2nd video

bakbann on Tue May 06 2008, 00:10

Summary
A 73 year old father, named Josef Fritzl, is charged with rape and confinement of his own daughter in Austria. He has imprisoned and raped his daughter, Elisabeth, for 24 years. Three of his children, or grandchildren, from Elisabeth were also locked up with her in the secret dungeon in his house. Other three were adopted by him and his wife, and one was dead. This man, so-called "horror father", is now behind bars.

Opinion
I am of the opinion that complicated and rapid changing society is producing terrible criminals who have mental disorder. In the past, criminal purposes were rather simple. Criminal psychologists could find out their purposes and read their minds without much difficulty. However, now, in this complex society, criminal minds are incomprehensible at all. They are way more cruel and insane. Take Fritzl who is definitely a psychopath. He couldn't have committed such an awful crime unless he had been out of his mind. There are many other crazy criminals. Few days ago, a man in Korea killed a random girl in the street with no particular reason and what is worse this is not uncommon worldwide. Therefore, I think more criminals have serious mental problems in this confused society.

Prediction
My prediction is that these lunatic criminals will increase even more. Society is getting complicated, changing, individualized at the highest rate, which remains psycho criminals. Moreover, being overexposed to violence, people see the violence as senseless these days. Criminal psychology points out that all of these environmental factors drive criminals to the extreme. Thus, more and more criminals will be insane, absolutely not understandable and unexplainable by any words.

bakbann on Tue May 06 2008, 02:16

Summary
High technology has been pointed as one of the main causes that had separated families. Some tech companies, however, now insist high technology can get family back together. For instance, family can play video games with the big screen and have fun together.

Opinion
It would be great that high tech can contribute to improving family relationship. However, I'm of the opinion that these simple gadgets cannot bring separated families back together. The rationale behind this is that there are actually many elements that separated families. In this busy and competitive society, people became much busier, which means there are less time to spend with their families. Children come home late from school or Hagwon. Back home, they need to study to get into a prestige university. Parents are also busy working to survive in this "eat or be eaten" society. The fast changing society widened generation gap as well. Lastly, due to the development of telecommunication and transportation, more and more families live apart. Some children study abroad and some husbands and wives meet only on weekends because of their jobs in different cities. Therefore, I think it won't be easy to get separated families back together by high tech only.

Prediction
My prediction is that this will be selling well. Although it may not keep family relationship closer, this is still eyecatching for children as well as adults. People, let alone tremendous number of passionate fans of Play station and Nintendo, would love this innovative and fun game. Thus, I think this will sell like hot cakes.

bakbann on Tue May 06 2008, 02:18

Bae Sung-han wrote:The first video news
Summary : "There are no accidents in the future." That's human beings' wishes. High technology is developing it really close. Some electri device stuck inside a car can avoid crash or minimize an impact of accidents, such as drunken drivers hear the warning sounds from the car or the car tries to maintain the distance fromthe bumper of the front car by some sensors. The challenge is now technically possible for human beings who may face accidents on the roads and thus be one of victims.

Opinion : I love this news as a driver. I am sure that no one escapes from accidents whether they are serious or not. From time to time people including me are distracted by anything when driving along the roads, such as seeing peculiar things just found by myself or glamorous scenaries we have never seen, and so forth. Long time ago, I was expecting that they will come before our faces because it can be possible for the drivers to drive much safer. The sensors which have a sense of appropriate distance between cars on the lane, especally in jam roads, are helpful to anyone driving. In Korea, I think anyone can be a drunken driver's victim. So much drinking problem is not a recent issue, but it has a very long histroy. Therefore the sensors helping or minimizing car accidents are so acceptable that everyone will concur to put them inside cars.

Prediction : The tech will be so popular in near future because after all we all want to drive safe on the roads, even the novice can drive well and safely. And it will definitely be pervaded by government in order to reduce the rate of accidents on the road. We spend much more money staying in hospital than ever. Once accidents are occurred, they are so serious.
And all family support this for protecting from being lost.

The second video news
Summary : A father built a cellar for his daughter and three more children who lived there for 24 years and no one knows why he did this. In the cellar like a prison, there are freezer and washing machine which possibly people can stay for several weeks. An investigating team who are shocked deeply by this happening is now working hard on the job, looking for the truth. The crime is like a puzzle with pieces. There is no reason to do as a father.

Opinion : I couldn't believe that like the woman in the news said. How could he do that to his daughter and the children? The truth is not yet investigated by the forensic team presicely. No one knows what's happening there under the house. It seems to me that he is out of mind himself and so different from others. I think the society is getting tough nowadays. I can quite often stand what I hear from news articles at night. It's shameful that human beings are made on purpose I believe. At least they should know what they mustn't in the world. How tragic it is!

Prediction : At least the father will be sentenced to a lifelong in prison. All of infomation will be out to the investigating team and they will be reported to the council in court as the evidence. Most important is that relationships between family members, families, and societies will be needed more reasonable in the world due to this incident. People should take care of each other and support each other.

The third video news
Summary : Parents are worrying about that their children play with computer games and TV and a family will suffer. However a big screen instead of smaller one for their own provides a new way to family to have a fun together. Personal gadgets made people separated, such as cell phone or hand held pager, but the big screen with HD gives the quality time a family engaging together.

Opinion : I am of the opinion that the high tech is giving us more time to relax and rest by ourselves. On the other hand, I imagined that each would have their own specially areas where anyone could come. Therefore I thought the society would be much more selfish than ever before. I confess that I have never thought about this way. The tech can help know each other in family or between friends. But I am doubtful that in the developing world our gadget like cell phone and nintendo will be far smaller than now as a personal equipment which is easy to carry around. However, in the news article the news is utterly opposite. The tech companies are trying to develop the family union and feel their members happy. It sounds too good to be true to me though. We will see what will happen. Am I too negative?

Prediction : There will be found the good things in the equipment like the big HD screen. But on the other hand, there will be another findings which is negative to family. Too clear and too sensitive to human eyes are so afftected to brains and the tech will have tough time in following quarter of the year. And the sales will be down as though there are spcail prices provided by manufacturers or companies. And scientific research will be more conducted by every side of member who are related to the tech.

My prediction is also that this psycho father, who doesn't even deserve the name "father," will be in prison for the rest of his life. The rationale behind this is that he committed such a felony which will never be forgivable by anyone. He shows no sign of regret at all. In addition, his brutality provoked many Astrians and they held candleit for the victims. All in all, his cruel crime and public condemning voice for him will keep him in prison all his life.

Kim Jin-Young on Tue May 06 2008, 09:18

summary : Some tech companies make it sure that hi-tech devices are helpful to bring family together. There are high-definition TV, big screen TV, Nintendo and so on. The previous technology contributes to the separation of individuals, but some companies emphasize the opposite side.

opinion : Various devices have been released at every second. Things like computers or TV which is common at home make all members of family behave respectively. In other words, we don't feel the necessity of talking with each other. I'm of the opinion that advanced devices highly encourage members to get closer by playing games in virtual reality. However, I also think that these kinds of devices can be distributed to the rich due to the relatively high price.

prediction : My prediction is that it will took time for many people to take advantage of these hi tech devices. As a good exemplary case, some of commercial companies will make the most of them in order to attract people's attention. It is also likely that its benefits are only restricted to those who can afford to but it. However, I have no doubt that family will spend great time at home, not going out to the distant suburbs.

Kyeong-im on Tue May 06 2008, 09:44

summary : Crash test in Sweden takes 2 weeks to set up and it's over very quickly. Their goal is to reduce car accidents by 2020. Although it's common target to do that it is "no accident in the future" that they really want to have. Every year 1.2 million people are killed and more 50 million people are injured. The giant bumper around occupant is used. Also, when the driver is drunk or drowsy the sense sound the alarm.

opinion : I think it's very useful. As you see the news, there're a lot of people who are killed or injured because of car accidents. It may due to careless driving. Sometimes they feel tired, drowsy, or drunk as well as they are in a hurry. When the driving is out of control or they can't notice obstacle, this kind of car/machine is effective.

prediction : My prediction is that it is going to be used widely. It's one way to reduce the rate of car accidents and to protect people. The less car accidents happen the less those who suffer from them are there. I just hope that they suggest reasonable price so that we can afford to buy it.

Kyeong-im on Tue May 06 2008, 10:58

summary : A 73 years old father is now behind bars. That's why he deprive daughter and 3 children of freedom for 24 years. He makes daughter to wite a letter to mother that she could no longer cover them. Because of freezer and washing mashine they can survive. Few people know this. like puzzle... The investigation team still has much work to do.

opinion : I'm of opinion that it's impossible to believe this. Is he a father? I really want to know the reasons though they say there's no reason. Unfortunately, nowadays I hear many tragic events which happen in families such as children killing their parents, parents who doing violence to children, brother who raping sister, etc. It's very sad and pity.

prediction : My prediction is that they investigate this throughly and make certain and strict rules about family crime not to happen again. This crime is the worst thing in the world. However, it's impossible, I think, to live ignoring this FATHER. The daughter may take care of him in the future. Blood is thicker than water. Right?

Lee Pilsu on Tue May 06 2008, 11:32

Summary: The news is about a 73-year-old father who had held his daughter a prisoner at home and made her pregnant several times, giving births to three children, who also had to live as captives for many years. The man reportedly kept his daughter locked in a room and moved her location to basement as she produced their children. The police is determined to investigate the horrible and shocking crime thoroughly. Currently the daughter is receiving medical treatment in hospital while the father is in jailed. (I couldn't catch who wrote the letter and how it was able to be sent to the police.)

Opinion: I think the old man has a severe mental problem as he pretended he was a normal person among friends, and a monster at home torturing his children for 24 years. But I wonder how he was able to control the "prisoners" at home for such a long time. The prisoners could have resisted against him and escaped from him and the house. Maybe they had tried but failed because he must have locked all the windows and doors to prevent them from getting out and threatened them with some tools. More powerfully, he could have overpowered and controlled their minds, defeating them psychologically, so that the victims would just give up the thought of escaping. Well, it's just my imagination. The police will find out more. At any rate, I feel very sorry to his daughter and her children who had to live as a prisoner and without freedom for such a long time. The father almost destroyed their lives.

Prediction: It will take many years for the daughter and the children to recover from the nightmare they experienced. It's possible that they will never forget and forgive what the father had done to them because the emotional scar, or trauma, is so deep. However, their scar will be healed as more and more good and caring people who have listened to the news take pity and give a helping hand to them. And the father who is in jail will be suffering from the confusion of his identity that he had maintained divided into good and evil successfully for several decades. In the end, he will go crazy and even crazier the moment he faces death seeing himself in everlasting fire.

Kyeong-im on Tue May 06 2008, 11:34

summary : Some challenge the common idea that hi-tech separate people and put them in their own spaces. Using big and clear screen(TV) they bring people bace together. Thier system is degined to respond body movement so no play controls are needed. This kind of game is not yet on the market but Hilton hotel tries to introduce this system. It also makes possible to learn more how people live in the world using high-technology. This provides new ways to have fun together.

opinion : It's a good idea to use big screen and develop eash machine. As technology is developed it's true that the old can't use it because of complication. However, compared with DDR or other easy machine in amusement room, I wonder how many people will enjoy this one.

prediction : There're a lot of people and so are characteristics and interests. To bring all family member together, it's necessary to wide its content from preschooler to the senior to handicapped people. Besides, it's better if this machine protect us from electromagnetic waves. Then it will be used widely.

Han Kyoung Jae on Tue May 06 2008, 15:42

summary - In Sweden, the car company makes a great effort to reduce the rate of car accidents. They conducted a test to improve the safety of cars and protect both of the car and driver in case the car accidents. But their main goal is that the car accidents don't happen any more. So they invented the great device called 'giant bumper' which has a sensor to perceive the danger. For instance, if the driver falls into a doze and doesn't see the object or cars in front of him, the giant bumper is aware that and makes the car stopped by some electronic devices. The people engaged in that test are still making effort to save our lives against the car accidents now.

opinion - I'm of the opinion that the device may play an important role in our daily life. Now many people around the world lost their precious lives and their loved poeple's lives because of the terrible car accidents. In addition, even if they saved their lives, they might live a terrible and as a disabled person. So this effort which many people made for all of us may make the world safer place to live in. Also, we don't need to lose the valuable lives of our loved people any more by sudden and unexpected accidents.

prediction - My prediction is that if we can use the cars which have special devices for our safety, we don't have to suffer from the car accident any more. But I think there might be also side effects. Now there is a strict forbidden law for the drunken driving. However if the special cars are used for the people, they may think that the drunken driving is not dangerous any longer, because of the special cars. And they may think even though I drive the car after drinking, the car may protect me and I can save my life. Then we may need another ridiculous law for those people.The car is an automatic car???? Absolutely not. So we must not completely depend on the machine and care for our life for ourselves.

Oksun on Tue May 06 2008, 16:44

Summary: A 73-year-old man, Fritzl kept his daughter and her three children imprisoned for 24 years. He rebuilt a prison in his house for his daughter and extension to underground cellar for her children. More details about the old guy's double life emerged. Police say he took a holiday to Thailand with his male friends and there enjoyed fresh food and sunshine he had deprived children of for 24years. There were a freezer and washing machine that precisely made it possible for people to live there for several weeks. No one really knew what was going on inside. There were three children -19-year-old boy, 19-year-old girl, and the youngest five-year-old boy, who were adopted by Fritzl and his wife after he forced their mother to write a letter saying she could no longer cope with them.Police presumed that the story they were told was true. The investigation team still have much work to do. With his daughter hospitalized, the horror father is behind bars.

Opinion: I'm of the opinion that it's mentally -disordered people like this old guy that cause troubles. He is" a beast with a human face".How could that happen? Couldn't believe it! The mentally disordered people are required to have intensive checkups.This news raised a sort of widespread alarm with child-abuses by its real parents. To my sadness, the problem is that "a seemingly normal "man commits crimes with no one recognizing.

Prediction: This horror father will be punished severly like life-imprisonment so that it could be a good example in handling criminals. Austrian government should take an action for the innocent victims to go back to their normal life with thier minds cured.

inmyheart479 on Tue May 06 2008, 21:47

Summary: Some tech companies are working on providing new ways for families to have quality time all together.

Opinion: Nobody can predict how further high technology will stretch out in the future. When I was aged aroubd 10 or so, little did I drem that we could talk to each other on the move by means of hand held devices like cellur phones or pda. Something that seems unlikely to happen appears just in front of us while we are wishing. The other day, I watched the Wii advetised on CNN and felt like buying it on the sput of the moment.

Prediction: Playing video games is not welcomed by parents but the situation might be changed if they find out how much hi-tech can foster the integration among families. Once the bring-families-closer high technology is getting into the market with a successful marketing strategy, it will become one of the necessities for families to have fun together.

Hyo-Jin Kim on Wed May 07 2008, 09:23

I was pleased with reading your thoughts. Very Happy

It seems that you have a good point to make a relation between public transportation and the car introduced from the news. Honestly, a lot of public transportations do not guarantee their safety and they sometimes cause serious accidents, which have a great number of people injured or even dead at the same time. It doesn't only bring such a big sorrow to many families, but let them suffer from the hurt for long. Therefore, this kind of car should be really welcomed as long as there is a possiblility to make it working sooner or later because it will save plenty of lives.

Kim Jin-Young wrote:summary : Swedish car giant Volvo sets a target to eliminate death and injury in its vehicles by 2020. Car safety expert says that it is partly possible when special bumpers as well as other special devices are applied around occupants. Detailed specifications are not revealed though, cutting edge technology will make a great contribution toward avoidance of drunken or drowsy driving.

opinions : The fortified plans as for car safety have been considered for a long time. Accidents involving cars, trains, or plains might give passengers a fatal wound, or even death. These kinds of public transportations should be taken good care of because accidents arise from carelessness and cause many unexpected casualties, which gives people a feeling of insecurity in using public transportation. In this aspect, I think that the efforts to take an drastic action should be kept up and supported.

prediction : The critical aim is to reduce the number of car crashing accidents, as its car company said. I think that it would be an astonishing chances to sell its company cars if this project comes true in the near future. I hope that the day will come when no accidents happen in relation to public transportation.

billy on Wed May 07 2008, 12:13

On the 1st Video Clip

Summary: Volvo, a Swedish car marker, has a long-term goal to produce cars with zero casualties or accidents. It also tries to minimize the impact on the driver and passengers when the accident is unavoidable. Volvo, offering already a special ignition switch that can sense whether the driver is drunken and send sound alarm when he or she is drowsy, is faced with the task of uniting the mechanical, electronic and human elements of driving in a single safe environment.

Opinion: As a private car driver, I underwent three minor car accidents in the past. One of them was my fault and the other two were not mine. Watching this video, I was a bit surprised to hear that every year around 1.2 million people die and more than 50 million people get injured from car accidents. I thought Volvo should invent those accidents-free cars as soon as possible to save precious lives in the world.

Prediction: One of the best inventions man made is an automobile. However, like other human inventions, it also has a harmful side-effect: casualties in the car accidents. My prediction is that Volvo, a Swedish car maker, or other world-famous car markers including GM, Toyota, or Hyundai will be able to invent a new car which will reduce the accident rate on the highway to almost zero, excluding the minor fender-bender accidents that may happen in the alley.

Bae Sung-han on Wed May 07 2008, 13:01

I know what you mean that killed anmimals are on traffic roads. It seems to me to feel uncomfortable whenever I see them dead or rather I feel disgusting. I know it is very diffcult to escape them from hitting annimals which come up suddenly. Whenever I drive, I am a bit worried because even if I am carefully drving on the roads, accidents will be happened to me by other drivers. Apparently that is not my fault. However, I might be hurt by the helpless drivers. Almost two years ago, after honeymoon, I and my wife were going to E-Mart to get something. On my way there, all of sudden a car hit my car. We didn't get any injuries from the accident but our feelings were hurt. It was the most terrible experience in our lives and we hope you will not get any kind of this for the rest of the time.
Hopefully, we no longer remember anything and after that my wife was preganant. Now we have a daughter who is so much giving happiness to us. We are so lucky to have her!

Lee Pilsu wrote:Summary: The car company in Sweden is striving to eliminate car accidents that take away 1.2 million people's lives and leave another 50 million injured worldwide. They are trying to develop a giant bumper that surrounds the people in the car the moment car accidents occur. However, the ultimate goal is to make no car accidents at all. What they called 'uncrushable cars' has various preventive functions that make the car unoperatable if the driver is drunk and send out a sound alarm in case the driver is drowsy.

Opinion: Whenever I hear of car accidents, it makes me creepy and scared. If it is just fender-bender accidents, it's not a big deal. However, in case of car-crash accidents many people get wounded severely and even killed. In Korea, hundreds of thousands people lose their lives and suffer from injuries due to car accidents. If the safety devices protecting the people in the car and preventing the accidents should be developed in the future, people will not lose their precious lives on the road because of car accidents. That's a great news for taxi drivers, bus drivers, and truck drivers, who have to spend most of their time driving on the road everyday.

Prediction: I'm optimistic about the possibility of the automobile company making such devices as prevent the car accidents from happening. By 2020, the percentage of people who get injured or killed due to the accidents will be much lower than now. Also, they will develop devices that make the car stop before hitting any small animals such as pigeons, cats, and dogs that lose their lives from the traffics on the road.

Bae Sung-han on Wed May 07 2008, 13:14

I agree with 100 % on your opinion.
It actually reminds me of the movie, called " identity."
As you see the movie, the story is a bit strange. Some time later, you will know what's going on.
One man has a multiple of characters which is not normal to average persons becasue it is kind of difficult to have them altogether. And in the movie, I don't know if he would willingly change his identities, but as he is changed, his voice and character are also changed. The problem is, however, that he has a murderer's identity who kills other people.
And the movie doesn't give any reason why he has it.
We just imagine that he might have been brought up by horrible parents.

"No reason for this"
"I just want to do this."
Extremely frightening to me.
I sometimes, whenever hearing the news from mess media, think it over whether I would have another baby or not. I am not sure about that.

bakbann wrote:Summary
A 73 year old father, named Josef Fritzl, is charged with rape and confinement of his own daughter in Austria. He has imprisoned and raped his daughter, Elisabeth, for 24 years. Three of his children, or grandchildren, from Elisabeth were also locked up with her in the secret dungeon in his house. Other three were adopted by him and his wife, and one was dead. This man, so-called "horror father", is now behind bars.

Opinion
I am of the opinion that complicated and rapid changing society is producing terrible criminals who have mental disorder. In the past, criminal purposes were rather simple. Criminal psychologists could find out their purposes and read their minds without much difficulty. However, now, in this complex society, criminal minds are incomprehensible at all. They are way more cruel and insane. Take Fritzl who is definitely a psychopath. He couldn't have committed such an awful crime unless he had been out of his mind. There are many other crazy criminals. Few days ago, a man in Korea killed a random girl in the street with no particular reason and what is worse this is not uncommon worldwide. Therefore, I think more criminals have serious mental problems in this confused society.

Prediction
My prediction is that these lunatic criminals will increase even more. Society is getting complicated, changing, individualized at the highest rate, which remains psycho criminals. Moreover, being overexposed to violence, people see the violence as senseless these days. Criminal psychology points out that all of these environmental factors drive criminals to the extreme. Thus, more and more criminals will be insane, absolutely not understandable and unexplainable by any words.

Han Kyoung Jae on Wed May 07 2008, 13:28

summary - There's a horror father who has a double-life in the underground in Austria. he had kept his daughter underground secret cellar for 24 years. Even he has other 7 children with his daughter and made the daughter write a letter to her mother for adopting her 3 children among them. Now the horror father is in prison and the children are in a hospital. The investigators keep on searching to find out why the man did like that.

opinion - I'm of the opinion that he is really cruel and inhuman. How he could kidnap and keep his own daughter underground for 24 years? Does it really make sense? I seriously feel hatred that kind person. Perhaps he may have mental problem in his mind. And I totally understand the neighbor's feeling who had interview. I also feel frightened if I live with that kind person. Furthermore we even don't know about other people living the neighborhood. So it makes me feel scared that there may be inhuman people living around us. Nowadays we think individualism is getting more important and we don't like other people to interfere in our private matters. I think that makes much more opportunities to break out those frightening incidents. WHy don't we get interested in other people around us and make the world a peaceful place to live together.

prediction - My prediction is that the trend of mutual distrust may be much more prevalent. The father kidnapped and kept his own daughter underground for 24 years. Then how could we trust one another? In addition, there may be more unmarried people because they may think they can't believe the partner of their life sincerely. And we may spend more time in the private places due to the horrible incidents than before.

Oksun on Wed May 07 2008, 13:38

Summary: Parents tend to worry if they buy a computer or video games for their children, family ties would suffer. However, a high-tech company asserts the opposite. Samsung is working with reactive system to create Nintendo Wii-like interacting technology for big screen TVs. Their system is designed to respond to body movement. This game is not yet on the market, but Hilton Hotel plans to introduce this system. Panasonic get started a program called "living in High-Definition ". New high-tech gives families a new reason to spend time and have fun together.

Opinion: I'm of the opinion that high-tech gadgets have been accelerating indiviualism trend. I'm not sure of high-tech providing a new way to have quality time with family, even if children are crazy about new high-tech things like Nitendo or interactive,virtual devices.

Prediction: Anyhow, this new program will draw people's -especially children's attention and will be a big hit. Youngsters are hooked on high-tech gadgets so it will be welcomed by them.

Oksun on Wed May 07 2008, 13:51

Kim Jin-Young wrote:summary : Some tech companies make it sure that hi-tech devices are helpful to bring family together. There are high-definition TV, big screen TV, Nintendo and so on. The previous technology contributes to the separation of individuals, but some companies emphasize the opposite side.

opinion : Various devices have been released at every second. Things like computers or TV which is common at home make all members of family behave respectively. In other words, we don't feel the necessity of talking with each other. I'm of the opinion that advanced devices highly encourage members to get closer by playing games in virtual reality. However, I also think that these kinds of devices can be distributed to the rich due to the relatively high price.

prediction : My prediction is that it will took time for many people to take advantage of these hi tech devices. As a good exemplary case, some of commercial companies will make the most of them in order to attract people's attention. It is also likely that its benefits are only restricted to those who can afford to but it. However, I have no doubt that family will spend great time at home, not going out to the distant suburbs.

I nodded my head to see your prediction that it would take time people to get used to these hi-tech devices. As for me, I'm not technology-oriented person so I definitely need time to get used to taking advantage of them. Actually, I don't see why people are crazy about those virtual games .However, there is no accounting for taste.

Han Kyoung Jae on Wed May 07 2008, 14:05

summary - So far technological machinery has a negative effect on the family unit but some people who make hi- technological devices insist that they can have a great positive effect on the family who want to spend much more time together. Many industries such as samsung, panasonic, show their new hi-technological gadgets to bring family closer.

opinion - I think everything in the world has both positive and negative effects at the same time. And so far we admire the new technological devices at the beginning but some time later we just focused on the negative effects of the technological devices. However the most important thing is how we can take advantages of the devices. If we develop the positive points of the devices, we can enjoy them much more and take more benefits than now. In order to have a great time with family by using hi-tech, above all parents shoul not concentrate on their jobs but care about their children and make some time to enjoy the hi-tech all together.

prediction - A few days ago it was a children's day in Korea. And I noticed many parents just bought their children some game machines. What all of the children around the world want most is the time with their parents i think. My prediction is that if all the people can take benefits by using the hi-tech gadgets, the industries of that field may also get benefits and the result can give the unemployed more chances to work. Then the result may give the happiness all the families around the world. Moreover, if the children can have time with their parents, they can free from terrible accidents such as copycat crimes, child prostitution, child abuse and mental problems caused by violent computer games.

Lee Pilsu on Wed May 07 2008, 14:50

Summary: People say technology is harmful in uniting family members because each individual spends time alone, separated from other family members, using such devices as a computer or a cell phone. However, the newly developed technology perhaps work the opposite: it can bring family together and spend time together. For example, Guitar Hero is a music game on the TV screen in which family members can play the music together with the different instruments of their choice. Another technology introduced to bond family relationship is a punch game on the TV screen in which you and your partner standing a few feet from the screen and throw punches in the air and the animated characters on the screen will react to your punches. These are new inventions designed to bring family closer together.

Opinion: It might be fun to play the music together watching the TV screen. But I don't like the punch game, to be honest, because I feel like I will be bored if I do it just three or four days. Generally I am rather skeptical on how long the positive effect the technology creates can last. Surely people will laugh and dance for a couple of hours. But what will happen after that? I think they will be so tired out that they want to take a rest or nap without talking so much among them. I think what they really need in order to have a bond among family members, they need to talk and have a conversation on certain topics.

Prediction: In a few years' time the machines will be popular in many countries including Korea. Many people will buy the machines in the hope of uniting family members together or because their children want to try them. But I predict those who purchased the machines will use it for about a year and store them in the basement or attic with dust piling up on them because people will get tired of them easily. Am I too negative on this new technology?

Video news assignment for May 1st

2nd video

3rd video

2nd video

Can Hi-Tech bring families closer?

the first video

the second video

2nd Vedio

the third video

the 1st one : Drive to produce injury-proof car

2nd Video: Horror father's double life

Can Hi-Tech bring families closer?

Great idea!

Re: Video news assignment for May 1st

Re: Video news assignment for May 1st

Re: Video news assignment for May 1st

the 2nd one : Horror father's double life

3rd video:"Can High-tech bring families closer?"

Re: Video news assignment for May 1st

the 3rd one : Can Hi-Tech bring families closer?

3rd Vedio