Since the advent of smart phones in 2007, the population of smart phone user has been increasing at stunning rate in Korea. In spite of many benefits such as full internet access, location based service, and easy installation of new applications, many social and medical researches have been reported the concern of overuse of smart phones, especially for teenagers on game and internet addiction. However, most of studies are based on the survey research, so often questioned to be limited number of sample and subjective, which can be overcome by evident-based study. The paper presents a pilot development of Google Android app that provides the 24-hour-measured application usage pattern of smart phone users. A requirement study performed with medical doctors and phycologists are discussed and the key technical and application issues are discussed and their solutions are presented. The system is designed to be extensible so that social network and additional service can be applied based on the user. The measured data is expected to be used for study the cause and treatment of game and internet addiction for teenagers and adults.

The growth conditions of planted trees, invasion of nuisance herbaceous species, competition between species, and effects of erosion control were monitored over five years in a riparian greenspace in Gapyeong County that was established through multilayered and grouped ecological planting. Of 156 trees planted in the upper and middle layers, 5.8% died. This tree death was attributed to poor drainage or aeration in the rooting zone from the clay-added root ball and too deep planting as well as a small-sized root ball and scanty fine roots. Of all the trees, 21.6% grew poorly due to transplant stress in the first year after planting, but they started to grow vigorously in the third year. This good growth was largely associated with soil improvement before planting, selection of appropriate tree species based on growth ground, and control of dryness and invasive climbing plants through surface mulching and multilayered/grouped planting. Mixed planting of fast-growing species as temporary trees was desirable for accelerating planting effect and increasing planting density. Thinning of fast-growing trees was required in the fifth year after planting to avoid considerable competition with target species. To reduce the invasion of herbaceous and climbing plants that oppress normal growth of planted trees, higher density planting of trees (crown opening of about 15%), woodchip mulching to a 10-cm depth, and edge planting 2 m wide were more effective than lower density planting (crown opening of 70%), no surface mulching, and no edge planting, respectively. This reduction effect was especially great during the first three years after planting. Nuisance herbaceous plants rarely invaded higher density planting with woodchip mulching over the five years. Higher density planting or woodchip mulching also showed much greater erosion control through rainfall interception and buffering than lower density planting with no mulching did. Based on these results, desirable planting and management strategies are suggested to improve the functions of riparian greenspaces.

The main objective of this study was to assess the applicability of IoT (Internet of Things)-based flood management under climate change by developing intelligent water level monitoring platform based on IoT. In this study, Arduino Uno was selected as the development board, which is an open-source electronic platform. Arduino Uno was designed to connect the ultrasonic sensor, temperature sensor, and data logger shield for implementing IoT. Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) was selected as the Arduino software and used to develop the intelligent algorithm to measure and calibrate the real-time water level automatically. The intelligent water level monitoring platform consists of water level measurement, temperature calibration, data calibration, stage-discharge relationship, and data logger algorithms. Water level measurement and temperature calibration algorithm corrected the bias inherent in the ultrasonic sensor. Data calibration algorithm analyzed and corrected the outliers during the measurement process. The verification of the intelligent water level measurement algorithm was performed by comparing water levels using the tape and ultrasonic sensor, which was generated by measuring water levels at regular intervals up to the maximum level. The statistics of the slope of the regression line and   were 1.00 and 0.99, respectively which were considered acceptable. The error was 0.0575 cm. The verification of data calibration algorithm was performed by analyzing water levels containing all error codes in a time series graph. The intelligent platform developed in this study may contribute to the public IoT service, which is applicable to intelligent flood management under climate change.

적조는 1994년 이전에는 남해에서 산발적으로 발생했으나, 1995년 이후로는 주기적으로 발생하고 있으며, 발생지역 또한 남해와 동해 전역으로 넓게 퍼지고 있다. 이에 따라 적조의 연구 분야도 다양한 변화를 격고 있으며, 적조를 모니터링하기 위해 원격지 센싱, GIS, 퍼지 모델 시스템 등의 다양한 기술들이 적용되고 있다. 본 논문의 목적은 무선 센서 네트워크를 이용하여 적조와 해양 생물학적 인자 데이터를 수집하는 적조 모니터링 시스템을 개발하는 것이다. 무선 센서 네트워크는 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅을 실현시키기 위한 핵심 기술로 알려져 있으며 다른 지역의 센서들로부터 기상관측과 환경 탐색을 위한 데이터를 수집하는데 사용된다. 본 논문은 무선 센서 네트워크를 이용하여 적조 데이터 베이스를 효율적으로 설계함으로써 적조 모니터링 소프트웨어와 웹서비스를 제공하는 것에 관한 것이다.

해상작업 모니터링 시스템은 해상에서 수행될 수 있는 국가와 국가 간의 광케이블 매설 작업이나 낙도의 전기 공급을 위한 해저의 전선 매설 작업, 천연가스공사의 파이프라인 매설 작업 등 각종 해상작업에서 사용되는 선박 자동화를 위한 모니터링 시스템이다. 다양한 센서로부터의 입력과 환경 설정을 통해 얻어진 데이터를 가공 처리하고, 전자해도 데이터를 읽어 GPS의 위치정보와 함께 나타낸다. 또한, 작업과 관련한 루트파일의 정보를 오버레이해서 관련 데이터를 처리하며, 무선 네트워크 환경으로 구축된 무선접속장치(AP; Access Point)와 클라이언트 측의 휴대용 개인정보단말기(PDA; Personal Digital Assistants)를 무선 랜으로 연동시켜 실시간으로 정보를 처리하도록 하며, 유효 반경 내에서의 자유로운 이동을 가능하게해서 작업의 효용성을 높일 수 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 상황 하에서 해상작업과 관련한 모니터링 시스템을 임베디드 환경에서 설계 및 구현함으로써 선박 자동화와 선박의 안전 항해를 지원하고 해상에서의 작업 부하를 최소화시키며 사고 방지를 통한 선박의 경쟁력을 높일 수 있다.

해저 광테이블 공사는 해양조사, PLGR(Pre Lay Grapnel Run), 천해부공사, 포설/매설 순서로 이루어진다. PLGR은 케이블의 해저면 안착을 용이하게 하고, Plough 및 ROV(Remotely-Operated Vehicle)매설작업의 성능을 향상시키며, 매설 장비를 보호하기 위한 작업이다. 본 논문은 해저 광테이블 건설 작업 중에서 PLGR 작업을 효율적으로 관리할 수 있는 실시간 모니터링 시스템의 설계 및 구현에 대해서 논한다. 본 논문에서는 이를 위하여 전체적인 실시간 모니터링 시스템을 설계하고, 시리얼 멀티포트 통신 모듈, 실시간 처리 모듈, 환경 설정 모듈, 그리고 그래프 및 프린터 출력 모듈을 설계 및 구현하였다. 끝으로 본 논문의 타당성 검토를 위하여 시리얼 멀티포트 통신, 실시간 데이터 추출, 그래프 출력을 실험하였다.