Seoul, 2016. At Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), one of the robotics projects is EveR, a lifelike female android with speech recognition, voice synthesis and gesture expression technology allowing for more sophisticated communicat

Seoul, 2016. At Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), one of the robotics projects is EveR, a lifelike female android with speech recognition, voice synthesis and gesture expression technology allowing for more sophisticated communication and interaction with humans. EveR is capable of 20 different facial emotions such as fear, joy and anger.

Seoul, 2016. The Dongdaemun Design Plaza was designed by Zaha Hadid and Korean architecture studio Samoo.

Seoul, 2016. The Dongdaemun Design Plaza was designed by Zaha Hadid and Korean architecture studio Samoo.

Seoul, 2016. At Seoul Robotics High School, members of a robot design club ready their machines for tasks in a maze.

Seoul, 2016. At Seoul Robotics High School, members of a robot design club ready their machines for tasks in a maze.

Seoul, 2011. Portrait studio.

Seoul, 2011. Portrait studio.

Seoul, 2016. Graduate students at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Hubo Lab work with various generations of their robot, including the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge champion DRC-Hubo

Seoul, 2016. Graduate students at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Hubo Lab work with various generations of their robot, including the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge champion DRC-Hubo

Seoul, 2016. At some primary schools, young students learn to play go as a regular part of the curriculum.

Seoul, 2016. At some primary schools, young students learn to play go as a regular part of the curriculum.

Seoul, 2016. The century-old Gwangjang Market, with vendors selling all kinds of local dishes, including sausages, seafood pancakes, pig trotters and still-wriggling octopus tentacles.

Seoul, 2016. The century-old Gwangjang Market, with vendors selling all kinds of local dishes, including sausages, seafood pancakes, pig trotters and still-wriggling octopus tentacles.

Pohang, 2016. In the Robot Life Museum at KIRO (Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence), a display of mechanical humanoids by Korean toy company Robobuilder dances to PSY’s “Gangnam Style.”

Pohang, 2016. In the Robot Life Museum at KIRO (Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence), a display of mechanical humanoids by Korean toy company Robobuilder dances to PSY’s “Gangnam Style.”

Seoul, 2016. Over the past decade, Sooam Biotech has offered to clone dogs for $100,000 a pop. The owner of this original dog sent in a biopsy sample, and now there are three more genetically identical pets at the lab getting ready to be picked up

Seoul, 2016. Over the past decade, Sooam Biotech has offered to clone dogs for $100,000 a pop. The owner of this original dog sent in a biopsy sample, and now there are three more genetically identical pets at the lab getting ready to be picked up.

Sooam website instructions: When your dog has passed away, do not place the cadaver in the freezer. Wrap the entire body in wet bathing towels. Place it in the fridge (not the freezer) to keep it cool. Please take into account that you have approximately 5 days to successfully extract and secure live cells.

Seoul, 2016. Teenagers and those in their 20s wear colorful Korean “hanbok” in tourist locations such as palaces and cultural neighborhoods. The city encourages this with perks like museum admission for young people wearing traditional costume.

Seoul, 2016. Teenagers and those in their 20s wear colorful Korean “hanbok” in tourist locations such as palaces and cultural neighborhoods. The city encourages this with perks like museum admission for young people wearing traditional costume.

Seoul, 2016. Korea is the cradle of e-sports which have now become popular worldwide, with crowds gathering to watch video gamers compete on big screens. In Seoul’s Gangnam district, the Nexon Arena hosts a live SPOTV Games broadcast of a Dual Ra

Seoul, 2016. Korea is the cradle of e-sports which have now become popular worldwide, with crowds gathering to watch video gamers compete on big screens. In Seoul’s Gangnam district, the Nexon Arena hosts a live SPOTV Games broadcast of a Dual Race finals match, where players pilot cute cartoon drivers around a variety of circuits.

Seoul, 2011. In the South Korean capital, hypermodern shopping mall sit side by side with ancient Buddhist shrines.

Seoul, 2011. In the South Korean capital, hypermodern shopping mall sit side by side with ancient Buddhist shrines.

Seoul, 2016. Seoul University is working with Technical University of Berlin on brain-computer interfaces to control exoskeletons, wheelchairs and other devices. This technology uses only one’s mind to control objects.

Seoul, 2016. Seoul University is working with Technical University of Berlin on brain-computer interfaces to control exoskeletons, wheelchairs and other devices. This technology uses only one’s mind to control objects.