and heated water, supercritical water and ionic liquid belongs to this which currently has been spot lighted.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Alabama University in USA has procured the ionic liquid dissolution technology, and BASF in Germany has sold ionic liquid for the biomass treatment in the market and been in the development of the production technology of cellulose fiber.
    • In domestic, the original technology has been developed for ionic liquid design and synthesis, and C-Tri Inc. has been trying to establish the production facility for ionic liquid and to procure its economics.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Procure the production process utilizing clean medium which will lead the future clean production technology.
    • Create the green growth industry through the process development of biomass destructurization utilizing clean medium (Ionic liquid and hydro series)
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Destructurization Technology using Ionic Liquid
  • Biomass dissolution ionic liquid(BASF released) has been broadly recognized as an ideal solvent for the destructurizaton of biomass
  • BASF has been developing the production technology of cellulose fiber using ionic liquid.
Destructurization Technology using Heated Water
  • It has been known that the treatment technology for heated water using a phase balance of saturated water is effective for the production of liquid phase biomass derivative.
  • Currently Japan has developed the research.
Destructurization Technology using Supercritical Water
  • Biomass treatment facility (BTG) using supercritical water
  • It is possible to produce natural gas, Hydrogen gas, and synthetic gas.

IT + NT Convergence

Smart Watch Management (Water Flow, Water Pressure, Water Quality) System Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the smart water watch part material and integrated control system which can network water flow, water pressure and water quality information and control them in real time utilizing the interactive communication smart water meter established on the smart water grid after the fusion of IT-NT technologies.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • The Smart Water Network technology has been in development by overseas' multinational companies which introduce the fusion technology with IT industry.
    • and developed the water watch integrated management system based on the GIS DB and the watch analysis led mainly by metropolitan cities.
  • Expectation Effect
    • reduction through the development of smart water watch fusion & mixed material and integrated management system.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Interactive Communication base Smart Water Meter
  • Possible to measure low electricity sensing and water pressure/water flow/water quality simultaneously.
  • Interactive communication type which is possible to call, control, and to compute and store data.
USN integrated management of water flow, water pressure, water quality information
  • Networking for the application of USN communication infrastructure
  • Establish middle ware platform for analysis and process of collected information
Smart water watch integrated management system
  • Establish commercialized package of the integrated system development in original/fusion & mixed material/integrated management.
  • Equipped with the integrated infrastructure system such as GIS Engine, integrated network, watch analysis and intelligent detection through test-bed establishment

Zero-Emission Hybrid Vehicle Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology to develop the non pollutant vehicle by structuring and developing battery and fuel cell into the hybrid system and by fusing the technology to design and control the electric power system.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • USA released 'Chevy Volt' the world first plug in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) in November, 2010, and Europe announced and supported the programs of 'Hyways' and 'WETO-H2'
    • Korea has planned to supply accumulated 250 thousands PHEV vehicles and accumulated 100 thousands FCEV vehicles in 2020.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Procure the analysis base for Zero-Emission Vehicle Hybrid System which will lead the future car industry.
    • Establish the continuous green growth industry through the innovative Zero Vehicle driving for the low carbon by the car industry and the procurement of control system technology.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Plug in Hybrid Vehicle
  • Plug in Hybrid system and parts
  • Plug in Hybrid system driving and control
  • USA GM released in November, 2010
Specially Equipped Vehicle applied by Hybrid Systemn
  • Applied to specially equipped vehicle using Hybrid system
  • As the specially equipped vehicle has a level of 5km/L average fuel efficiency, the improvement of fuel efficiency highly affects the reduction of CO2 emission.
  • Developed a prototype of Hybrid system (LPG/CNG) bus in 2009
Fuel Cell Vehicle
  • Fuel cell system and parts
  • Expect the commercialization of fuel cell system driving and control in 2015
Railway cars and Ship
  • Combining electricity or engine and fuel cell, it is used for energy source of railway cars and ship
  • Railway Technical Research Institute에서 450 kW급 전동기차 개발 450 kw level electric car has been developed by Railway Technical Research Institute.

Information Communication Terminal Device Lightwave Laser Diode

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is a core light source technology which will lead the next generation display such like realistic TV, mobile projection display, 2D/3D display, and real 3D holography which can express the nature with a perfect light.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Various researches have been progressed led mainly by Nichia and Osram in Japan and Germany, and especially the competition is accelerated for the development of the next generation display light source technology such as mobile projection display and real 3D holography.
    • Korea has developed the related technology led mainly by government support research centers like KOPTI and KETI.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It devotes to the new market pioneering and the energy efficiency through the procurement of visible light LD technology which will lead the next generation display industry.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
High output RGB laser light source product unit
  • High output red, green or blue laser unit
Super mini size mobile RGB light source
  • Next generation light source which has merits of super mini size, low electricity, high speed answering, single mode beam
Light Source Module for Giant Display
  • Module which can reacts to the giant laser display such as theater and street electric signs.

Building User Environment Recognition Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology which provides the building infrastructure intelligent technology which can recognize the environment and situation and its proper reaction service in order to provide a pleasant and convenient environment to residents.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Honeywell, TI and Seimens have actively progressed the research on the super mini size low electrification technology and the technology which combines different process technologies such as MEMS and COMS.
    • Korea has performed R&D of high performance mixed sensor led mainly by some research centers.
  • Expectation Effect
    • oriented living environment through the procurement of core technology in the fields of sensor/network/control.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Biohandle
  • It needs to create the various service markets which can improve the conveniency of residents.
  • It is possible to create various services in and out of the housing.
  • Intelligent arrangement and management of resident’s article
  • Intelligent control of Lighting and light
  • Intelligent multifamily garage
  • Intelligent management of media/contents
Intelligent Housing System for Resident's Security/Safety Improvement
  • Needs a market creation of the next generation safe management system which extends the smart housing security system and the safe management of children and senile weak people among residents to the vicinity of housing in order to prevent the intrusion from outside
  • Intelligent Home Security system
  • Intelligent safety management of infant/the old
  • building’s foundation testing system

Wearable Network Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology which provides both the data exchange between different computing terminal devices of the next generation which accomplishes various types such as wearable computer, MP3P/PMP and HMD and the multimedia communication service.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • IBM and MS have progressed the development of the original technology for IPR procurement and standardization group and consortium the development about the standard.
    • Korea has performed R&D under the project of MKE, and there exist many thesis and patents.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to provide the open type standard development for technology & product and the compatibility between products in order to promote the technical standardization centered at wearable network user.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Low Electricity Implant type Body Communication(ImplantedBAN)
  • The development of technology and standard has been promoted in parallel which is accompanied for the excavation of application model for the initial market entering with the WBAN protocol composed of body communication attached sensor to the body as a communication medium and the technology of application profile.
  • BM, MS and NTT- DoCoMo, etc have progressed the development of the original technology for IPR procurement and standardization group and consortium have progressed the development about the standard for effect of body, access management and data interchange
  • IEEE 802.15 TG6 have progressed the development about the standard, and have been strategic collaboration of technologies to procure IPR
Touch/Touchless Fabric Area Network(FAN)
  • With the FAN communication access interface infrastructure protocol and the application profile technology using conductive fiber or clothing as a medium, it has been developed as a fiber base circuit printing and flexible part attachment type which is close to clothing rather than the initial technology which attaches computing device and connects with conductive strings to the clothing.
  • As the original technology important to compose personal computing machine, clothing access interface, communications network, in the future application technology are expected to expand wearable next generation computing device, intellignet gadget, u-Life living convenience

BT + IT Convergence

Design and Manufacture of Functional Nuclei Acid for Genetic Treatment Drug

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the design-manufacture technology for customized genetic treatment based on the personal genetic characteristic, and it can be extended and developed as a fusion technology by the excavation of molecular target based on the informative biology(IT) and by the graft of diagnosis technology(BT).
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Various R&Ds have been performed mainly by USA and Europe since the last twenty years, and the genetic treatment drug(50% of all drugs) has been developed mainly for the cancer disease.
    • Korea has most of researches with thesis level, but there exists many products of clinical approval.
  • Expectation Effect
    • As it is possible to customized genetic treatment and prescription based on the gene of each patient, it is possible to produce the specialized treatment drug per area/ethnicity.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Molecular Target Excavation and Molecular Diagnosis Technology
  • Technology which designs and manufactures a personal customized genetic treatment drug for the excavated molecular target based on the technique of genetic analysis and informative biology.
  • Development technology of biomarker (Gend and Protein) for the molecular diagnosis.
Genetic Treatment Drug and Design, Manufacture and Verification of Functional Nuclei Acid
  • Design technology of genetic treatment drug. (Example: design based on human haplotype map).
  • Manufacture of functional nuclei acid for treatment (example: siRNA or RNA aptamer) and human body transfer technology.
  • Human body safety verification technology of genetic treatment drug and functional nuclei acid

Massive Data Treatment Program for Diagnosis System

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • Technology which establishes, utilizes and analyzes(IT) the data base for the clinical use system development which is possible to predict cancer diagnosis and drug reaction in the molecule level based on Omics data(BT) such as epigenetic dielectric, transcriptome and dielectric.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • ncrease the demand of the data production and the program development and data handling analysis, program analysis through a giant scale joint research utilizing Omics technology in USA, Europe and China, etc.
    • In domestic, there is also a program development demand which can be used for the early diagnosis utilizing Omics technology by social needs for the customized medical market.
  • Expectation Effect
    • The consulting service has been developed which provides the professional knowledge & information in the technical field such as providing knowledge & information which is necessary for the medical development companies or the medical service institutions through the analysis and process of clinical information data base about various Omics information and diseases or providing knowledge and information which is related to effectiveness and toxicity.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Biomarker for Cancer Diagnosis and Drug Treatment
  • Special part on gene or chromosome to diagnose cancer in the molecular level (Genetics/Epigenetics)
  • Special part on gene or chromosome which can help cancer treatment by reacting to the special chemical material(drug)
Omics Integrated Analysis System for Cancer Diagnosis
  • Analysis system which can perform the molecular level diagnosis and drug reaction prediction of a new clinical cancer tissue based on the standard integrated data base on the basis of various cancer cell strains

Desktop Medical Diagnosis System

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the system to diagnose and analyze the early diagnosis and prognosis of disease by comprehensively monitoring the human body index change(BT) related with personal health condition, and it can be operated in the mid & small size medical institutions. Furthermore, it is the system which can be supplied widely with miniaturization and low cost in order to apply it to the U-Health system.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Since 1980, USA and Europe have developed focusing on dielectric(DNA, RNA), System Biology, three dimensional protein structure analysis, and precision control analysis device.
    • Since the early 2000, domestic venture groups and some government support research centers, and Samsung, LG have developed focusing on the fields of protein, dielectric nuclei acid and on the element technology.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to devote to senile welfare in the future aging era through in-home diagnosis and early disease diagnosis, and as it is possible to do a remote treatment for mountain area and provincial area through the link with the mobile bio-diagnosis system, it can relieve the medical service imbalance among regions.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
In-home type Liver Function, Cancer Diagnosis Integrated Solution
  • Detection technology field to acquire human body information, Interface and transmit & receive technology field to transfer this, Handling and application technology field in which the acquired human body information is converted to valuable information and which performs medical action using this.
PHR(Personal Health Records)System
  • It is the system which analyzes and manages comprehensively by collecting various personal health information such as human body information, family history, vaccination and exercise program.
Infectious and Cardiovascular Disease Monitoring System
  • Monitoring immediately on site or by person the infectious disease such as A-Virus and super bacteria and cardiovascular disease which requires emergency treatment, it is the system which enables to inform its result to medical institutions or government agencies through wire/wireless communication for a quick measure.

Shoe Development for Aged

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the shoe worn by senile person(or patient) which can identify the location of the wearer because GPS is built in, and which can protect the wearer by making warning signal simultaneously and automatically when the wearer falls down or is under the emergency situation(BT) because pressure sensor and gyro sensor are built in.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • ADIDAS has released the smart shoe which can monitor the wearer's condition and change its shape as the microprocessor is built in.
    • ETRI has been developing the smart shoe which can monitor the wearer's health condition.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Improve the quality of life of senile population and patient/patient caregiver
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Shoes for Disabled
  • Smart shoes which enable the blind person to walk without a cane
Smart Sport Shoes
  • Smart shoes developed by ADIDAS
  • It maintains the condition of shoes at optimum considering the wearer's condition as the microprocessor is built in the shoe bottom.
Smart Shoes for Watching Excercise Condition
  • Forceshoes developed by Xsens in Netherland. It is the device which can measure the movement of wearer as the pressure sensor and movement detection sensor are built in.

Wearable Flexible Joint Driving System

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the wearable robot which can raise the convenience of daily life by supporting the walk/motion of patient or strengthening his muscle.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • The research of exoskelecton series like HULC of Berkeley, XOS2 of Raytheon(USA) HAL of Cyberdyne, Walking Assist Device of Honda has been in progress.
    • Hanyang University(HEXAR) and etc have been manufacturing the whole body muscle support robot which can amplify the muscle.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Due to the development of wearable robot, it is possible to develop into the service/commercial robot rapidly and to expand it to the wearable robot for military and industry, medical use.
    • It improves the life quality of senile population and patient/caregiver
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Muscle Strengthening Wearable Robot
  • HAL is the wearable robot in Japan. Robot system which can support the movement of senile person or patient
Wearable Robot for Rehabilitation
  • It is the exoskeleton developed by Berkeley Bionics and manufactured for the rehabilitation of patient who has been paralyzed on the lower part of the body.
Muscle Strengthening Robot for Military Use
  • Exoskeleton XOS for military use developed by Raytheon.

Measuring the Basic Motion of Senile Person who lives alone.

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the system worn by senile person(or patient) which can monitor and manage the health condition of wearer through the wearable super mini human body signal(BT) sensor (blood pressure, body temperature, pulse, etc.); and which can manage the life of senile person who lives alone safely through various sensor networks (motion detect sensor, urination sensor, etc.) installed at home.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • MIT has developed the wearable blood pressure measuring device which can be worn by the finger. Corventis, Intelesens and LifeWatch have been selling the information transfer system which utilizes the attachable sensor.
    • Research of Machines and Equipments, Samsung Electronics and ETRI have been developing the vital sign monitor and the blood pressure measuring device.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It improves the life quality of senile population and patient/caregiver through the cost reduction of social welfare of senile person who lives alone and the improvement of welfare level.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Wearable Sensor
  • It is the sensor system which can monitor vital sign and various diseases in real time and warn by carrying it conveniently.
  • Picture of vitalsens which is the human body signal monitor by Intelesens.
Sensor Feedback Warning System
  • It is the feedback system which can inform the warning signaled from the wearable sensor to the medical institution or take a post measure.

Development of Motion Analysis, Human Body Signal Measuring Technology and Nerve Stimulation System.

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the device which analyzes(IT) and corrects(BT) the motion analysis and the human body signal by parts in order to treat continuously(BT) such diseases as Alzheimer's disease, depression, diabetes, pain, and arthritis which mostly happen when the vitality of nerve decreases according to the aged society.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • The three dimensional analysis technology for motion analysis has been in development, and the research about Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which stimulates the cerebrum without the incision of brain, has been in progress.
    • In domestic, Seoul National University, Konyang University and Catholic University have been in progress focused on the clinical research.
  • Expectation Effect
    • The development of nerve treatment device for brain function, arthritis and various pains is expected to devote to the improvement of quality of life in the aged era
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Motion Analysis for Aged
  • The device has been developed which analyzes the motion for each disease of aged person.
  • Also it performs the analysis for each part by measuring various human body signals
Brain Function Stimulator
  • The transcranial stimulation device has been developed and introduced to the hospital. It needs the fusion of strong pulse type and interchangeable magnetic field type.
  • The research about the clinical research about Alzheimer's disease and the stimulation condition is lack.
Arthritis Treatment Device
  • There is no development of joint part exclusive stimulation
  • It is urgent to develop the exclusive system and the coil part.
  • The clinical result of interchangeable magnetic filed type stimulator is more excellent than that of the pulse type

Development of Model Creature Base Functional Food

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology which verifies the health function of foods through clinical case of foods and clinical test and converts them into DB(IT) utilizing the analysis technology (BT) of diet clinical metabolome, and based on this develops the functional food.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Food Companies like Nestle and Unilaver have performed the food metabolome research in order to develop customized foods by themselves or with the cooperation of metabolome research institutes and procured the bio information contents.
    • In Korea, KIST, Life Science research, Food Research, Chungang University and CJ have performed the basis research.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Providing the scientific data of our traditional foods and functional foods, it procures the international competitiveness of these foods
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Metabolome Diet Clinical Center
  • Performs diet clinical test
  • Nationwide personal metabolome analysis service
Food Metabolome Information Intellectualization and Share Platform
  • To establish food metabolome and food clinical test
  • To link dB of disease and bio-informatics
Citizens' Standard Metabolome Type Criteria
  • Publish standard metabolome type per sex/age/health condition
  • Utilizes as the basic data for national health and industrial policy and evaluation.
Functional Food Development
  • Develop customized functional foods according to the standard metabolome per sex/age/health condition of each person.

Sense Recognition Wearable Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the sensing system of human body mutual interaction which detects, handles the sense information from the outside of human body and responds properly.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Led mainly by Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins Medical School, the clinical research for animal has been performed, and led mainly by universities in USA, Japan and China, the development about the high performance touch sensor has been in progress.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to create the effective human type through the improvement of recognition ability with the contact wearable technology.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Artificial Sense System
  • The wearable type with the application of nano technology is developed which is possible to transfer/regenerate the sense of sight, hearing and touch.
  • Artificial Sight Sensor
  • Artificial Touch Sensor
Wearable Device Technology
  • It is the system which consists of wearable or clothing type which considers the user's conveniency with the mobile/desktop type device
  • Wearable PC Interface
  • Wearable type Smart Phone

Human Robot Mutual Interaction Technology and Modulization

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the core technology of intelligent service robot which designs, actualizes and evaluates the robotic system and the mutual interaction environment in order to interact mutually with recognition and emotion.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Led mainly by EU, USA and Japan, the early stage research has been in progress, but some possibility of commercialization has been in progress by the verification level.
    • In Korea, universities (Seoul National University, POSTECH, etc.) and research centers(KAIST) have performed the research about the realistic device of sense recognition/generation/expression, and the robot development has been successful in the level of many research centers (KIST, KITECH)
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to develop the application for the purpose of psychological treatment and health care of aged and single.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Education Service Robot
  • It is the robot which provides the education service for the improvement of education effect by applying the technology of movement of robot and mutual interaction of human robot
Medical Robot
  • It is the robot which provides the professional service in the medical field, and it provides the precise and safe medical service through the mutual interaction utilizing the haptic device.

Recognition Model Base Human Type Robot Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology to develop the human type robot which can be operated under the living environment by combining the development of recognition model which is possible to observe the peripheral environment and its change with the technology of autonomous walking/driving of human type robot and its stability.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Japan, R&D focused on the real life utilization, and USA, the technology to maintain the safety in the maximum level against the disturbance which happens in the daily living environment of human, have been in the level of its performance.
    • Korea has performed the research about the recognition technology of walking technique and its environment and the algorithm of mutual cooperation system among many robots through the research and the event about not only the human type but also the toy size robot.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to commercialize the robot for the reduction of labor power and the welfare of senile people through the development of mass production system and software of human type robot.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Sensor System which has a high precision of position and posture
  • Algorithm of sensor signal handling like Kalman Filter integrating various kinds of sensor devices.
Learning Algorithm for Human Type Robot
  • Develop the learning algorithm which is possible to apply it to human type robot and various systems.

BT + IT + NT Convergence

Stem Cell and Tissue Treatment Drug Function Acceleration Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the treatment drug development and function control technology used for the purpose of treatment, diagnosis(IT) and prevention with cell and tissue(BT) produced through the separation from human, the culturing and special manipulation (NT) Example) It is the representing technology of cell treatment field which treats the cancer using immunized cell like leukocyte or which regenerates cartilage or heart muscle using stem cell.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Lifeline Cell Technology(USA), Tokyo University and Geio University(Japan), The Institute of Zoology(China) have performed the research about stem cell production and cell treatment drug.
    • Cha Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine and RNL Bio Inc. have performed the research, and the cord blood adult stem cell cartilage treatment drug is in clinical process by the cooperation of Seoul National University College of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center and Seoul Asan Medical Center.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to develop the cell treatment drug by person and disease for acute stroke and chronic spinal injury, immunization disease and central nervous system disease and other chronic diseases.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Cell Strain Bank
  • National infrastructure which maintains, supplies and expands the produced cell strain.
Reprogramming Pluripotent Stem Cell
  • If the adult stem cell is equipped with formability and multi functional molecular condition, it can fully induce stemness of embryo stem cell.
Immunization Conformed Cell Treatment Drug
  • When the verification of differentiation characteristic according to the pure separation of each cell is more cleary progressed, it is possible to have a cell treatment application which conforms to the immunization of each patient.

Tissue Organ Development and Production Technology for Heterogeneous Transplant

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the technology of regeneration of bio and heterogeneous tissue/organ through the fusion of nano/micro human body environment duplication(NT, IT), stem cell three dimensional Prototyping and clustering, and immunization suppression animal application technology.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • MIT, Pennsylvania State University, Wake Forest Research Center(USA) and Tokyo Women's College of Medicine (Japan) have performed the research about artificial organ, human body material, and organ differentiation of stem cell.
    • MEMS base research has been actively performed mainly by FCB PharmiCell, KIST, Seoul National University.
  • Expectation Effect
    • cceleration of the procurement of high added value medical technology and the creation of future new industry by protruding bio-regeneration research original fusion technology.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
High Functional Bio Tissue/Organ
  • High functional bio tissue/organ produced by the cell differentiation of micro environment of human body material to which the cell is attached and by the control which is beneficial to tissue formation and similar to the real tissue.
Injection Type Hydrogel Material for Customized Organ Soft Tissue Regeneration
  • In situ gel formation hydrogel which has a tissue suitability and a unique physical/chemical/mechanical characteristic of target tissue as a cell carrier which can overcome the limit of existing cell treatment drug which shows a low engraft survival rate in the human body after transplant.
Heterogeneous tissue and organ through the graft of immunization suppression animal production technology and tissue engineering
  • Heterogeneous tissue and organ in which tissue engineering technology is applied to immunization suppression animal.

Heterogeneous Transplant and Immunization Suppression Technology after Transplant.

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the fusion technology which can accomplish the early practical use of bio tissue and organ by developing nano material (NT) and drug technology (BT) for the real time/precision monitoring of homogeneous and heterogeneous immunization rejection reaction, the immunoisolation and the transplant rejection reaction control.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Harvard University, Yeshiva University, University of Pittsburgh (USA) and Ben Gurion University (Israel), Living Cell Technology (New Zealand) have performed the research about insulin secretion cell transplant and kidney transplant utilizing pigs.
    • Seoul Medical School, Konkook University, Dankook University, MGen Bio Inc. have performed the research about aseptic pig and transgenic pig.
  • Expectation Effect
    • The procurement of high added value medical technology through the original fusion technology of bio regeneration research and the acceleration of future new business creation.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Nano and Electromagnetic Technology applied Immunologic Rejection Reaction Precision/Real Time Monitoring Technology
  • System which can detect a fine immunologic rejection reaction in the early stage.
NT/BT/IT Technology Fusion Immunization Suppression Nano Membrane
  • Biomembrane to prevent the immunization reaction which appears when the regenerated bio tissue/organ is transplanted to the human body.
Nano Capsule
  • Capsule, containing pancreas cell which produces insulin, devised to control sugar level for a long period by transplanting it to the blood vessel of diabetes patient
Ex vivo System which can check immunologic rejection reaction
  • System which can screen immunologic rejection reaction and immunologic tolerance of pig tissue beforehand from the human blood and the external human body.

MEMS Sensor Module Development for High Sensitivity Multiplexing Detection

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • Development of micro sensor module which can measure bio marker(BT) of more than ten kinds at one specimen simultaneously based on micro/nano technology which is easy to control minimum invasion, high speed and precision, and for this purpose the development of the material which is possible for design and production (NT) of micro element and its clinical application, and of technology of surface control, preprocess and biological multi information handling IT.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Molecule diagnosis technology is utilized for from the quick monitoring such as pregnancy test, blood sugar analysis, and blood coagulation analysis to the monitoring of major diseases such as prostate cancer, liver cancer, myocardial infarction and AIDS.
    • Recently, even though trial is done to detect and utilize various kinds of marker related to disease in order to improve the uniqueness of marker related to disease, it is still in the initial stage.
  • Expectation Effect
    • It is possible to develop nano/MEMS type bio sensor as the product type which can be used easily at each home as it is possible to have miniaturization, integration and mass production.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
Major Disease Multi Marker High Speed Analysis for Hospital Use
  • Induce the early treatment of major diseases by the program such as a periodic health checkup guided by the treatment method through the subtype distinction of disease after the presence or the progressive stage of various kinds of diseases or the precision prognosis.
Personal Health Monitoring System
  • Portable Multi Molecular Diagnosis Module
  • According to personal disease, periodic monitoring of index molecule (during daily life)
  • Grafted with U-health system, accomplish health management program or home base treatment program

ustomized Alternative Water Resource Procurement and Management Technology

  • What is the new material structure base Epi Board LED technology?
    • It is the advanced water treatment and management fusion technology which can devote to the national competitiveness and the improvement of citizen's quality of life through the procurement of customized alternative water resource from ocean water and sewage waste water, and it is the technical common name related to alternative water resource procurement, production, supply, maintenance and management in order to react effectively to water shortage and water pollution.
  • Domestic and overseas research trend
    • Led mainly by advanced countries, the technology has been developed to advanced treatment and intelligent water production & supply system using membrane filtration.
    • Korea has promoted the giant national R&D such as the management of ocean desalination plant project group.
  • Expectation Effect
    • Procure customized alternative water resource and create a new industry through the development of management technology.
    • Prevent the domestic market encroachment by global water business companies and promote the exporting product of domestic technology through the procurement of World Best Technology in the alternative water resource field by national R&D.
  • Core product and service
Introduction of Converging technology 내 Core product and service 테이블
Core product/service Description Examples
High Efficiency, Low Energy Reverse Osmosis/Osmosis Membrane Material and Process
  • When the alternative water resource is supplied, energy consumption is reduced, and it needs the development of membrane material and process which increases the water production.

NT/BT base new material membrane (Eg. CNT, Aquaporins)

Customized Water Reuse System
  • It needs the technological development of customized pre-treatment/post-treatment which is suitable to the procurement of alternative water resource per usage.

Preprocess and RO concentrated water treatment using NBT base membrane.

Intelligent Integrated Operation Management System
  • It needs the technological development of smart plant and watch management for customized alternative water resource.

Membrane pollution automatic control technology for the effective management of membrane filtration process. Alternative water resource integrated management technology by smart water meter/sensor